UPDATED STORY: Death toll from Iranian protests climbs to 13. https://t.co/qJwugMa9Vz

— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 1, 2018

Iranian protesters attack police stations, raising stakes in unrest https://t.co/jBXCVjprfj

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 1, 2018

Iranian authorities have clamped down on Tehran after demonstrators across the country ignored calls for calm https://t.co/M9G7x8lvAT

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 1, 2018

A first & game changing shift in #IranProtests: reports of security forces refusing to battle the crowds. #Iran #تظاهرات_سراسرى_

— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) January 1, 2018

Quite a sentence: “Minister Jahromi has already announced on Twitter (which has been blocked in Iran since 2009) that those who say the recent censorship of social media platforms is permanent are sowing social unrest.” https://t.co/6M0jCsGHV7

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 1, 2018

What is behind the violence and protests that are rocking Iran? pic.twitter.com/qFTktcWTKM

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 1, 2018

Rouhani took over a shattered economy. Youth unemployment 25 per cent, inflation still 10 per cent The economic dimension to #Iranprotests https://t.co/x2MVC6UnTa via @financialtimes

— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) January 1, 2018

Germany calls for calm in Iran, urges respect for right to protest https://t.co/mF5Zl796R4 pic.twitter.com/g0GRm35Pf7

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 1, 2018

We regret the loss of life that has occurred in the protests in Iran, and call on all concerned to refrain from violence and for international obligations on human rights to be observed.https://t.co/KvqwwTn3oR

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 1, 2018

2017 safest year on record for commercial passenger air travel: groups https://t.co/GJ2R6q7OKz pic.twitter.com/ktN1nbbZLe

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 2, 2018

Storm cuts power to 65,000 households in western France https://t.co/tOQOQQ0sbz pic.twitter.com/Tc87TIFQOr

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 1, 2018

Tuesday’s Ireland edition of The Times pic.twitter.com/RfSJOuqvr9

— The Times Ireland (@thetimesIE) January 1, 2018

In 1984, The Times asked Samuel Beckett for his New Year's resolutions and hopes. Beckett responded with a brief telegram: 'RESOLUTIONS COLON ZERO STOP PERIOD HOPES COLON ZERO STOP BECKETT'.

— Samuel Beckett (@samuelbbeckett) January 1, 2018

Trump to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in 2018 in break with campaign rhetoric https://t.co/2C5T58vVzo pic.twitter.com/ODCTpmzSR8

— The Hill (@thehill) January 1, 2018

#MAGA update: Backpedaling from a long time pledge, @realDonaldTrump is preparing to send more American troops and money to Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/ykKShXczaf

— West Wing Report (@WestWingReport) January 1, 2018

Australian officials frustrated that U.S. officials leaked diplomat's involvement in Russia probe: report https://t.co/n438OtaCm8 pic.twitter.com/engr1GUdQX

— The Hill (@thehill) January 2, 2018

TRUMP ON XMAS: Merry Christmas! Tomorrow it's back to work!

TUESDAY: Golf

WEDNESDAY: Golf

THURSDAY: Golf

FRIDAY: Golf

SATURDAY: Golf

SUNDAY: Golf

MONDAY: Golfhttps://t.co/OQO2Bewq0Q

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 1, 2018

White House aides already anxious about 2018https://t.co/6MGXf7cK2D pic.twitter.com/ioovTBIHlZ

— POLITICO (@politico) January 1, 2018

Ministers cannot name a single country that asked UK for a post-Brexit trade deal https://t.co/7gJSC0KRow

DIT "is currently engaging with all countries with which the EU has trade agreements, to discuss continuity of current trading arrangements as the UK leaves the EU."

— Prof Frank Mueller (@frankmueller101) January 1, 2018

Tuesday's FT: Growth will slow to 1.5% this year, poll of leading economists predicts #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/pwqbzKp1W3

— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) January 1, 2018

"the UK’s true special relationship is not with the US but with Ireland. Any renewal of the UK for modern times must take special account of what the peace process called “the totality of relationships” within these islands, including with the republic" https://t.co/9ovTMalZNB

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) January 1, 2018

The reality of our establishment: a white man with no qualifications but good connections always gets the job. pic.twitter.com/8vCqlDO1H0

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) January 1, 2018