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Le chef de la police iranienne a lancé lundi un ultimatum de trois jours aux personnes impliquées dans ce qu'il a qualifié "d'émeutes" pour se livrer aux autorités, après l'écrasement meurtrier d'un vaste mouvement de contestation. Déclenchée le 28 décembre par des protestations contre le coût de la vie, la mobilisation a pris une ampleur majeure le 8 janvier, défiant ouvertement la République islamique en place depuis 1979, avant une répression violente qui, selon des ONG, a fait des milliers de morts. "Les jeunes qui se sont retrouvés involontairement impliqués dans les émeutes sont considérés comme des personnes trompées, et non comme des soldats ennemis", a affirmé le chef de la police, Ahmad-Reza Radan sur la télévision d'Etat. Il a donné aux intéressés "au maximum trois jours" pour se livrer, leur assurant qu'ils seraient alors traités avec "plus de clémence". Les chefs des pouvoirs exécutif, législatif et judiciaire du pays ont pour leur part affirmé qu'ils "punir(aient) de manière décisive" les instigateurs des "incidents terroristes", dans un communiqué commun publié par la télévision d'Etat.- "Guerre contre Dieu" - L'agence iranienne Tasnim a recensé en fin de semaine dernière quelque 3.000 personnes arrêtées en lien avec la mobilisation, des groupes de défense des droits avançant le chiffre de 20.000 arrestations. La mobilisation a été étouffée par une répression qualifiée de "massacre" par Amnesty International, à la faveur d'un blackout inédit des communications instauré il y a onze jours. L'accès à internet devrait "progressivement" revenir à la normale cette semaine, ont annoncé lundi les autorités, après un bref rétablissement limité de l'accès dimanche. Au moins 3.428 manifestants ont été tués, selon le dernier bilan de l'ONG Iran Human Rights (IHR), dont les chiffres sont cités par l'ONU, mais d'autres estimations font selon elle état de plus de 5.000 morts, voire jusqu'à 20.000. Le guide suprême, Ali Khamenei, a lui-même fait état de "milliers de personnes tuées" imputant ces morts aux "séditieux", selon lui manipulés par les Etats-Unis et Israël.Le porte-parole de la justice iranienne, Asghar Jahangir, a réaffirmé dimanche que des procès rapides seraient organisés pour les mis en cause. Il a averti que certains actes s'apparentaient au crime de "guerre contre Dieu", passible de la peine de mort, appliquée généralement par pendaison. - "Outil d'intimidation" -L'inquiétude grandit quant au risque d'exécutions de contestataires, dans un pays où 1.500 personnes auraient été exécutées en 2025, selon le Haut-Commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'homme, Volker Türk. "L'ampleur et le rythme des exécutions évoquent un recours systématique à la peine capitale comme outil d'intimidation de l'Etat", a-t-il pointé lundi. Le président Masoud Pezeshkian, le président du Parlement Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf et le chef du pouvoir judiciaire Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei se sont par ailleurs engagés dans leur communiqué commun à travailler "sans relâche" pour "résoudre les problèmes économiques et liés aux moyens de subsistance". La mobilisation avait été lancée par des commerçants de Téhéran, après une nouvelle chute de la monnaie nationale, le rial, qui a perdu depuis un an plus d'un tiers de sa valeur face au dollar. Une hyperinflation fragilise aussi depuis des années le pouvoir d'achat en Iran, où le marasme économique a encore été aggravé par le rétablissement en septembre par l'ONU de sanctions internationales liées au programme nucléaire de Téhéran. Par Lucie PEYTERMANN - © 2026 AFP

By NAYARA BATSCHKE SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters in Chile are battling forest fires that started on Sunday and have killed at least 19 people and left around 1,500 homeless as they swept through thousands of acres in the center and south of the country, officials said. Five large wildfires were still active Monday in the South American nation, with temperatures higher than usual due to a summer heat wave, said the National Service for the Prevention of Disasters. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in the central Biobio and neighboring Ñuble regions on Sunday. The emergency designation allows greater coordination with the military to rein wildfires. Boric said on his X account on Monday morning that weather conditions are adverse, which means some of the fires could reignite. A woman holds a cat rescued after wildfires swept through homes near Lirquen, Chile, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) Mirtza Aguilera, right, and her daughter embrace in front of their home burned by wildfires in Tome, Chile, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) A Chilean flag is covered by the Spanish message: “Punta Arenas rises” at a home destroyed by wildfires in Tome, Chile, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) A police officer clears burned roofing sheets from a home destroyed by wildfires in Tome, Chile, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) Resident Andres Garrido pushes a wheelbarrow with gas cylinders burned when wildfires destroyed homes in Tome, Chile, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) Andres Garrido carries burned roofing sheets at his home after it was burned by wildfires in Tome, Chile, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) Show Caption1 of 6A woman holds a cat rescued after wildfires swept through homes near Lirquen, Chile, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) Expand Wildfires are common in Chile during the summer due to high temperatures and dry weather. The current outbreak of fires in central and southern Chile is one of the deadliest in recent years. In 2024, massive fires ripping across Chile’s central coastline killed at least 130 people, becoming the nation’s deadliest natural disaster since a devastating 2010 earthquake. Related Articles Fashion designer Valentino dies at home in Rome, aged 93 Prince Harry says Daily Mail scoops made him ‘paranoid beyond belief’ Inequality and unease are rising as elite Davos event opens with pro-business Trump set to attend What to know about the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos As faith in the US fades a year into Trump 2.0, Europe tries to end a reliance on American security

