Hackers target Iran state TV’s satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hackers have disrupted Iranian state TV to air footage supporting the exiled crown prince. The video urged security forces not to target civilians. It comes amid nationwide protests and a crackdown that has killed at least 3,941 people, according to activists. Iran’s Foreign Minister had his invitation to the World Economic Forum withdrawn over the killings. Meanwhile, tensions between the U.S. and Iran remain high. A U.S. aircraft carrier has entered the Strait of Malacca, potentially heading to the Middle East. The death toll from the crackdown is the highest since the 1979 revolution, with over 25,700 arrests reported.

Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” in a text message released on Monday. Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Støre appears to ratchet up a standoff between Washington and its closest allies over his threats to take over Greenland, a self-governing territory of NATO member Denmark. On Saturday, Trump announced a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight nations that have rallied around Denmark and Greenland, including Norway. Those countries issued a forceful rebuke.

Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to 40 as authorities fear more bodies could be found

ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) — Regional Spanish officials said Monday that at least 40 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed rail collision the previous night in the country’s south when the tail end of a train jumped the track, causing another train speeding past in the opposite direction to derail. Juanma Moreno, the president of Andalusia, the southern Spanish region where the accident happened, confirmed the new death toll in an afternoon press conference. Efforts to recover the bodies from the two wrecked train cars continued, he added. The impact tossed the second train’s lead carriages off the track, sending them plummeting down a 13-foot slope.

Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev says he is stepping down

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev has announced his decision to step down. Radev’s decision on Monday comes amid public expectation that he will form a new political party. In a televised address, Radev said that he will formally submit his resignation to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. “The battle for the future of our homeland lies ahead, and I believe we will face it together with all of you — the worthy, the inspired, and the unyielding,” Radev said in his address. Under the constitution, the current vice president, Iliana Yotova, must be sworn in by parliament to take the post until the end of the mandate.