he was a us veteran. and the local sugar bowl college football game has been postponed following the attack. also a tesla cybertruck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas — police say one person has died. more now on the latest from las vegas, where a tesla cybertruck has exploded outside the trump hotel in las vegas one person has been reported killed in the blast. 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. we've also heard this from one

of president trump's sons. this happened around 8:40am local time. let's return to the situation in new orleans. the man suspected of carrying out an attack on new years revellers has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud dinjabbar, a us army veteran from texas. a flag of the group calling itself the islamic state group was found in the pickup truck which the suspect drove into a crowd of people — the fbi has confirmed the suspect was shot dead at the scene after exchanging fire with law enforcement. in these images shared by earthcam, you can see a group of police officers running toward the scene. the mayor of new orleans latoya cantrell gave this update about what's

happening in the city. first and foremost, i want to express my deepest condolences to the families of the ones that were impacted by this tragedy on bourbon street, near the heart of the city of new orleans, and i know the entire city council grieves right along with me. no doubt about that. and our families. my priority will continue to be to ensure that victims that remain on bourbon street now will be serviced and moved as soon as possible. i also want to acknowledge hearing from president biden, all of our federal partners, but most importantly, governor collin landry this morning, responding with haste.

we do say thank you and demonstration of unified support is right here. the mission now is to facilitate, support and co—ordinate safety procedures to keep our residents and our visitors safe. i've gone to the hospital along with chief along with chief kirkpatrick to visit our officers and considering their injuries, they are 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 details surrounding this tragedy. we are taking every necessary step to put even more safety procedures in place, especially

given the nature of the investigation. i'm going to ask people, do not go around our secured area. area if there is no essential need to do so. area if there is no essential need to do so. it matters, and again, it is an active crime scene. i also want you all to know that the greater new orleans foundation has set up a fund to assist victims and that information will be provided to you. again, i want to thank this unified team. we're leaning in, we will be relentless and we will do everything that it takes to render realjustice. this team well. this team will.

i want to also thank our citizens for heartfelt prayers. new orleans is a world—class city and i can say i've heard from world leaders all this morning and up until now in addition to my brother and sister mayors across the country. they're calling, responding and standing with the city of new orleans and what they always say and want me to reiterate — they understand the resilience of this community. we're strong in that regard and i will say second to none. with that, i'm going to turn over to our governor and as i mentioned, who has not wavered in leading and providing the necessary support and standing right here with me, and i say thank you, governor. i know the first lady is standing with us as well. thank you, madam mayor. again, i want to thank the mayor. since about 3:45, when she

called me, we have all been working around the clock to both secure the city and... again, i want to reiterate our prayers, with all who have been affected by this tragedy. i want to thank our law enforcement officers, i want to thank our medical personnel, our first responders, and the new orleans police officers, who not only laid their life on the line, but were able to eliminate the threat this morning. let me say we have made public safety a state priority from day one, and i think if you look around at the people standing around, that is their commitment as well. we intend to be transparent in assisting any defects that may exist so that we can address it. it's the only way to ensure

any mistakes were made that were corrected. specifically, we have been trying and working very diligently to address concerns in preparation for the super bowl since october. it's interesting because ironically, in preparation, i intended to issue an emergency declaration tomorrow so that we could break all of ourfederal, and local agencies to bear. but because of the events today, i the events today, i have amended that emergency declaration and issued it today. again, that declaration will allow our federal state and local partners to bring all of the resources necessary to get this city safe. again, that declaration

will allow our federal state and local partners to bring all the in light of that executive order, i've also ordered the mobilization of a military police company. i've asked the general to mobilize police to assist both new orleans police and lsb and the fbi. it is important for our citizens to know that we are doing everything we can to secure their safety in this city. we want to make it clear — the superdome and the surrounding area is safe. but i've always said the safety is something always paramount to me.

