i'm sumi somaskanda. it's good to have you with us. the fbi says it now believes a 42—year—old us army veteran acted alone in the attack on new year's day that killed 1a people and wounded dozens more in new orleans. shamsud—dinjabbar drove a pick—up truck into large crowds gathered in the city's french quarter before police officers shot him dead amid a firefight. the fbi says they conducted hundreds of interviews and combed through the suspect�*s social media profiles. tom bateman has more from new orleans. the first moments before a deadly rampage. a planned attack unleashed in just seconds. and the narrowest of escapes for some. the fbi probe is now focusing

on shamsud—dinjabbar, an american born in texas, who spent more than a decade in the us military, including a year—long deployment to afghanistan. so i'm born and raised in beaumont, texas, and now live in houston. and i've been here all my life. in 2020, he posted this video of himself pitching his services as an estate agent and it specialist, who, he said, had learned the meaning of great service in the army. police are now searching his texas home, saying a priority is to examine his laptops and devices for clues. the fbi says he posted videos to facebook before the attack. in the first video, jabbar explains he originally planned to harm his family and friends but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the, quote, war between the believers and the disbelievers, end quote. additionally, he stated he had joined isis before this summer. he also provided

a will and testament. police say jabbar planted two explosive devices in cooler boxes before the attack, but they have changed an earlier assessment, saying they now do not believe he had accomplices. this is where the attack began, the pick—up truck moving slowly down this street before getting to this corner, bourbon street, and heading down this very famous thoroughfare, ploughing into the crowds there. bourbon street has now reopened with a show of force and tributes to the fallen. the city authorities concede there may well have been failures of security on the night. well, today, this barrier is raised. now, it is still unclear which security measures were actually deployed on the night. these, though, are newly put here. the authorities have said that the vehicle mounted

the sidewalk in order to attack people. among the dead were matthew tenedorio, a 25—year—old audiovisual technician. aspiring nurse nikyra cheyenne dedeaux, who was 18 and out with her cousin, who ran out of the truck's path. also named is 21—year—old hubert gauthreaux, and university student kareem badawi. mother—of—one nicole perez and 37—year—old reggie hunter, a father of two. martin "tiger" bech was a former american college football player. meanwhile, police in las vegas say the man who blew himself up in a tesla cybertruck outside the trump international hotel was believed to be matthew livelsberger, a highly decorated elite us special forces soldier. despite earlier speculation, they do not think there is any clear link with the attack in new orleans. tonight, a major college football game, delayed due to the attack, has begun with a minute's silence. the city authorities wanted to show they are carrying on,

determination, despite the ongoing search for answers. tom bateman, bbc news, new orleans. let's go to our correspondent carl nasman camus is in new orleans for us tonight. carl, great to see you again for we see some —— we see some people milling around you on bourbon street. give us a sense of what things are like they are now. we give us a sense of what things are like they are now.- are like they are now. we are riaht are like they are now. we are right here _ are like they are now. we are right here on _ are like they are now. we are right here on bourbon - are like they are now. we are j right here on bourbon street. this is the area where that attacker action carried out that incident on new year's day, driving right through this area. it is hard to believe that that is where it happen. if you look at the scene now, you can take behind me, the streets now filled with people. the bourbon street area opened up the bourbon street area opened up only a few hours ago, and already these bars and restaurants have begun to reopen, people back out on the streets, music, the feeling has really lifted a bit here. it's a sense of try to get back to normalcy, that resilience that new orleans wants to make sure that it can show in the face of an attack like this. of course

all of this happening with the backdrop of very tight and security here on bourbon street. there were additional barricades brought into try to protect this area, prevent any other card for making it in, the kind of scared that some people have told us they wished had been in place actually on new year's day. they're also forced was that big college football that's nearing it's football that's nearing its and now, 60,000 people in the stadium, not far away was to him that seems to be going off well, and speaking with some authorities here, they say about a thousand please officers are around the city patrolling, to try to make sure that people feel safe, the senseis that people feel safe, the sense is after that investigation by the fbi that it was safe to go ahead and reopen this area, but they want people to feel safe, and so far, just grabbing people, talking and walking by, they say they are a little bit uneasy, that a bit on edge, but they thought it was important to come out here tonight and start to do what new orleans does so well, which is, out and have fun. does so well, which is, out and have fun-— have fun. and bring us up-to-date _ have fun. and bring us up-to-date on - have fun. and bring us up-to-date on what i have fun. and bring us| up-to-date on what we have fun. and bring us - up-to-date on what we know on up—to—date on what we know on the investigation.

