and, the local sugar bowl college football game has been postponed following the attack. and a tesla cybertruck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas — police say one person has died. hello, i hello, lam hello, i am annita mcveigh. let mejust bring you hello, i am annita mcveigh. let me just bring you some hello, i am annita mcveigh. let mejust bring you some more on that breaking news, the news of that breaking news, the news of that explosion of fire at the entrance to the trump towers hotel in las vegas. here you have some images. we understand that it tesla cyber truck pulled up to the front of the hotel, the glass entrance doors, smoke started to appear from the vehicle and there was, according to the metropolitan

police department darren las vegas, a large explosion. they say there is one person dead in the track. and there were a number of minor injuries as a result. seven people, they say, suffering minor injuries. we have this tweet we can show you from elon musk. you can see on your screen. from elon musk. you can see on yourscreen. he from elon musk. you can see on your screen. he says... eric trump, president electron�*s son, one of his sons, says that he has heard about a reported electric vehicle fire. so that is all the information we have on the situation they're in las vegas at the moment. obviously, as we get more details we will bring that to you. let's return to our main story of the day. of course, the situation in new orleans after that pick—up

truck was driven into a crowd of new year revellers. the man is suspected of carrying out that attack... he didn't do it alone, the fbi say. the suspect, named as 42—year—old shamsud dinjabbar was a us military veteran. he was shot dead at the scene after exchanging fire with law enforcement. ten people were killed after the truck hit crowds of new year revellers in the city. at least 35 others were injured. local police say the driver tried to run over as many people as possible. two officers were wounded and being treated in hospital. in these images shared by earthcam, you can see a group of police officers running toward the scene. this was the early hours of new

year's day, local time. and this picture from social media, checked by bbc verify, shows law enforcement many heavily armed surrounding a white pick—up truck in the aftermath of the incident. the fbi has taken over the investigation and confirmed that they're looking into this as an act of terrorism. the incident took place in the central french quarter of new orleans — a notable and busy nightlife spot — in the early hours of new year's day, local time. this was the scene in the last few hours — it's mid—afternoon there now. large parts of that french quarter have been cordoned off while investigations continue. and, within the last couple of hours, we've heard from the fbi about the suspect. the subject has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud dinjabbar, a us—born citizen from texas. he was driving a ford pick—up truck, which appears to be rented, and we are working to confirm how the subject became in possession

of this vehicle. an isis flag was located on the trailer hitch of the vehicle, and the fbi is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organisations. we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. we are aggressively running down all the leads to identify the possible subject's associates. we're working to ensure that there is no further threat. we do not believe that jabbar was solely responsible. we are simply running down every lead, including those of his known associates. the mayor of new orleans, latoya cantrell, gave this update about what's happening in the city. that was at the same news conference. my priority will continue to be to ensure that victims that remain on bourbon street now will be serviced and removed as soon as possible. but as stated, the fbi is in charge of this investigation and are doing

everything necessary to make this happen. i have gone to the hospital, along with chief kirkpatrick, to visit our police officers and considering their injuries, they're doing well. as i mentioned, this investigation is ongoing and the fbi remains the lead in the investigation. it is an active crime scene as well. we are committed, no doubt, to uncovering all the details surrounding this tragedy. the governor of louisiana, jeff landry, gave more details about the additional security and preparations to the sugar bowl which has been postponed for 2h hours following the attack. in preparation for the super

bowl, i had intended to issue an emergency declaration tomorrow, so that we could bring all of ourfederal, state and local agencies to bear in preparation for the super bowl and mardi gras. but because of the events today, i have amended that emergency declaration and issued it today. so, again, that declaration will allow ourfederal, state and local partners to bring all of the resources necessary to get this city safe. in light of that executive order, i have also ordered the mobilisation of a military police company. i've asked the general to mobilise the military police company to assist both new orleans police and lsb and the fbi. there has been political reaction from the white house. our north america correspondent