should we reschedule this evening at 7:45pm? we have been in consultation with espn, with the college football playoffs, with the southeastern conference, with the university of georgia, the notre dame — all parties agree it's in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game for 2h hours. work is fast about to set up a safe and efficient funding environment for tomorrow night. there'll be more details of the coming details of the coming hours, but for now, that's the plan. we're going to move forward and play the game and we reiterate our thanks to everyone up here for the important work they are doing. we live in a fun and games world. but we certainly recognise the importance of this and we're going to support it ioo%. thank you.

can i bring up senator kennedy? i wish i understood . better why bad things happen to good people. if i make it to heaven, i'm going to ask. - for those people who don't believe in objective evil, i all you have to do - is look at what happened in our city early this morning. lam... if this doesn't trigger the gag reflex of every american, - every fair—minded american, i would be very surprised. i i'm here because these are my people. - are my people's friends.

i'm here because there i are a lot of louisiana eans i'm here because there. are a lot of louisianeans who are scared tonight. i don't want them to be. there's a lot of _ information going around. some of it is actually true. some of it isn't. the federal government is now in charge of- this investigation. by that, i mean the i white house, the fbi, the department- of homeland security and the department ofjustice. i have not talked to the fbi. maybe they've spoken to my staff. _ i don't know. i did talk to the secretary of homeland security- a little while ago. i told him with all— the respect i can muster that we expect to put the full force and resources of the federal l government behind this investigation. i

our state troopers, - our local police departments, our sheriffs — we have many — have been terrific. _ federal government isi cooperating with them. i hope that will continue. here's what i want to ask - for the federal government — catch these people. catch these people. tell the american people the truth. | i don't want you to tell us . anything is going to interfere with the investigation. there are things that i have been told that i think are true that. i'm not sharing with you today because it could interfere with their investigation. i but after we get to| the bottom of this, they need to tell the american. people the truth and the people of new orleans the truth i and the people of america.

to postpone this ball game for 24 hours. _ there'sjust too much stuff we don't know. and it'sjust not worth it. but i will promise you this. when this is complete, - you will find out what happened and who is responsible, or i will raise fresh hell| and i will chase those in the federal- government who are responsible for telling us what happened - like they stole christmas. thank you, senator kennedy. thank you, governor, mayorand senator kennedy and all of our agents for doing a yeoman�*s job when we need you most. for employing the resources of all of our partners. this is all hands on deck.

from the white house all the way down, i've been in communication with the white house as early this morning. the president has made it very clear that intends to bring all resources to bear. not only to tell the truth, but to provide the resources to bring these cowards to justice. i want to personally thank the men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to protect our citizens and visitors, to our mayor and our governor for acting expeditiously and bringing us all together. sheriff �*s from the surrounding areas recognising if it happens in new orleans, it can happen anywhere. we don't have the luxury of being myopic. in this community, we work together. we don't point fingers, we don't fingers, we don't blame. we go after the bad guys. let it be clear that the full faith of the united states in every agency there is is on the ground, working, and for those who may have played

a role in this horrific act of cowardice, we will find you. we will bring you to justice. new orleans is a place that held his ability to protect citizens, that heals his ability to manage major events — super bowl, sugar bowl, mardi gras, essence festival, jazz festival. you name it, nobody does it better than law enforcement in new orleans and surrounding areas. kudos to those two officers who have been wounded. our hearts go out to those who lost loved ones. who are wounded and on the mend in the hospital. citizens, now is the time to stay calm, be time to stay calm, be vigilant. this is not the time to come out to sightsee. listen to your federal local state officials. be vigilant. if you saw something, say something. if you know something, tell someone. there are tip lines, there's integration available, please — all hands on deck. if you know something, tell someone. there are tip lines, there's integration available, please — all hands on deck. rest assured the division that was made to postpone the game

was onto lightly, it was on with one single thing in mind — public safety, making sure the citizens and visitors of this great city, and only if this event, but for every event you come here in louisiana that you will be safe, and we'll use every resource possible as the governor and the mayor has said. rest assured the division that was made to postpone the game was onto lightly, it was on with one single thing in mind — public safety, making sure the citizens and visitors of this great city, and only if this event, but for every event you come here in louisiana that you will be safe, and we'll use every resource possible as the governor and the mayor has said. our energy and commitment will be to make sure that you are safe. now and for every event in the future. god bless you.

