Putin has vowed to use all means of destruction available to Russia if the West supplies nuclear weapons to Kyiv in his strongest threat against nuking Ukraine yet. The Russian President asked on Thursday: ‘If the country which we are essentially at war with now becomes a nuclear power, what do we do?’ It comes after the New York Times reported last week that a number of unidentified Western officials had suggested outgoing US President Joe Biden could give Ukraine nuclear weapons before he leaves office.

The ex-chief of MI6 today declared that Britain must ‘face up to the fact’ that Russia believes it is fighting an ‘actual’ war with the West, rather than just Ukraine. Sir Richard Dearlove, who led Britain’s secret intelligence service from 1999 to 2004, told Sky News: ‘I don’t think there’s any point in beating about the bush,’ adding that the US and Europe are in a ‘very dangerous situation’. ‘(Polish Prime Minister) Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he’s wrong. I think it’s an actual war,’ he said.

Young Aussies aged under 16 will be banned from social media by the end of next year after federal parliament passed world-first legislation. The Senate passed laws to block under-16s from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to protect their mental health late on Thursday night. The bill passed the Senate by 34 votes to 19 on the final parliament sitting day for 2024.

Police screamed in panic and desperately tried to revive a mother they ran over in the street as her distraught children watched, bodycam and dashcam footage shows. Desire Pool, 41, was mowed down at full speed by Houston policewoman Shelby Kennedy at 9.52pm on September 19 and died on the road despite CPR efforts. The Houston Police Department released video from five differnet angles just hours before Thanksgiving showing Pool being hit, and the immediate aftermath.

More than 28,000 prosecutions brought by two rail firms for alleged fare evasions have been quashed. Northern Rail, which covers large swathes of northern England, brought 28,631 prosecutions against passengers using the single justice procedure (SJP) between August 6, 2020 and May 21 2024, despite not being permitted to do so. TransPennine Express, which operates in the North of England and in Scotland, brought 41 prosecutions in January 2024.

President-elect Donald Trump delivered one of his trademark holiday greetings on Thanksgiving eve and offered a special wish for what he called ‘Radical Left Lunatics.’ The 78-year-old incoming president posted the backhanded well wishes to Truth Social at nearly 1 a.m. Thursday. Trump is spending Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago, while he works on the presidential transition.