Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri said ‘there had been repeated violations of the understanding arrived between the two countries’.

India accused Pakistan of violating a ceasefire deal made hours earlier on Saturday, after US-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.

Four fire engines and about 25 firefighters responded to the blaze in an open-air car park in Hendon, north London, on Saturday.