up-to-date on what we know on the investigation.— the investigation. that one key findinu the investigation. that one key finding that — the investigation. that one key finding that we _ the investigation. that one key finding that we heard - the investigation. that one key finding that we heard today - finding that we heard today from the fbi was that the suspect himself, there had been suspicions that might�*ve been some co—conspirators, acted alone. based on some valence video that appear to show people... the devices, in addition to what was found in that truck, but it turns out fbi nearly certain now that this was a loan attack. also learning more learning more details, more confirmation, really, about the suspect�*s relationship to the islamic state group. they do believe that there were some social media videos posted online in what she talked about his motivation for the attack of the fact that he pledged his allegiance to the group, he wanted to carry out this attack instead of carrying out a potential attack on his own family in fact. he also —— we also know that there are other locations being searched, not just here on bourbon street, there is a rental location nearby, about two miles away,

some evidence there has been collected, also the residence of some suspect —— the suspect in houston, texas in a neighbouring state. around five devices glutted by authorities, some phone, laptops, those will be searched and combed for clues as well because this is still an active investigation. we even saw some agents walking by speaking with shop owners here, so still continuing to search for clues to try to find exactly what happened here new orleans. . ., ~ , ., orleans. karl, thank you so much for — orleans. karl, thank you so much for that _ orleans. karl, thank you so much for that reporting - much for that reporting tonight. we have learned the names of nine of the 14 victims. one of them was tiger bech. a former all—ivy league kick returner, playing for the princeton tigers from 2016 to 2018. tiger's brother, jack, posted this tribute online, saying, "love you always. you inspired me every day, now you get to be with me in every moment." jack bechjoined me a little earlier. jack, thank you forjoining us. i am so sorry for your loss. how are you and your family doing today? we're doing all right.

obviously it's pretty tough, you know, losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he had so many friends. if i were to put an announcer, "stand up if you were tiger's best friend," hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts. that was my best friend. looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient. and my parents and my sisters just have been pretty emotional, as you could think. and, you know, i'vejust been there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. i can't imagine how devastating this moment is for you and your family, jack. your family is from louisiana. i understand that tiger was living in new york. so tell us more about what he was doing over the holidays, why he was in new orleans.

yeah, he came home for the christmas holidays and new year's from new york for a couple of weeks. and he was working from home. you know, me and him, we were hunting. he was with my family every day. you know, we hunted. we fished. he ate more gumbo than one could ever possibly eat. he was cooking for us, taking naps with all of us, just hanging out. he was seeing all his friends, people he hadn't seen in so long. and it'sjust, i think god was preparing us for this moment. the way he was just going about it, it was just different, you know? it was the best christmas me and my family have ever had. so very little arguing and disagreeing. we have six people in my family. so, you know, obviously it's a good bit of people to bicker at and stuff,

but, you know, this christmas, it just felt different. you know, he saw all these people he hadn't seen in years. it's kind of like he was going on a goodbye tour without even knowing it. and his best friend, whenever i left to go back up to dallas, his best friend ryan, who works with him up in new york, came down for the new year's whenever i left so he would be with him. and he just wanted to show ryan new orleans, what it was all about, you know, show ryan how much fun the people in louisiana are and, you know, the smiles that they all give off. and, you know, just he wanted to show off how great new orleans was and how great of a place it was — the food, the atmosphere, the people. so him and his friend, his best friend, and my parents went to dinner tuesday night and my parents drove home back to lafayette and my brother and ryan, they went out, and then

obviously everything unfolded. jack, you've been talking a little bit about the fact that you spoke to your brother on the phone just hours before new year's eve. can you tell us a bit about that conversation? yeah. you know, it wasjust another phone call. like i said, that's my best friend. my inspiration, my role model. we talked every day. he was the first person i told about, you know, whatever it was — good, bad, indifferent. you know, italked to him so much. and he... we thought it was going to be another regular conversation. i wasjust showing him... i was at my uncle's house in dallas, and he was in new orleans with my parents eating, and i was showing him what we were eating, and he was showing us what he was eating. but the last words that we ever told each other was, i told him to be safe and that i loved him and he told me

