News Dabba for 06 March 2025: Five stories for a balanced news diet

Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from security breach during S Jaishankar’s UK visit, European Union meet on Ukraine, to South Korean fighter jets accidently bombing church.

US suspends military flights for deportations due to high costs: India Today

India Today reports that the Donald Trump administration has suspended the use of costly military aircraft to fly migrants who entered the US illegally. The report said that the use of US military aircraft to transport some migrants to their home countries or to a military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has proved expensive and inefficient. US defence officials told The Wall Street Journal that no flights were scheduled for the coming days, with the last military deportation flight occurring March 1. They said the pause could be extended or made permanent. Read the full report here.

India reacts to security breach during S Jaishankar’s UK visit, Indian Express

India on Thursday condemned a security breach incident during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s trip to the UK, Indian Express reports, saying it deplored “the misuse of democratic freedom by such elements”. According to a purported video of the incident circulating on social media platform X, a man with the tricolour is seen rushing towards the car in which Jaishankar is seated. A group of protesters with pro-Khalistan flags can be seen shouting slogans even as the policemen stationed at the spot block the man and take him away, the report states. Read the full report here.

Macron says Europe under threat ahead of EU summit, Al Jazeera

French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must be ready against the Russian threat, in case their traditional ally, the United States, is no longer by their side. Al Jazeera reports that the European Union leaders will hold emergency talks in Brussels today at 11:30 local time – the first summit of 27 nations since the explosive meeting last week between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is also expected to attend. The report also adds that French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said France is offering intelligence to Ukraine after the US said it was suspending intelligence sharing with Kyiv. Read the full report here.

Hindustan Times: Allahabad HC grants bail to rape accused, asks him to ‘marry the survivor’

The Allahabad high court in Uttar Pradesh granted bail to a 26-year-old man accused of rape, exploitation, and sharing the survivor's photos online, with the condition that “he will marry the woman, 23, within three months after coming out on bail and shall not tamper with evidence,” Hindustan Times reported. Delivering the verdict on February 20 (a copy of which was available on Monday), Justice Krishan Pahal of the single-judge bench said, “A person's right to life and liberty, guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution, cannot be taken away merely because the person is accused of committing an offence until the guilt is established beyond reasonable doubt.” The report says that the 26-year-old accused from Rajasthan's Sikar district was attending coaching classes for police recruitment exams last year at the same centre as the survivor. Read the full report here.

South Korean fighter jets accidently bombs church, BBC reports

Fifteen people in South Korea were injured, two of them seriously, after a pair of fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district during a live-fire military exercise. BBC reports that the incident involving the Air Force KF-16 aircraft took place at around 10:04 local time in the city of Pocheon, near the border with North Korea. As per the report, South Korea's Air Force said that it was investigating the incident and apologised for the damage, adding it would provide compensation to those affected. While shells from live firing exercises sometimes land near civilian residences, they rarely cause injuries. Read the full report here.