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Iran regime cuts nationwide internet access as protests claim 44 lives across major cities
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Iran has been plunged into a nationwide internet blackout as anti-regime protests intensify, severely restricting communication across the country as demonstrations enter their second week and the death toll reaches 44, according to reports.
Live network data from NetBlocks showed internet traffic collapsing in the troubled nation on Thursday evening, shortly after calls circulated for mass protests at 8 p.m. local time.
Before news of the latest killings came in, President Donald Trump, in an interview with Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, once again warned the regime if they start killing people that «they will be hit very hard.»
Asked by Hewitt if he had a message for the Iranian people, Trump said: You should feel strongly about freedom. There’s nothing like freedom. You’re brave people.»
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The State Department’s Persian feed on X also restated his warning from his interview with Hugh Hewitt about the regime in Farsi.
Ali Safavi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Fox News Digital that the internet shutdown began earlier in the day.
«Around 1 p.m. local time, the internet traffic dropped,» he said, adding that there were widespread reports «that the regime had cut off the internet.»
NetBlocks said the outage followed «a series of escalating digital censorship measures targeting protests across the country,» while the Associated Press reported that telephone lines were also cut in parts of Iran.
Safavi said the blackout coincided with violent confrontations in several regions.
Protesters hold signs during a demonstration in Iran amid ongoing unrest, according to images released by the Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran. (NCRI )
«The internet was cut off in Lordegan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces as battles erupted,» he said.
He also pointed to unrest in Isfahan, Iran’s third-largest city with around 2.3 million residents, saying, «State radio and the TV station were set on fire by rebellious youth.»
As the communications blackout deepened, the confirmed death toll from the unrest rose sharply.
The NCRI reported on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, that at least 44 protesters had been killed by Iranian security forces since the uprising began.
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Iranian demonstrations intensified for a 12th day as demonstrators damaged government buildings across provinces. (The National Council of Resistance of Iran)
The group announced the names of 13 additional victims that day, describing them as «martyrs» of the nationwide uprising.
Seven of those newly identified were from Lordegan, including a woman and two teenagers.
According to the NCRI, the victims were killed by the Revolutionary Guards and other security forces using live ammunition.
The protests were sparked in December by the collapse of Iran’s currency and soaring inflation, but they have since evolved into a broader movement demanding the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.
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Iranian protesters try to take control of two cities in western Iran as nationwide unrest continues, with demonstrators chanting «Death to Khamenei» in the streets. (Getty)
The unrest entered its 12th day with general strikes spreading across major commercial centers and street clashes intensifying, particularly in western Iran.
Safavi described the scale of the demonstrations as unprecedented.
«Millions of Iranians from north to south and east to west have been out in the streets until nighttime,» he said.
«Over the past 12 days, more young people have laid down their lives to free Iran.»
In a statement shared on X, Reza Pahlavi wrote, «Millions of Iranians demanded their freedom tonight. In response, the regime in Iran has cut all lines of communication. It has shut down the Internet. It has cut landlines. It may even attempt to jam satellite signals.»
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Iranian protests intensified for a 12th day with cars turned upside down. (The National Council of Resistance of Iran)
In Lordegan, security forces had reportedly killed eight protesters in a single day, while clashes also left a regime colonel and two Basij members dead.
Elsewhere, protesters torched government buildings in cities, including Lumar in Ilam province. Safavi said symbols of the state have been targeted nationwide.
«Statues have been destroyed and set on fire,» Safavi said, noting that «the day before, buses were set alight in Mashhad and another torched.»
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Footage circulating online and cited by Reuters showed protesters in Mashhad ripping an Iranian flag in half amid chants against the leadership.
In Tehran, Safavi said demonstrators overturned a police car in Kaj Square, an affluent area near the Alborz Mountains, as crowds shouted, «Death to the oppressor!»
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El lunes por la tarde, las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) encontraron los restos del último rehén israelí, el sargento mayor Ran Gvili, en el norte de Gaza.
La identidad de Gvili fue confirmada por el Instituto Nacional de Medicina Forense, asesores rabínicos, la policía y las FDI. Y será devuelto a su familia para su entierro.
Según informaron las FDI el domingo por la noche, durante el fin de semana se iniciaron una serie de operaciones clandestinas para acercarse a la posible ubicación de Gvili.
Las FDI sospechaban que Gvili estaba enterrado en dos o tres lugares, pero información de inteligencia reciente indicaba que estaba enterrado en un cementerio musulmán en la zona de Shejaiay Darah-Tuffah, al norte de Gaza, en el lado israelí de la línea amarilla.
Las FDI afirmaron que la información obtenida sobre los restos de Gvili no provenía directamente de Hamas.
Al mismo tiempo, las FDI afirmaron que Hamas, o los mediadores qataríes, fueron consultados sobre esta información y creyeron que podría ser correcta.
Fuentes de las FDI insinuaron que la información reciente de Hamas sobre dónde podría haber sido enterrado Gvili podría haber sido una desviación.
Además, fuentes de las FDI insinuaron que la Yihad Islámica Palestina podría haber enterrado a Gvili en el cementerio, pensando incorrectamente que era uno de sus propios combatientes o, al menos, palestino.
