world's deadliest gas leaks. hello. president biden says the man who drove a pickup truck into a crowd in new orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos indicating support for the islamic state group "mere hours" before the attack. the driver has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud—dinjabbar — a us citizen and army veteran from texas, who served in afghanistan. he was shot dead by police shortly after the attack — which authorities say was a terrorist act. an is flag was found on the vehicle — along with potential explosive devices. the fbi says it doesn't think the driver was "solely responsible". the attack targeted a busy street in the central �*french

quarter�* of new orleans, where crowds were out celebrating new year. from there, tom bateman reports. shamsud—dinjabbar, now the focus of an intensive fbi investigation, the man believed to be responsible for this new year's day attack. just after 3am chaos unfolds. the first signs of panic as police race to the scene. what they find, much of which is too graphic to show, is the immediate aftermath of a ramming attack. this is where the attack began. that white pick—up truck moving down this street towards the direction we are in, slowly at first, before getting to the junction here with bourbon street, this very famous thoroughfare in the historic part of new orleans. it took a right and accelerated quickly down the street behind that police truck there. last night president biden said he was being briefed by the authorities. the law enforcement and intelligence community

are continuing to look for any connections, associations, or co—conspirators. we have nothing additionally to report at this time. dozens were wounded in this attack, including two police officers hit by gunfire. police evacuated a wide area and say they found a potential explosive device in the truck, and other possible devices outside it, before they carried out controlled explosions. the fbi says the attack is being investigated as an act of terrorism. an isis flag was located on the trailer of the vehicle and the fbi is working to identify the subject's potential associations with terrorist organisations. weapons and potential improvised explosive devices, ieds, were located in the subject's vehicle. others were located in the french quarter. investigators are scouring the scene for clues as further details emerge

about shamsud—dinjabbar, including his us military background, while trying to establish who else may have been involved. tom bateman, bbc news, new orleans. our correspondent carl nasman, who's at the scene — gave us the latest on the investigation. the french quarter, bourbon street, here behind me, still an active crime scene. investigators trying to put together some of the pieces here, including whether or not there were other people involved in this attack. there were some suggestions of co—conspirators. those might have come from cctv footage that appeared to show several individuals in the area where explosive devices were discovered along that street, outside of that vehicle. we understand now, though, that those individuals are no longer of interest in this case, but authorities continue to look in other locations. this is expanding now, a rental property also in new orleans, about two miles away from where we are, where it's believed the suspect stayed and might have put together some of those explosive materials.

and even in the neighbouring state in texas, the city of houston, that is where the suspect is believed to be from. authorities there are now searching his property. when it comes to new orleans the people living here, understandably, they're grieving for those 15 people that died in this attack, they're a bit uneasy. this was not the new year's celebration, of course, that they were hoping for. but even so, the city now showing signs that it's trying to get back to what it does best, which is have fun, people emerging back onto the streets again tonight, having a bit of fun, listening to music, a bit of dancing. and the next big test for new orleans will be thursday afternoon. this big sugar bowl college football game. 68,000 people expected to attend. so notjust a test of the city's mood, but also the next test of security. let's look at how the police and fbi might want to pursue their investigation now. joanna cook is a senior project

manager at the international centre for counter—terrorism in the hague, in the netherlands. i asked her what criteria would be used to decide if an attack should be treated as terrorism or not. it can be difficult to determine if a attack is motivated by terrorism. in this case the terrorist intent was declared explicitly by the individual. he released a video, it does seem to be a straightforward case, he intended it to be i did logically motivated attack, he gave support to the islamic state and the point of declaring an attack in this way is to promote the ideology and make their intentions well known and because few among the public. this was explicit and the procedure for declaring an attack can be more difficult in cases where an ideological intent is not overtly stated by the perpetrator. what has been helpful is as law enforcement

have talked about the case, they were initially discussing multiple perpetrators and the questions they should be asking are things like where multiple people involved in the attack? were multiple different types of attacks linked? is it a correlated attack, for example? i think more importantly, they also have to consider were there other people with knowledge of the attack in advance of this. particularly when multiple people have knowledge of a forthcoming attack, they are more likely to be found out by authorities. the chance of leakage of information becomes much more prominent and so i think there will be questions about was this individual supported or assisted, whether in the development of the ied is or discussing the plot, intended targets and so forth. whether the attack in las vegas with the attack in las vegas with the tesla cybertruck was in fact perpetrated by the same actor or related group of actors.