rowan bridge has the latest. president biden has said he has spoken to the mayor and has offered all his support needed to the authorities in louisiana over this. i think there were some key things, though, that came out of that news conference that bear repeating. it's clear that the authorities now do not think that this was a single person behind this attack, and they are trying to track down all the known associates of shamsud dinjabbar, and anybody who has had contact with him over the last 72 hours. also worth noting that they said that there are still victims of this attack on the street in bourbon street, in the french quarter in new orleans, which means that i think it's certainly possible that that death toll of ten that have been confirmed so far may go up. we also know that some of those still in hospital are still in a critical condition also, as well. you know, there's been talk about whether there were security measures in place in new orleans in case of such a sort of terrorist attack. the police were keen to point

out that they did have measures in place to protect the area. they had officers in the area, there were patrol cars there, but this was a determined attack that the person actually drove up onto the pavement to get around those barriers in order to drive into people. and then finally, as you say, i think people need to understand that the sugar bowl, this american football game between two university sides, is a massive event for new orleans and indeed for the united states. you know, american football, university football is a massive sport in this country. and so, for that event to be postponed, that is a significant event to be postponed in that way. but the nfl has said that it will take place, it's going to be 24 hours later and certainly tells us about the concerns that the fbi, the lead agency investigating this, and other authorities have about what has happened in new orleans. and then president—elect trump. earlier, he was talking in his statement, he called this an act of pure evil.

and he said criminals coming in are far worse than criminals we have in our country. but of course, since he's made that statement, we have learned that the suspect is a us—born texas resident and army veteran. yeah. that's right. i mean, those details were confirmed by the fbi in that news conference this afternoon. what is not clear is exactly what the motive is behind this. the police, or so the fbi say, they're treating it as a terrorist incident. and if you see in some of the pictures, you see what the fbi now believe is a so—called is flag on the bumper of that car, and they're working to find out if he had any links or associations with any known terrorist organisations. but this was an attack taking place, carried out by a us citizen on us territory. and cbs news is reporting that police in washington, dc say they have heightened security

there in the capital. no known threats, they say, but this is out of an abundance of caution as a result of what has happened in new orleans. our news correspondent anna adams has more about the attack from the french quarter in new orleans. we are seeing more and more officers coming down from different areas of the state. we have got the state troopers joining, officers from different parishes coming to assess. not only is this obviously a hugely fast moving investigation, that there were also absolutely incredible number of tourists ever stop the city is that's 90% capacity, the busiest i have ever seen it since mardi gras. the streets to sell, you know, very busy. we see more and more please come. we see the coroners than leave the french quarter here behind me. just the context, we are at an intersection of canal street and bourbon. the truck came down here and drove into bourbon street there. we have seen the coroners fan, they have been on site since, well,

since the accident happened at 3am. they have only recently been able to remove the final bodies from the scene. it was an active crime scene and i think what happened was they were focusing their efforts on securing the rest of the city before they started moving the bodies. dead bodies have since been moved. the coroners are no longer here. they were slipping in and out. we have seen the investigation moved to other parts of the city. the state rock city is only a mile from here. and one of the houses believed to be an airbnb, officers are there now with bomb squads and dogs have gone on. we have been up there earlier but there is actually nothing at the moment to be reported from there. they are excess to gating the links that the suspect could have had —— investigating the links. you have been _ investigating the links. you have been describing the location. many people may be familiar with it even if they have not been to new orleans.