i want to extend my sincerest condolences to the families of the victims. parents got a phone _ the victims. parents got a phone call early this morning that— phone call early this morning that no— phone call early this morning that no parent ever wants to receive. — that no parent ever wants to receive. as a parent of children— receive. as a parent of children who come to new orleans _ children who come to new orleans and spend time here, i know_ orleans and spend time here, i know that — orleans and spend time here, i know that that is just something that we hold our breath— something that we hold our breath sometimes until they're home — breath sometimes until they're home safe and some people did not come — home safe and some people did not come home safe. we also have — not come home safe. we also have some people who are fighting _ have some people who are fighting for their lives right now— fighting for their lives right now in_ fighting for their lives right now in the hospital. i would ask everyone to pray for them. they— ask everyone to pray for them. they need _ ask everyone to pray for them. they need our support and they need _ they need our support and they need our— they need our support and they need our prayers. this was a

heinous— need our prayers. this was a heinous act, a heinous, cowardly— heinous act, a heinous, cowardly acts, and we will find them — cowardly acts, and we will find them and _ cowardly acts, and we will find them and we will bring them to justice — them and we will bring them to justice. my office will be providing both investigative and prosecutorial support to the city _ and prosecutorial support to the city of new orleans, to the district — the city of new orleans, to the district attorney, as i have done — district attorney, as i have done for— district attorney, as i have done for months. we will continue _ done for months. we will continue to do that. we will provide _ continue to do that. we will provide the governor with whatever support that he needs and the — whatever support that he needs and the governor's office whatever support they need. i will be — whatever support they need. i will be here to help, i will be here — will be here to help, i will be here to — will be here to help, i will be here to stand with the city of new — here to stand with the city of new orleans. we will bring them tojustice — new orleans. we will bring them tojustice. thank you. new orleans. we will bring them to justice. thank you.— to justice. thank you. thank ou, to justice. thank you. thank you. governor. _ to justice. thank you. thank you, governor, and - to justice. thank you. thank| you, governor, and madame mayor. my name is ann kirkpatrick, the chief of new orleans police. official title is superintendent, but my role is superintendent, but my role is as chief of police. you've heard some details today and over the last 2a hours, we've

had approximately 400 over the last 24 hours, we've had approximately 400 officers in the french quarter. as we know, this is notjust an act of terrorism, this is evil. when we face evil, we have a choice. we can run in fear, or we can indeed stand in strength. in a time of crisis, people are looking for leadership. you're looking at the leadership. and i promise you as the chief of police of this city, this city has been tried by fire before. but fire purifies, fire makes things stronger. we have a plan, we know what to do, we are going to get these people. there is a

path forward. i'm very pleased that we will be back to having a wonderful game tomorrow night. new orleans police have proven their ability to make the city safer. that was the latest news conference in the last couple of hours. let's get some witness reaction. i'v e i've been there many times. i told it was like mardi gras. it's just a massive told it was like mardi gras. it'sjust a massive party. everyone's just so happy. just crazy numbers of people. the fireworks were beautiful. i was

in a bar called the aaron rose, which is about 15 — 20 metres from bourbon. we were all having a great time. i had been in there for maybe two and a half hours at that point. the weird shots. we saw people running past the window and didn't really know what was going on, obviously. we heard the shots. we knew it couldn't be good. but we kind of thought, ok, it's a shooting. someone has been shot. that was kind of... obviously, that was not the case. they shut down the windows, locked the door and we alljust sort of... i

suppose we try to carry on because we didn't know anything, so we just... because we didn't know anything, so wejust... things were a lot quieter at the point and then all the sounds started, and then we noticed it was more. bearing in mind fireworks have been going on all night, you hear bangs and fireworks had been going on for hours. so, itjust... the noise kind of... we had grown accustomed. but we were all just talking, what's happening, what do we do. the bar staff are great. they were all very calm. everyone in the bar was calm. everyone in the bar was calm as well. i guess... we didn't know. i went to sleep, 0k, didn't know. i went to sleep, ok, not really sure what's happened, and that i woke up

this morning and then, yeah. his calling family and saying, don't worry, i'm ok. just heartbroken. i love this city. i love the people. nowhere deserves this. this city and these people do not deserve this. we're just getting some further news from washington. they are saying in relation to this incident in new orleans, the fbi is reviewing a video showing several people dragging explosive devices and investigators working to identify those individuals. according to latest detail, the video shows approximately four individuals placing devices. we heard from the fbi earlier saying they didn't believe that the suspect was working alone.