meanwhile, in las vegas, authorties are investigating whether an explosion — which destroyed a tesla cybertruck outside the foyer of the city's trump hotel — is linked to the vehicle attack in new orleans just a few hours earlier. it had been rented from the same carsharing company as the pickup used in new orleans — but from a different office. the company, turo, has said neither renter appeared to have a criminal record, which would have identified them as a security threat. a spokesman said they were actively working with the authorities as the investigation continues. the driver of the truck which burst into flames in las vegas was killed — and seven other people were injured. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest. this eyewitness video shows the tesla cybertruck engulfed in flames after exploding outside the trump international hotel in las vegas. smoke was seen coming from the electric vehicle shortly after it stopped by the hotel glass entrance early on new year's day. it had been carrying fuel canisters and large fireworks.

when a 2024 tesla cybertruck pulled into the area of the trump international hotel, very quickly thereafter that the driver, who was the sole occupant of the truck, we saw what looked like maybe some sort of smoke, and then the truck exploded. the driver was killed and seven other people suffered minor injuries. the blast happened hours after the vehicle attack in new orleans, raising the question of a possible connection. we believe this is an isolated incident. we do not believe there are folks out there supporting this or helping this, and we don't believe there is any other danger to the community right now. elon musk, the boss of tesla, posted on x to clarify the cause of the inferno. the police said questions remained, given that

the explosion involved a tesla vehicle outside a trump hotel. elon musk is a close ally of the president elect, who is a part owner of the hotel. president biden said the intelligence community was investigating the explosion, but he added that so far there was nothing to report on a possible connection with the attack in new orleans. peter bowes, bbc news. south korean police say the chief executive ofjeju air has been banned from leaving the country as they continue their investigation into sunday's deadly plane crash. it follows a police raid of muan airport and the airline's offices in the capital seoul. local media say a warrant was issued on charges of professional negligence resulting in death. 179 people were killed when the passengerjet crash—landed and slid into a wall, bursting into flames. investigators have started the process of extracting data from the plane's black box. aviation expert geoffrey thomas explained why these flight

and voice recorders are so important. the two black boxes are absolutely critical to most investigations and especially this investigation. there are two black boxes which for the viewers, are actually orange or red. one is the cockpit voice recorder which records the last two hours of conversation and the digital flight data recorder is the heartbeat of the aeroplane and monitors basically every major system on the aircraft. and that has a capacity of up to 25 hours of recording. the cockpit voice recorder as you suggest, that has been downloaded and they are now working on the transcript of that and we expect that to be released within the next day or so. the digital flight data recorder was damaged and that has been flown to the united states to washington, dc to the national transportation safety board

offices in washington to be processed there by the experts in the us. but they are critical to the investigation. because sadly, as we know, the pilots and most, all of the passengers perished in this crash so what went on in the cockpit will be pivotal to this investigation. we know there was a bird strike but we don't know how badly damaged the aircraft and its engines were from that but the very big focus now will be on understanding what the pilots did, what pressure they were under, what systems were failing and how they reacted to the situation and what drove their decision—making. how carefully do these black boxes have to be handled? you are trying to preserve as much information as possible? they are made of very

sturdy staff and as part of the certification of a black box they have to withstand a force of 3,5006s, that is units of gravitational force. and they also must be able to withstand temperatures of 2,000 fahrenheit, 1,100 celsius for a period of one hour so they are basically indestructible. especially the central memory units in the inside and the back of the black box can look as if it has been bashed about but the memory un its, there are three different layers of protection and they are virtually indestructible. let's show you these live pictures from south korean capital seoul, where people are supporterts of the impeached preseident are holding a rally. yoon suk yeol, has said he'll "fight to the end",

after an arrest warrant was issued in his name. a defiant statement from mr yoon was distributed to crowds of his supporters outside his seoul residence on wednesday. he's remained inside the presidential compound since being removed from power over his short—lived imposition of martial law in early december. officials in india have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory in bhopal, which was the scene of one of the world's deadliest gas leaks, a0 years ago. thousands of people died after poisonous fumes leaked from the union carbide factory in 1984. the site was closed, but toxic material had remained there, with claims it was polluting ground water in nearby areas. it could still take months before the waste is finally treated and destroyed. live now to delhi and our correspondent arunoday mukharji. remind us of the horrors of this gas leak a0 years ago.

just last month, marked the a0 year anniversary of the tragedy, referred to as the world's worst industrial disaster, in the first few days it left over 3500 dead and over the course of the next several years, around 15,000 more were presumed dead from health complications. those are government figures, activists point out the real figure could be much higher and the after effects, because of the contamination, are still seen in a lot of families and down generations. this is why it is still a very much ongoing issue with activists continuing to raise voices. which is why you saw a court in the central india which pointed out, why haven't officials done anything about the waste? the court referred to authorities,