Alrededor de las 7:15 p.m., las FDI habían dicho que la búsqueda podría completarse en un periodo de horas o podría tomar varios días.
Si las FDI no hubieran encontrado el cuerpo de Gvili en este lugar, estaban preparadas para explorar el otro par de posibilidades.
Además, las FDI han tenido información sobre esta ubicación durante un periodo de tiempo significativo, pero solo la evidencia adicional obtenida durante las operaciones clandestinas del fin de semana allanó el camino para decidir que este lugar realmente podría ser el sitio correcto.
Junto con el gran número de tropas de reserva y de servicio obligatorio de las FDI, y fuerzas de unidades de ingeniería, el equipo de las FDI en el terreno también ha contado con asesores rabínicos y un dentista para intentar ayudar a identificar y confirmar rápidamente sus restos.
Gvili fue asesinado el 7 de octubre y luego su cuerpo fue llevado a Gaza.
Su regreso marca el fin de la saga del retorno de todos los rehenes, vivos y fallecidos, tomados por Hamas el 7 de octubre.
El 7 de octubre de 2023 Hamas ejecutó uno de los mayores atentados que Israel sufrió en toda su historia.
El ataque sorpresa comenzó temprano en la mañana con una andanada de al menos 5000 cohetes contra Israel y con varias oleadas de incursiones hacia su territorio
Los milicianos palestinos traspasaron la barrera Gaza-Israel, atacaron y capturaron bases militares y masacraron a civiles en las comunidades israelíes vecinas, principalmente kibutz, así como en un festival de música electrónica.
Los milicianos también tomaron como rehenes tanto a soldados como a civiles, incluidos mujeres y niños, a los que trasladaron a la Franja de Gaza.
El ataque supuso para Israel la muerte de 1195 personas (766 civiles, de los que 36 eran menores, y 373 militares) y la captura de 251 más, que fueron llevadas a la Franja de Gaza.
La devolución de todos los rehenes era la condición para dar por terminada la fase 1 del acuerdo de paz que Estados Unidos impulsó entre Hamas e Israel. Esa primera fase preveía, el fin de los combates, el repliegue del ejército israelí hacia una franja de territorio en Gaza, conocida como zona amarilla, y la entrega de los rehenes.
Ahora debería comenzar la fase II del acuerdo.
Entre los términos del acuerdo de cese al fuego de 20 puntos impulsado por la Administración Trump en octubre de 2025, la Franja de Gaza será gobernada en una segunda fase por un comité tecnocrático palestino integrado por 15 miembros, que estarán bajo la supervisión de una denominada “Junta de Paz”, presidida por el propio Trump.
Israel también se comprometió a abrir el paso de Rafah que une el territorio de Gaza con Egipto.
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Fetterman urges Minneapolis ICE op to stand down as city spirals to ‘ungovernable and dangerous’ levels
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Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is calling for an immediate end to the Minnesota immigration crackdown after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti Saturday by federal law enforcement, he said in comment to Fox News Digital.
«The operation in Minneapolis should stand down and immediately end,» Fetterman said Monday in a comment to Fox News Digital. «It has become an ungovernable and dangerous urban theatre for civilians and law enforcement that is incompatible with the American spirit.»
«As a very pro-immigration Democrat and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Border Management, I believe our nation deserves a secured border and that we should deport all criminal migrants,» he continued. «I also believe there needs to be a path to citizenship for those hardworking families who are here.»
Fetterman’s comments on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation follow his vocal support of federal law enforcement officers, breaking with many Democrat colleagues who have called for the end to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and for ICE overall to be defunded.
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Sen. John Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, took aim at ICE and Trump administration immigration policies in an X post. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
«Secure the border. Deport all the criminals. Stop targeting the hardworking migrants in our nation,» Fetterman posted to X earlier in January.
Fetterman added in his statement Monday that he continues to buck calls to defund ICE.
Fox News Digital reached out to Fetterman’s office Monday morning inquiring about his wife’s X post blasting the Trump administration’s immigration policies, even as her husband has publicly backed federal immigration officers.
«For more than a decade, I lived undocumented in the US. Every day carried the same uncertainty and fear lived in my body – a tight chest, shallow breaths, racing heart,» the senator’s wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, wrote Sunday. «What I thought was my private, chronic dread has now become a shared national wound.»
«This now-daily violence is not ‘law and order.’ It is terror inflicted on people who contribute, love and build their lives here,» she continued. «It’s devastatingly cruel and unAmerican.»
Gisele Barreto Fetterman previously has discussed moving to the U.S. from Brazil as a child, including as an illegal immigrant for a decade.
Alex Pretti, 37, was fatally shot Saturday by Border Patrol agents in Minnesota while filming federal officers on a Minneapolis street. Federal officials say Pretti approached agents with a 9 mm handgun and resisted disarmament, while witnesses have cast doubt on if Pretti, an ICU nurse, posed a threat to agents.
President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal Sunday that his administration is «reviewing everything,» surrounding the case, but did not say whether the agent who shot Pretti acted appropriately.