how much he loved me. i hung up the phone, and that was the last time i ever spoke with him. tell us a bit more about your brother. you said he's your role model, your best friend, quite the football player — as you are as well. oh, yeah. he was a beast in every way in life. you know, his name was tiger, and it was very, very fitting. you know, he was a go—getter. he was a smaller guy — 5'8, 5'9 — and from a young age, he just fought. he was always a fighter. whatever it was, whether it was in sports, whether it was at... just wherever it may be, in every facet, he was a fighter and his name was tiger. and like i said, it just fit him so much. like i said, he loved louisiana. he loved his family so much, his friends so much. like i said, if i were to ask people to stand up if they thought that they were his best friend, hundreds and hundreds of people would stand up because that's just the type

of guy he was. he's touched so many lives and impacted so many lives. and, you know, me and my family, this is something that we're going to have to deal with. you know, every time we wake up and every time we go to sleep, it's going to be something. you know, every holiday, there's going to be an empty seat at the table. but he wouldn't want us to grieve and mourn. you know, he'd want us to keep attacking life. to go and do what he did — be resilient, charismatic, loving, kind. he'd want us to go be there for each other in all our different endeavours. and he wasjust, like i said, my role model, my family's role model. my family's going to miss him so much. my mom and my dad have done such an awesome jobjust raising me and my three siblings. you know, we're so close, us three. so many people always tell us they've never seen siblings

so close like this ever before. and the first thing i told my parents and my family was... because, like i said, he lives up in new york, and we're just all scattered across the country, and i told them, instead of... instead of only seeing him a couple of times a year, now he'll be with us in every moment, you know, in every part of our lives. he'll be with us whenever we're waking up, when we're going to sleep, when we're walking, when we're at work, doing whatever. he'll be with us in every single moment now. jack, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. and our condolences go out to you and your family. thank you. yeah, thank you so much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. temperatures have dropped as colder arctic air spreads across the uk, with amber cold weather health alerts in place before

a weekend of snow forecast for much of the country. met office yellow warnings for snow and ice have been issued for much of england and wales and parts of scotland over the next three days. 20 nottinghamshire councillors have quit labour in protest at the party's direction under sir keir starmer. the broxtowe borough councillors said that the party had "abandoned traditional labour values" and said they would set up an independent group to run the authority. a local labour spokesman said the move was disappointing. stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months after an off—duty police officer caught him using a mobile phone behind the wheel of a rolls—royce in london. the 31—year—old rapper pleaded guilty to driving while using a device in west kensington last march. the judge decribed stormzy�*s actions as "dangerous and irresponsible" and said his driving record was "not good".

you're live with bbc news. more now on our top story. us presidentjoe biden has said that isis will find no safe harbour in the united states following the car attack in new orleans by an isis supporter that killed 1a people. the fbi now says that the 42—year—old army veteran had acted alone. for more analysis, i spoke to former fbi special agent pat mcgonigle, who specialised in terror attacks. pat, the fbi is now saying they believe that the suspect acted alone. its length was how they are able to rule out co—conspirators. are able to rule out co-conspirators. are able to rule out co-consirators. , ., co-conspirators. -- explained to us how — co-conspirators. -- explained to us how. it _ co-conspirators. -- explained to us how. it has _ co-conspirators. -- explained to us how. it has been - co-conspirators. -- explained to us how. it has been a - co-conspirators. -- explained| to us how. it has been a pretty incredible investigation so far. i have to commend all the agents and analyst working on it. they've been working around the clock, it is all hands on deck, and they've been able to isolate that it was just one individual based on a lot of camera footage they've gone back through, and it appeared at first like maybe other people had worked with him to

place ied is, but after going back through footage, which is my guess, they were able to determine it was just him. my guess, they were able to determine it wasjust him. determine it was 'ust him. what do we know— determine it was 'ust him. what do we know at _ determine it wasjust him. what do we know at this _ determine it wasjust him. what do we know at this point - determine it wasjust him. what do we know at this point about how jabbar was radicalised ? do we know at this point about howjabbar was radicalised? i how jabbar was radicalised? i don't howjabbar was radicalised? i don't know if we know a lot. that's the key question the investigators are trying to find out right now. they're coming through social media. a lot of that has already been out, because it is public, open source stuff, but they are going to be doing a lot of interviews with his family, with people who have served with people who have served with him, everybody who served with him, everybody who served with him, everybody who served with him, and there was a call from the fda to the public — if you know him or know of his activities before him, please contact us. so that will come out through interviews. who knows? he served over in afghanistan. but it sounds like he was in an admin role, so he was not in a combat role, and time will only tell exactly how he got radicalised.— time will only tell exactly how he got radicalised. what about his profile. _ he got radicalised. what about his profile, his _ he got radicalised. what about his profile, his background - his profile, his background that we know so far to this point stands out to you and