calling this an act of inertia, authorities waiting for another tragedy to happen. that is when they set a four—week deadline, thatis they set a four—week deadline, that is why you saw a convoy of 12 trucks, essentially with those big containers, packed with toxic waste move to a location about 200 kilometres away from the site where the tragedy happened. one of the officials said that india had never witnessed a movement of toxic material of this scale ever. what is now going to have beenin ever. what is now going to have been in the next three to nine months is that they are going to incinerate this bit by bit to incinerate this bit by bit to understand the environmental impact because there has been concerned that the act of destroying this could lead to environmental challenges. it cannot be an easy task, getting rid of something so dangerous. absolutely. what they are doing is they have earmarked a location 200 kilometres away from where the toxic waste was

taken out, what they will do is in the initial period they will burn a bit of the toxic waste to assess what kind of damage this may have because activists say the groundwater in these areas could also be contaminated as a result of incinerating this toxic waste. the government has pointed out that they are keeping all safety measures into account and they see the smoke that will be released is going to go to a a0 year filtration process and they have said that the kind of waste that will be generated will be buried in the ground with various safeguards, thatis ground with various safeguards, that is how they are describing it. activists are not convinced, this is a ongoing issue, there are court hearings that are expected to take up theseissues that are expected to take up these issues to understand how this process will be carried out. but the state government and authorities say there is nothing to worry about, this will be a process that will follow all sorts of

environmental safeguards. follow all sorts of environmental safeuards. . ~' environmental safeguards. thank ou. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

ajudge has branded the british rapper and songwriter, stormzy, a "dangerous and irresponsible" driver — and banned him from driving — after he admitted using a mobile phone while driving his rolls royce. our correspondent steve knibbs is at wimbledon magistrates court. 0h oh very disappointed press pack here. 0h very disappointed press pack here. ,, ., , �* , ., , here. stormzy didn't show up in erson, here. stormzy didn't show up in person. they — here. stormzy didn't show up in person, they were _ here. stormzy didn't show up in i person, they were photographers and journalists and camera crews but it soon became clear that stormzy would be pleading guilty to the offence, he originally pleaded not guilty to is expected to stand trial in front of the districtjudge. but the court was told that earlier this year stormzy was stopped by an off duty police officer driving his

rolls—royce. the officer told him to get off his phone but we heard in court that last year to police officers stopped stormzy driving his lamborghini because he was concerned that his windows were too tinted and when they put a device on the windows they found only a% of light was let in when the legal minimum is 17%. stormzy had already pleaded guilty to that charge, today he was sentenced under his real name and the districtjudge was told that stormzy already had six points on his licence because of two previous speeding offences. he had his licence with more points today, and the judge said that would make him a charter where over three years if you total up to 12 points, it leads to an immediate driving ban. thejudge said he would impose an immediate driving ban on the singer of nine months. he's also ordered

to pay costs of £2010. his defence said his client accepted all responsibility and apologise to the court. the judge said that it was his driving and behaviour behind the wheel which was irresponsible and dangerous. thank you. health officials in gaza say at least eleven palestinians have been killed in an israeli air strike on a tent camp in al—mawasi, a designated humanitarian zone in the south of the territory. local media say the hamas police chief was among the dead, as were women and children. there's been no comment from the israeli military on the attack but the idf has previously accused hamas operatives of hiding among displaced civilians. fossilised bones aren't the only way of studying dinosaurs. preserved footprints can also offer an insight into their lives. now some of the biggest trackways ever found in the uk have been discovered in oxfordshire and scientists are hoping it'll help them understand even more about how dinosaurs moved around.

our science editor rebecca morelle has more. following in the footsteps of a jurassic giant. this is where a dinosaur walked 166 million years ago, its footprints revealing the comings and goings of a prehistoric world. but it wasn't alone. different trackways crisscross this entire site. they were discovered on the floor of a limestone quarry in oxfordshire by one of the workers. so i was basically clearing the clay and i was hitting a hump. so, like this here? yeah, yeah. as it turned out, it was this front bit i was hitting and i thought it was just an abnormality in the ground. but then it got to another about three metres long, it was hump again. and then another three metres, hump again. and when i got out and examined

it, it looked like footprints. and the weird thing about it was, when you sit there, it was like, i'm the first person to see them. yeah, it was a bit... yeah, a bit of a tingling moment, really. over the summer, scientists, students and volunteers joined the dig. they discovered about 200 footprints, some stretching for 150 metres, making it the largest tracksite ever found in the uk and one of the biggest in the world. this is the first trackway that was discovered here. it was made by a sauropod, a huge long—necked dinosaur, but the team quickly realised it wasn't the only one, and they found footprints from two more sauropods, as well as from a smaller, meat—eating two—legged dinosaur called a megalosaur, and they think that there are plenty more of these waiting to be discovered here. the area was once a tropical lagoon, and the tracks were made as the dinosaurs walked across the mud. but something happened that