they were likely know this area is famous, a vibrant area known for its music, of course. jazz especially. so many people in the city, as well, for this big couege the city, as well, for this big college football game, which is a huge event in the usa. what is the mood is there now? people will have been, you know, coming for a weekend, a week of celebration and, you know, all their plans potentially thrown into chaos with this horrific news. exactly. bourbon street is the most famous street in the city. it is known worldwide, it is party central. everything is outside hair, bars are outside, music outside. yesterday there were parades outside, marching bands outside. the concept, fireworks were outside. all of that was concentrated within three or four blocks where this happened. just to give you an idea of how many people were out. all sorts of people go to the french quarter. i was there myself. it really is the centre

of, notjust tourist new orleans, this is where things happen, in the french quarter. police presence would have been relatively strong last night and also it is one of the main areas in the city that has a lot of security cameras. so the police are now trawling through all of the cameras there that have been exposed to that street. it is probably the most heavily surveilled street in the whole city. it is. today we are seeing more and more terrace come out because, i mean, they have to go to... they need to eat, get out of their hotel rooms. we are seeing more and more come down to canal street looking slightly bewildered. it is a weird juxtaposition that this has happened, last night, we are already seeing the restaurants filling up and musicians coming out and playing jazz. so there is a very strange atmosphere, yes, the show has to go on but also

very, very sombre. absolute surprise. because nobody expects, this is not a particularly safe city, it has to be said, that nobody ever expected anything to happen that would have anything to do with terrorism. there was a shooting here two weeks ago, right here, actually. that is what people are frightened about, but certainly nobody would have ever expected a terrorist attack to new orleans. so it is really a shock and surprise today. we saw a news — shock and surprise today. we saw a news conference a while ago, the governor of louisiana, ago, the governor of louisiana, a declaration to ensure that all resources are there to get their city say. as hepatic, they would be made available. at the news conference that was quite a lot of discussion about bollards in the area. bullard switch the suspect drove around. what more can you tell us about that? a lot of the reporters on that news conference were very interested to ask questions about that absolutely. that is the question. i have spoken to some

people who own restaurants, the business community here, and thatis business community here, and that is what they want to know here. why were the bollards not preventing this? there were two sets of bollards. i saw that one of them was up last night, actually. but it was further up in bourbon street. somehow somebody has been able to circumvent the bollards. that is the question that suddenly everyone wants to find out the answer to. that is what we are going to have to hear about relatively soon. to think that an area that is known for its street life, people piling into the street, wasn't protected on a night like new year's eve. and a night where we also, should have come at the college football game. now i think people were began, the authorities, to get very, very nervous. we have the super bowl coming here and just over a month. after that we have got mardi gras, so all of these safety concerns are going to really, really feel a sense of anxiety people already had.

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more now on the latest from las vegas, where a tesla cybertruck has exploded outside the trump hotel in las vegas. these pictures coming into us a short while ago. one person has been reported killed in the blast. inside the vehicle. in a post on the social media x, formerly known as twitter, the ceo of tesla motors, elon musk, has said the whole tesla senior team is investigating this matter at the moment. trying to find out what happened. one of president elect�*s sons reporting what he heard. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin ra mjaun. hello.

hello from the bbc sport centre. a big win for arsenal in the premier league tonight — the only match in the english top flight on new years's day... the gunners back up to second, after beating brentford. they fell behind early to the home side, bryan mbeumo putting them ahead... parity was restored through gabrieljesus, who's goal—scoring form for arsenal continues — with his 6th goal in four games. mikel merino and gabriel martinelli sealed the 3—1 win, arsenal six points behind leaders liverpool — who have a game in hand. it's a big win. a really good night, very well coached, they have been exceptional at time. when you go down very early in the game, it becomes a mountain to climb. that they were rewarded. you can't concede the first goat — you can't concede the first goal. that should never have been — goal. that should never have been a — goal. that should never have been a goal. second half, we knew— been a goal. second half, we knew they were good, the best in the — knew they were good, the best in the world. we need to learn from _ in the world. we need to learn from them, definitely. a little bit ofm — from them, definitely. a little bit of... where they dropped the ball—

bit of... where they dropped the ball there. bit of... where they dropped the ballthere. but bit of... where they dropped the ball there. but they scored and they— the ball there. but they scored and they are good at it. and the test— and they are good at it. and the last one, we need to and they are good at it. and the last one, we