{"id":194738,"date":"2025-12-27T03:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-nigeria-says-it-provided-intelligence-for-us-airstrikes-as-hegseth-warns-of-more-attacks-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T03:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:57:23","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-nigeria-says-it-provided-intelligence-for-us-airstrikes-as-hegseth-warns-of-more-attacks-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-nigeria-says-it-provided-intelligence-for-us-airstrikes-as-hegseth-warns-of-more-attacks-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Nigeria says it provided intelligence for US airstrikes as Hegseth warns of more attacks – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Country\u2019s foreign minister says his president signed off on US air attack \u2013 key US politics stories from 26 December at a glance
US airstrikes in Nigeria on Christmas Day were aided by intelligence provided by the Nigerian government, the country\u2019s foreign minister said on Friday.
Donald Trump<\/a> had announced the strikes against Islamic State<\/a> militants in north-west Nigeria after spending weeks decrying the group for targeting Christians.
Nigeria\u2019s foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, said on Friday that he had had \u201cextensive\u201d phone conversations with Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, before and after the attack.
He said Nigeria\u2019s president, Bola Tinubu, had given the \u201cgo-ahead\u201d for the airstrikes. Tuggar did not rule out further strikes, describing them as an \u201congoing process\u201d that would also involve other countries.
In an interview with the BBC, Tuggar insisted the strikes had \u201cnothing to do with a particular religion\u201d. He said the operation did not have \u201canything to do with Christmas, it could be any other day \u2013 it is to do with attacking terrorists who have been killing Nigerians\u201d.
The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, warned of more strikes against Islamic State targets in north-western Nigeria, hours after the US military<\/a> took action against militant camps in what Donald Trump has characterised as efforts to stop the killing of Christians.
Hegseth wrote on X<\/a>: \u201cThe president was clear last month: the killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria (and elsewhere) must end. The [Pentagon] is always ready, so ISIS found out tonight \u2013 on Christmas. More to come\u2026\u201d
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The US\u2019s Christmas Day strikes<\/a> against Islamic State targets in Nigeria<\/a> were met with praise by Donald Trump<\/a> supporters who for months had been agitating for the president to respond forcefully to the killings of Christians in the country.
\u201cI can\u2019t think of a better way to celebrate Christmas than by avenging the death of Christians through the justified mass killing of Islamic terrorists,\u201d the far-right political activist Laura Loomer posted on X. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to love it! Death to all Islamic terrorists! Thank you.\u201d
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A British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration<\/a> that he faces possible removal from the US has said he is being targeted by arrogant and \u201csociopathic\u201d tech companies for trying to hold them to account.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to travel to the US for a planned meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday, as Washington continues to push for a possible peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow<\/a>.
The Ukrainian president said the visit would take place at a location in Florida \u2013 widely expected to be Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort \u2013 in what would be the latest development in a diplomatic push that began in November with the circulation of a 28-point US plan shaped with input from Russian officials.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Janessa Goldbeck<\/a>, a US Marines veteran, in 2023 consulted on a documentary that war-gamed a presidential candidate staging a military coup. In 2024, she advised local leaders on the hypothetical of troops being deployed to their streets for immigration enforcement. Then Donald Trump<\/a> won and Goldbeck\u2019s nightmare came true. In an interview with the Guardian, the chief executive of Vet Voice Foundation said: \u201cIt\u2019s a little surreal to see something that we\u2019ve been talking about and thinking about and stressing out about.\u201d
Read the full story: How an ex-US <\/a><\/strong>marine became vital in the fight against Trump\u2019s aggressive immigration enforcement<\/a><\/strong>
In early October, Tracy Wright invited a group of fellow knitters to gather outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland<\/a>, Oregon, to protest against Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown while knitting. Eventually naming themselves \u201cKnitters Against Fascism\u201d, they returned week after week. They talked to the Guardian about building a movement.
Read the full story: \u2018Weapons of mass construction\u2019: the US \u2018craftivists\u2019 using yarn to fight back against Trump<\/a><\/strong>
For more than a decade, he built his brand on two words: \u201cYou\u2019re fired!\u201d And in his first term, Donald Trump<\/a> did not hesitate to show staff the door, often via an abrasive tweet. But since resuming the US presidency in January, the former host of the reality TV show The Apprentice<\/a> appears to have become an uncharacteristically bashful boss, more disposed to hiring than firing. David Smith takes a closer look at Trump\u2019s new loyalty.
Read the full story: \u2018Loyalty over all\u2019: Trump was once known for constantly switching out his staff. Not any more<\/a><\/strong>
CBS News\u2019s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, defended her decision to pull a 60 Minutes episode investigating allegations about a notorious prison in El Salvador<\/a>, arguing that the network\u2019s priority was to ensure its coverage was \u201ccomprehensive and fair\u201d. Weiss\u2019s last-minute decision to hold the episode sparked outrage and charges of censorship amid Donald Trump\u2019s second administration; some conservative commentators<\/a> generally aligned with the president have defended the move.
Read the full story: Bari Weiss defends decision to pull 60 Minutes episode on El Salvador prison<\/a><\/strong>
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 25 December 2025<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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