stopped the footprints from being washed away, possibly a storm that covered them up with sediment, perfectly preserving them. so the really lovely thing about a dinosaur footprint, particularly if you have a trackway, is that it is a snapshot in the life of the animal. you can learn things about how that animal moved. you can learn how fast it was moving. you can learn exactly what the environment that it was living in was like. so, tracks give us a whole different set of information that you can't get from the bone fossil record. we're coming up to a dinosaur crossroads. what you have here are footprints from a sauropod, and you can actually see as it pressed down into the mud how it created this ridge here. there is also a footprint from a smaller, two—legged, meat—eating dinosaur called a megalosaur. and it was moving in this direction. the question is, which one walked through here first? and scientists think it was the sauropod, because you can see how the smaller megalosaur

footprints slightly crushed down this ridge as it was walking through. at the oxford university museum of natural history, a megalosaurus specimen is one of the world's most important fossils. megalosaurus was the first dinosaur ever named anywhere in the world. so this exact fossil, this is the real one in my hands, this fossil started all of the last 200 years of dinosaur science. the whole animal would have been between six and nine metres in length. and in life, this animal would have had these impressive serrated teeth all the way along its jaw bone. these were agile, carnivorous predators. they were the largest predatory dinosaurs in thejurassic period in britain. the future fate of the trackways hasn't yet been decided. the quarrying will go on here for several years. but palaeontologists think there are more footprints. echoes of our prehistoric past just waiting to be discovered. rebecca morelle, bbc news, oxfordshire.

a reminder that there is a live page “p a reminder that there is a live page up and running on the bbc news website after that attack in new orleans in which 15 people died after the driver of a pick—up truck sped into a large crowd in the french quarter. the authorities say that multiple people were involved in the incident. this is bbc news. hello. some proper winter weather is now with us over the next few days, but it could cause us a few issues here and there. certainly much colder for all, but a bit more sunshine through today and tomorrow. frost and ice will be the main risk through the night and into the morning rush hour, but potentialfor some disruptive snowfall this weekend, as i'll show you shortly. now, the reason for the change is that we've now got air flooding down from the north all the way from the arctic. the blue colours indicating that colder air in place for all of us this afternoon. many, dry and sunny. a few sleet and snow flurries

in northern ireland, a covering of snow, maybe, in the north york moors and further snow showers in the north of scotland. but as i said, for most, dry but much colder than we've been used to. 1—5 celsius on the thermometers, it's going to feel colder in the wind and marked wind chill with a subzero feel out there for most through this afternoon. now into tonight, the chill returns, of course, more widely. risk of frost and ice, especially slippery conditions where we see sleet and snow push across scotland, later into northern ireland and the far north of england. with clear skies, when they happen in between, down to,5 in the grampians and the highlands,, 6 through some rural parts of southern england and south wales, where it will be a sunny day on friday. a bit more cloud elsewhere. a few showers around and rain and sleet along the coast in north wales, north west england, northern ireland, a bit of snow over the hills. most snow in northern scotland, but still, for many, a dry and bright afternoon, at least not as windy as today. so the wind chill won't be quite as marked, but some will stay subzero throughout. frost and ice again an issue for saturday morning, as well as some dense freezing fog. a bright start for many, a few showers in the north and west of scotland,

again wintry in nature, but cloud amounts will increase from the west through the day. that will suppress the rise in temperature and later on, as this weather system comes in, we could see some snowfall briefly for southern england and south wales before it turns back to rain. and this is the key to the weekend, what happens with this area of low pressure? the northern edge will see some snowfall, on the southern edge, we will see some rain. potentially some disruptive snowfall in the hills of northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland, could see as much as a foot of snow in places, but there will be some big contrasts. so this is why it will be crucial to where that low pressure goes. low single figure temperatures in the north, double figure temperatures in the south. sojust to sum up, this is how it looks through the weekend into the start of next week. mainly rain across the south of england and wales. there's that snowfall for a time before it turns back to rain, with a risk of flooding in northern england and north wales and then snowfall quite widely on sunday in scotland. take care.

the end of an era, when russian gas exports to europe via ukraine are finally shut off. but what are the long—term implications? stubbed out. belgium becomes the first european country to ban disposable vapes, with france, ireland and the uk set to do the same. but will it just just boost the black market? could donald trump stop the clock, for tiktok?

the president—elect has asked the us supreme court to put a ban on the app on hold, while he works on a �*political solution�* and, happy new year — now get back to the office! amazon ends the right to work from home for corporate staff, welcome to business today. we begin with europe's energy security, because the era of cheap russian gas has formally come to an end. russian gas stopped flowing to the eu via ukraine on wednesday, after a five—year deal expired, and kyiv refused to renew the transit agreement, which has been in place for decades. the european commission says the eu has prepared for the change and most states will cope. but hungary and slovakia have remained heavily dependent on russian gas. slovakia's prime minister says his country's interests have been �*trampled'. here's the wider context

though, at the time of russia's invasion of ukraine