A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle in Inver Grove Heights over the weekend. Inver Grove Heights police and fire and M Health Fairview EMS responded about 5:30 p.m. Saturday to Upper 55th Street and Blaine Avenue on a report of a crash, according to the police department. First responders found the pedestrian in the street and provided medical aid. The person, whose name hasn’t been released, was transported to Regions Hospital and pronounced dead. The driver “is cooperating with authorities and showed no signs of impairment,” police said in a statement. Inver Grove Heights police are investigating with assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol. Related Articles Inside Twin Cities hospitals, ICE agents unnerve staff Fundraiser for St. Paul city employee being deported despite legal status DOJ investigating after activists disrupt St. Paul church where MN ICE official is a pastor Two hotels in downtown St. Paul temporarily closed for safety concerns St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in ICE detention

Eric Ramsay has more than one job to do at West Bromwich Albion. After two years at Minnesota United, the Welshman last week took over as head coach of the underperforming English club at midseason. His primary objective is to improve West Brom’s results on the field and avoid dreaded relegation from the country’s second-tier league to its third. Ramsay is also doing so behalf of MLS. No pressure, coach. Minnesota United head coach Eric Ramsay watches game action in the first half of a MLS game against the Los Angeles Galaxy at Allianz Field in St. Paul on Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025. (John Autey / Pioneer Press) The North American league has lacked a track record of coaches having success in moves to Europe; the latest example ended in stunning whiplash. Wilfred Nancy had earned deep respect in his four years with the Columbus Crew, winning the 2023 MLS Cup and reaching two other finals. The 48-year-old Frenchman, who won MLS coach of the year in 2024, was hired at Celtic in early December, but was sacked by Scotland’s top club in early January. He had lost six times across eight matches. There are two other well-known cautionary tales. In 2016, Bob Bradley became the first American coach in the English Premier League with Swansea City, but the former MLS and U.S. men’s national team coach’s stint in the EPL lasted only 11 games. In 2022, Jesse Marsch took over at Leeds United after stints in MLS, Austria and Germany. The Racine, Wis., native lasted less than one calendar year before being fired midseason. Leeds finished the season relegated from the Premier League to the Championship, where Ramsay currently resides with West Brom. During his introductory press conference last week, Ramsay was asked by a local reporter about the “completely different” task at West Brom compared to what he faced in Minnesota and MLS. “It’s completely understandable,” Ramsay said about the question. “But I know what MLS has meant for me or my coaching journey.” Then Ramsay ticked through some of his coaching experiences, including at his hometown club, Shrewsbury Town, which is mere miles from West Brom’s home stadium, The Hawthorns. He also mentioned stints as an assistant coach at Manchester United, with Chelsea’s Under-23 team and at two of Swansea’s youth squads. He has also been an assistant for the Wales national team. “I know very well the demands from a playing perspective, and I feel like the experience around the Championship that I’ve complemented with two years (at Minnesota) in a very demanding setting as a head coach,” Ramsay said. “It could not have prepared me better for this. And I’ve said repeatedly that I wouldn’t be sat in this chair if I didn’t feel like I’d done everything to make sure that I was prepared, that I would have taken that risk in that sense. “So I feel very comfortable with the depth of experience I’ve gotten. I think if it was analyzed very carefully, you’d see that amounts to a really good grounding for this league.” A previous question posed to Ramsay last week centered on underestimating “the toughness” within MLS. “It’s a top 10 league” in the world, Ramsay replied. “It’s growing very quickly. The level is high. You see that with the outs from the league, you see it with the ins. (Players leaving and entering MLS in the transfer market.) It’s changing very rapidly. It’s uniquely demanding league.” Ramsay, who was the youngest coach in MLS at age 34, cited the multicultural aspect in the Loons locker room, with more than 20 different nationalities on last year’s roster, the travel demands across four time zones in the U.S. and Canada and a spectrum of different climates to play in. When Ramsay took over West Brom, the club had 31 points in 26 matches and sat in 18th place. That was 10 points from the top six clubs, which advance to a playoff, while also being seven points clear from the bottom three teams, which are relegated to the lower tier, League One. On Friday, Ramsay lost his West Brom debut, 3-2 at…