wanted to be questions you think that the fbi really going to have to answer going forward?— to have to answer going forward? ., ., . ~ forward? isaac the attack itself was _ forward? isaac the attack itself was very _ forward? isaac the attack. itself was very interesting, right? the fact that he used a pretty fancy pick—up truck and he used turo, and he must�*ve done some scouting, some preop surveillance to note where he should drive around barriers, i think the attack itself is pretty interesting, why he chose that place and i think investigators will be looking through his communications, hopefully they get into his phone pretty soon, look at his computer, and i think the big question is going to be, was he in contact with anyone else? who else radicalised him, how he got radicalised, like your spouting radical rhetoric for some radicalised, like your he got radicalised, like your first question, and are we first question, and are we concerned about other things he concerned about other might have placed for first first question, and are we concerned i placed :her first question, and are we concerned i placed for' responders or investigators? it first question, and are we concerned i placed for first might have placed for first responders or investigators? it looks like part of his plot was looks like part of his plot was failed. he had placed ied failed. he had placed ied around. luckily, they did not around. luckily, they did not go off, our bomb techs were go off, our bomb techs were able to render them safe, but able to render them safe, but

well else did he have in store well else did he have in store —— what else did he have in —— what else did he have in store? how common or uncommon store? how common or uncommon is this type of, is this type of, store? how common or uncommon is this type— store? how common or uncommon is this type— is this type of, as you said, radicalisation _ is this type of, as you said, radicalisation and - is this type of, as you said, is this type of, as you said, radicalisation _ is this type of, as you said, radicalisation and - is this type of, as you said, radicalisation and attack? l is this type of, as you said, l radicalisation and attack? we know car remics have been used radicalisation and attack? l is this type of, as you said, l radicalisation and attack? we know car remics have been used isis inspired attacks in the isis inspired attacks in the past. isis inspired attacks in the oast. ., . , past. isis inspired attacks in the oast. ., . , isis inspired attacks in the oast. ., ., , , past. unfortunate it is become far more common, _ isis inspired attacks in the oast. ., ., , , past. unfortunate it is become far more common, _ past. unfortunate it is become far more common, the - past. unfortunate it is become far more common, the car - past. unfortunate it is become - far more common, the car remics we had in france and new york past. unfortunate it is become far more common, the - past. unfortunate it is become far more common, the car - past. unfortunate it is become - far more common, the car remics we had in france and new york and just in germany now, and and just in germany now, and this one. it is a relatively this one. it is a relatively easy tactic. anyone can book a easy tactic. anyone can book a rental or use their own vehicle rental or use their own vehicle and find a big crowd —— car and find a big crowd —— rammings. it is a really hard one to defend against, right? because no alarms go off when some of the books a rental. and you can always screw barriers and do different things and there is no shortage of soft targets. it is very difficult, but one of the things we can do is maintain a watch list and databases of people that are

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rental or use their own vehicle anc of |d a big crowd —— rental or use their own vehicle anc of the big crowd —— rental or use their own vehicle anc of the ordinary. —— we are going to move onto other news now. police and investigating authorities in south korea are outside the president's official residence. we have some live pictures to bring you from seoul right now. police are trying to carry out an arrest warrant issued for yoon suk yeol over his attempt to impose martial law last month. officials investigating president yoon over his botched attempt to impose martial law said they were left with no choice to attempt an arrest, after president yoon failed to comply with multiple requests for questioning. jean mackenzie gave us an update from seoul. he was impeached by parliament three weeks ago, but he was only suspended from his duties. he is still technically the country's president, and that means he is being guarded by the presidential

security team, so we could see a standoff between the presidential security team and the investigating officers who are trying to arrest him. they may try to block his arrest and, as i said, you then have the protesters who have surrounded the residence from every direction. they are incredibly angry. they are here to support president yoon. we've seen some of them this morning even crying that they are so upset and they are chanting, "stop the steal." this is what they are saying over and over again. they are referring to elections that happened earlier this year that they believed were stolen, rigged. this is following on from something the president suggested when he imposed martial law, that the elections don't know they will react as the day unfolds. if he is arrested, it is likely he will be taken for questioning and held in a detention centre outside seoul. he could be held for up to 48 hours. at least a0 people, including gaza's chief of police, have been killed in more than a dozen israeli