recap, the fbi reviewing a video of people dragging explosive devices into the place. that's all the detail we have on that at the moment. we will obviously bring you any updates on that. let's just look at a different story now. it has less cyber truck has —— a tesla cyber truck has exploded outside the trump hotel it with one reported killed. in a post on x, formerly known as twitter, the ceo elon musk said the whole tesla senior team is investigating. "we've never seen anything like this before". eric trump also saying on x that this was a reported electric vehicle fire which occurred at the entrance of the

trump hotel in las vegas. an armed man has killed ten people including two children in montenegro. a statement said the man opened fire in a bar and fled the scene. police identified him only by his initials and said he was 45 years old, and special troops have been dispatched to search for the attacker. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. there's no time to catch our breath for the start of the weather this new year because we've replaced wet and windy weather by somewhat colder conditions. first thing tomorrow morning, a cold and frosty start for most of us, but there will be but there will be some sunshine. this weather front might prevent temperatures from falling below freezing across the far south—east, but cold arctic air taking over and so temperatures falling away. in sheltered rural glens of scotland, we could see temperatures as low as —7 first

thing thursday morning. that'll be accompanied by some wintry snow showers here. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow running down through east coasts of england. elsewhere, a lot of sunshine coming through. despite a chilly story, it will be a relatively pleasant day. top temperatures generally between 2—5 celsius. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, we've still got that cold arctic air with us. this weather front here, if anything, will enhance a few showers, but it's going to be a bitterly cold start on friday morning. a widespread hard frost right across the country. temperatures below freezing, but again a dry, relatively sunny one for some. temperatures below freezing, but again a dry, relatively sunny one for some. there'll be a few scattered showers moving through northern ireland, down through the irish sea and into the cheshire gap. and also some showers running down through north sea coasts, but lengthy spells of sunshine further inland. temperatures again ranging from 1—5 celsius. now, as we move out of friday into saturday, fog could be an issue first thing in the morning, particularly across parts of england and wales, some of it dense and freezing in places. best of the sunshine out to the east as we will see conditions start to cloud over from the south and west. it's still going to be a cold day, but we're starting to see the first signs

of a change coming. and that's this weather front that's expected to arrive during saturday. now, of course, as it bumps into that bitterly cold air that we've got in place on the leading edge, there is the potential for some significant snow. a lot of uncertainty where these frontal systems will be sitting and how much snow, but it's likely we'll see england and wales. milder air here, but we keep that cold air further north. so, for many of you who've had an extended holiday from that new year period and are travelling this weekend, keep abreast of the forecast. it could be tricky for some.

live from london. this is bbc news. a tesla cybertruck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas — police say one person has died. ten people are killed after a vehicle drives into a large crowd in new orleans — the suspect has been named as 42—year—old shamsud dinjabbar. the fbi says an is flag was found in the vehicle. we do not believe that shamsud dinjabbar was solely responsible.

we are aggressively running down every lead. including running down every lead. those of his known associates. the fbi has confirmed officers shot and killed the suspect — who was an us military veteran. and, the local sugar bowl college football game has been postponed following the attack. we will have more from new orleans in a moment, but first one person has died and seven others have been injured after a tesla cybertruck exploded outside a hotel owned by donald trump. the person who died was inside the vehicle, which was outside the hotel, clark county fire department officials and las vegas metropolitan police said. the cause of the fire is still currently unclear. in a post on the social media x, the ceo of tesla motors, elon musk, has said the whole tesla senior team