Sen. John Fetterman participates in a debate, June 2, 2025, in Boston. (Steven Senne, File/The Associated Press )
The fatal shooting, which follows the Jan. 7 fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good, has sparked outrage among Democrats and critics of the president who say Trump administration immigration policies are causing chaos for communities, while describing the shooting deaths of the two Americans as «murder.»
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Former President Bill Clinton, for example, issued a searing rebuke of the immigration crackdown following Pretti’s death, calling it an «unacceptable» tragedy that «should have been avoided.»
A man arrested by federal agents moments prior escapes in handcuffs after tear gas went off, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Angelina Katsanis/The Associated Press )
Fetterman said in comment to Fox News Digital that «Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti should still be alive» and that his «family grieves for theirs.»
«I’ve also spent significant time hearing many different positions on the funding bills and maintain that I will never vote to shut our government down, especially our Defense Department.
«Additionally, a vote to shut our government down will not defund ICE. DHS has $178B in funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which I did not vote for,» he said. «I reject the calls to defund or abolish ICE. I strongly disagree with many strategies and practices ICE deployed in Minneapolis, and believe that must change.»
«I want a conversation on the DHS appropriations bill and support stripping it from the minibus,» he continued. «It is unlikely that will happen and our country will suffer another shutdown. We must find a way forward and I remain committed to being a voice of reason and common sense.»
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A Minnesota National Guard vehicle blocks off a road near the scene of a shooting earlier in the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Trump announced Monday that he was deploying White House border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota, and that he will report directly to the president.
«Tom Homan will be managing ICE operations on the ground in Minnesota and coordinating with others on the ongoing fraud investigations,» White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox Digital Monday.
Leavitt said Monday during a White House press briefing that the administration is calling on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to agree in order to bring peace to the Twin Cities.
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«Number one, Governor Walz, Mayor Frye and all Democrat leaders should turn over all criminal illegal aliens currently incarcerated in their prisons and jails to federal authorities, along with any illegal aliens with active warrants or known criminal histories for immediate deportation,» Leavitt said. «Number two, state and local law enforcement must agree to turn over all illegal aliens who are arrested by local police. And then thirdly, local police must assist federal law enforcement in apprehending and detaining illegal aliens who are wanted for crimes, especially violent crimes.»
Walz and Trump shared what was described as a productive phone call Monday morning, with the state calling on the president to work together to quell the chaos, Trump said on Truth Social.
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Chinese hackers reportedly breached phones at ‘heart of Downing Street’ in global spy campaign
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Chinese state-linked hackers breached mobile phones at «the heart of Downing Street» amid a global cyber-espionage campaign over several years targeting telecommunication networks, according to reports.
U.S. officials first alerted its allies in 2024 after finding out that hacking groups had gained access to telecom companies around the world, according to The Associated Press.
The campaign reportedly targeted multiple countries, including the U.S. and the other members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance: Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
The breaches allegedly gave China access to the phone data of millions and the possible ability to eavesdrop on calls, read text messages and track users’ locations.
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Chinese cyberattacks reportedly reached «the heart» of the U.K.’s Downing Street, a source told The Telegraph. (Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)
The hackers also had the ability to record calls «at will» according to Anne Neuberger, who was a deputy U.S. national security adviser between January 2021 and January 2025, The Telegraph reported.
Neuberger said that the «Chinese gained access to networks and essentially had broad and full access,» giving them the capability to «geolocate millions of individuals, to record phone calls at will.»
U.S. intelligence agencies believe the breaches date back to at least 2021, but they were only identified and disclosed by U.S. authorities in 2024.
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A source told The Telegraph that the breach went «right into the heart of Downing Street.» (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
In 2024, The Associated Press reported that U.S. federal authorities urged telecommunication companies to boost network security. The guidance, issued by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was to help root out the hackers and prevent similar attacks in the future.
A joint cybersecurity advisory was issued in August 2025, with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and allied partners warning that Chinese state-sponsored actors were targeting networks globally.
«The malicious activity outlined in the advisory partially overlaps with cybersecurity industry reporting on Chinese state-sponsored threat actors referred to by names such as Salt Typhoon,» an NSA release said.
In the U.K., officials raised concerns that senior government figures may also have been exposed. One source told The Telegraph that the breach went «right into the heart of Downing Street.»
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There were reportedly «many» hacking attacks on phones across the British government, particularly under the tenure of Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Hannah McKay/Reuters)
Similarly, The Telegraph was told that there were «many» different hacking attacks on the phones of Downing Street staff and across wider government, especially when Rishi Sunak was prime minister between 2022 and 2024.
Yuval Wollman, a former Israeli intelligence chief, also told The Telegraph that Salt Typhoon was «one of the most prominent names» in the cyber-espionage world.
«While much of the public reporting has focused on U.S. targets, Salt Typhoon’s operations have extended into Europe, the Middle East and Africa, where it has targeted telecoms firms, government entities and technology companies,» Wollman of cybersecurity platform CyberProof added.
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In the past, China’s foreign ministry dismissed the claims as «baseless» and «lacking evidence,» according to The Telegraph.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Downing Street for comment.
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