Holly Ramsay appears to be excited to walk down the aisle with her fiancé, Adam Peaty, in a sweet post shared by both of them.

The Olympic swimmer, 30, and the model, 25, are set to tie the knot at Bath Abbey on December 27.

Ahead of their big day, as the couple celebrated the festive season, they took to Instagram to share a sweet picture from a Christmas walk.

The pair appeared to be in their element as they strolled hand in hand. ‘Last Christmas as a Miss,’ Holly wrote over the sweet snap.

The outing comes after Adam’s estranged parents were seen stepping out alone two days before their son’s high-profile A-list wedding.

Their wedding has become the centre of controversy after it was revealed that the couple had banned Adam’s family from celebrations, with his father reportedly not even invited to his stag do.

Adam’s mother, Caroline was also reportedly not invited to her daughter-in-law’s hen-party.

• US military confirms strike conducted at Nigeria’s request.
• Operation targets militants attacking Christians: Trump.
• US Africa Command reports multiple Daesh militants killed.

The United States carried out an airstrike against Daesh militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria’s government, US President Donald Trump and the US military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.

“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS [Daesh] Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

The US military’s Africa Command said the strike was carried out in Sokoto state at the request of the Nigerian authorities, and killed multiple Daesh militants.

The strike comes after Trump starting in late October began warning that Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria and threatened to militarily intervene in the West African country over what he says is its failure to stop violence targeting Christian communities.

Reuters reported on Monday that the US had been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November.

‘More to come’

Nigeria’s foreign ministry said the strikes were carried out as part of ongoing security cooperation with the United States, involving intelligence sharing and strategic coordination to target militant groups.

“This has led to precision hits on terrorist targets in Nigeria by air strikes in the North West,” the ministry said in a post on X.

A video posted by the Pentagon showed at least one projectile launching from a warship.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on X thanked the Nigerian government for its support and cooperation and added: “More to come…”

Nigeria’s government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and US claims that Christians face persecution do not represent a complex security situation and ignore efforts to safeguard religious freedom. But it has agreed to work with the US to bolster its forces against militant groups.

The country’s population is split between Muslims living primarily in the north and Christians in the south.

Police said earlier on Thursday a suspected suicide bomber killed at least five people and injured 35 others in Nigeria’s northeast, another region troubled by militants.

In a Christmas message posted on X earlier, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu called for peace in his country, “especially between individuals of differing religious beliefs.”

He also said, “I stand committed to doing everything within my power to enshrine religious freedom in Nigeria and to protect Christians, Muslims, and all Nigerians from violence.”

Trump issued his statement on the strike on Christmas Day while he was at his Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago Club, where he has been spending the holiday. He had no public events during the day and was last seen by the reporters traveling with him on Wednesday night.

The US military last week launched separate large-scale strikes against dozens of Daesh targets in Syria, after Trump vowed to hit back in the wake of a suspected Daesh attack on US personnel in the country.

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at President Trump as he warned Thursday about the rise of fascism in an address to U.K. viewers dubbed “The Alternative Christmas Message.”

The message, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, reflected on the impact of the second term in office for Mr. Trump, who Kimmel said acts like he’s a king.

“From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,” he said. “Tyranny is booming over here.”

The channel began a tradition of airing an alternative Christmas message in 1993, as a counterpart to the British monarch’s annual televised address to the nation. Channel 4 said the message is often a thought-provoking and personal reflection pertinent to the events of the year.

The comedian has skewered Mr. Trump since returning to the air after ABC suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in September following criticism of comments the host made over the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Kimmel made remarks in reference to the reaction to Kirk’s shooting, suggesting that many Trump supporters were trying to capitalize on the death.

Mr. Trump celebrated the suspension of the veteran late-night comic and his frequent critic, calling it “great news for America.” He also called for other late-night hosts to be fired.

The incident, one of Mr. Trump’s many disputes and legal battles waged with the media, drew widespread concerns about freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Hundreds of leading Hollywood stars and others in the entertainment industry urged Americans to “fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights.” The show returned to the air less than a week later.

Kimmel told the U.K. audience that a Christmas miracle had happened in September when millions of people — some who hated his show — had spoken up for free speech.

“We won, the president lost, and now I’m back on the air every night giving the most powerful politician on earth a right and richly deserved bollocking,” he said.

Channel 4 previously invited whistle-blower Edward Snowden and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver the alternative Christmas message.

Kimmel, who said he didn’t expect Brits to know who he was, warned that silencing critics is not just something that happens in Russia or North Korea.

Despite the split that led to the American Revolution 250 years ago, he said the two nations still shared a special relationship and urged the U.K. not to give up on the U.S. as it was “going through a bit of a wobble right now.”

“Here in the United States right now, we are both figuratively and literally tearing down the structures of our democracy from the free press to science to medicine to judicial independence to the actual White House itself,” Kimmel said, in reference to the demolition of the building’s East Wing. “We are a right mess, and we know this is also affecting you, and I just wanted to say sorry.”