air strikes across gaza on thursday, according to the health ministry. israel says it took steps to avoid harming civilians. our reporter shaimaa khalil is injerusalem and sent this report. al—mawasi is a sandy strip of land on the coast in khan younis in southern gaza. and it's been designated by the israeli army as a humanitarian safe zone for the hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians. and yet the army has repeatedly bombed that area, accusing hamas operatives of hiding among civilians. there's been yet another israeli strike on al—mawasi camp. gazan families in tents have woken up to carnage in the area they fled to for supposed safety. and among those was walid al bardawil. walid woke up to the huge sound of an explosion. he called on to his sons and no—one answered. three of his four boys were killed by shrapnel while they slept in the family tent next to each other. the father pointed to the blood—stained mattresses on the ground and said that this is where his sons were sleeping when they were killed. ahmed was 13, mohamed was 11

and abdulrahman was seven. the israeli military confirmed the attack on the humanitarian zone and said that it killed the head of hamas's internal security service, hossam shahwan. it accused him of having helped hamas's military wing plan attacks on israeli forces in gaza. the hamas—run interior ministry condemned the killing, but it also confirmed that the head of police was also among those dead. it accused israel of spreading chaos by killing police officers who, as they say, were doing their humanitarian and their national duty. today, there has been more than a dozen israeli strikes across the gaza strip. also remember that the recent cold and wet weather has worsened conditions in the gaza strip for displaced families. since tuesday, more than 1,500 tents have been flooded with rainwater and sewage, according to the civil defence services. the end of 2024 was hoped to bring a ceasefire agreement

and a desperately needed respite for the people of gaza, and yet the beginning of 2025 has brought in more bloodshed. 0k, ok, that is our programme at this hour. thank you so much for watching bbc news. we are back at the top of the next hour. hello there. as the wet and windy weather cleared south on new year's day, it opened the door for cold arctic air to spill right across the country and it's going to stay bitterly cold as we head into the weekend. overnight frost and ice could be a risk for some, and there's a potential for some disruptive snow. so we're under this, clearer skies at the moment, showers feeding in across the far north and west, that cold air descending right across the country. so ice could be an issue first thing, particularly along those exposed coasts where we've seen a rash of showers falling. elsewhere, a frosty start,

a cold start, but lots of sunshine to look out for — just like we had this thursday. there will continue to be a feed of showers, particularly down through the irish sea, and some showers of snow in scotland again. temperatures struggling to climb above freezing in some places — generally around 2—4 degrees. now, as we move through the evening, once again, those showers will continue to tuck in along those exposed north and west coasts, so icy stretches again at risk. another cold night to come, with temperatures falling below freezing. so a frosty start to saturday. but it's saturday, or the beginning of the weekend, that we really start to see the first signs of this change, and we could see some significant snow developing late on saturday, into the early hours of sunday morning. so a cold, crisp, frosty start, some sunshine around, a few scattered showers into the far north—west. during the afternoon, though, this veil of cloud is spilling across the south—west, the first signs of this weather front, and that is going to trap that cold air,

really making it feel quite bitter. just a couple of degrees above freezing for some of us through saturday afternoon. and so as this weather front through the evening on saturday pushes into that cold air, on the leading edge, we'll see snow. it should turn readily back to rain across central and southern england. but areas like the peak district, the pennines, northern ireland, southern uplands of scotland could see some significant snow, and with strong winds, blizzard—like drifting conditions from time to time as well. look at the difference with the temperatures on sunday — double digits down to the south—east, single figures remain in force across scotland. so it's these areas, particularly to higher ground, where there is the potential for some disruptive snow as we move through the weekend. keep watching the forecast.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk from washington. i'm stephen sackur. this is a world in which america has many enemies, and the stark reality is that individual american lives have enormous worth to state and non—state actors who seek leverage over the us government. my guest today, diane foley, knows that all too well. her sonjames was kidnapped and then brutally murdered by the so—called islamic state group in syria in 2014. for the last decade, she has been coming to terms with that and also campaigning to get other detained americans home. so is any price worth paying for freedom? diane foley, welcome to hardtalk. thank you.