gas prices in europe right on the first day of trading after russian gas stocks reaching eu states by ukraine. thank you forjoining 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. tom mentioned one of the victims. one of the victims of the attack 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 tried to been there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. you have been talking about you spoke to your brother on the phone 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. every time we wake up and go to sleep, it's going to be something every holiday there will be an empty seat at the table. but he wouldn't want us to grieve and mourn, he would want us to keep attacking life. he would want us to go and do what he did, be resilient, charismatic, loving, kind. he would want us to go and be there for each other in all of our different endeavours. he was, like i said, my role model, my family's role model. my model, my family's role model. my family will miss him so much, my mum and dad have done such an awesomejob much, my mum and dad have done such an awesome job raising me and my siblings. you know, we are so close, us three. so many

people always tell us they have never seen siblings so close like this ever before. the first thing i told my parents, my family, was, like i said he lives up in new york and we are scattered across the country and i told him, instead of... instead of only seeing a couple of times a year, now he will be with us in every moment. in every part of our lives. i also spoke to troy carter who represents the district affected by the account in new orleans. you just returned from new orleans, we understand bourbon street has reopened, backin bourbon street has reopened, back in the french quarter. can you give us a sense of how you think new orleans is doing right now? we think new orleans is doing right now?— think new orleans is doing right now? we are still in a sense of— right now? we are still in a sense of shock _ right now? we are still in a sense of shock and - right now? we are still in a sense of shock and all, - right now? we are still in a sense of shock and all, of. sense of shock and all, of mourning for the senseless act

of violence by this coward terrorist. our hearts and prayers go out to the many people and families who lost loved ones. certainly to those who are in the hospital, recovering, we wish them the very best and to the two police officers who were injured in the line of duty, we say thank you for your incredible service to the people of new orleans. we are very fortunate to have the president of the united states who has said both in word and deed that he is releasing the kind of resources that are needed to ensure that the investigation of what happened and those preventative measures to make sure it never happens again, those resources are flown in. working with the fbi, doj, homeland security, our governor's office of homeland security, the mouse office, the new orleans police department and the various sheriffs around. we are open for business and we are

learning from this mess to ensure that it never happens again. ensure that it never happens aaain. . , ., , ensure that it never happens aaain. . , ., again. can you tell us more about that? _ again. can you tell us more about that? what - again. can you tell us more about that? what have - again. can you tell us more about that? what have you | about that? what have you learned, there are questions being asked about security precautions, the security barriers that were not functioning on new year's eve. what have you learned and what do you want to see changed immediately? it do you want to see changed immediately?— immediately? it is certainly appearing _ immediately? it is certainly appearing that _ immediately? it is certainly appearing that there - immediately? it is certainly appearing that there was i immediately? it is certainly appearing that there was a | appearing that there was a weakness that was identified while the police car serve as a barrier to prevent a vehicle from barrelling into the quarter as it did, apparently what the police department did not anticipate is the gap on either side of the sidewalk where this individual turned quickly beyond the barrier of the car and made his way onto the car and made his way onto the street. on bourbon street where he was able to access pedestrians and do great bodily

harm and i dare say unfortunately to kill any civilians. obviously the weakness is while the barrier was that was not enough, it was not long enough, there should have been perhaps two vehicles or a total truck or some type of cement bollards or what have you. my understanding is the city is preparing to put new bollards and they will be ready in the next week or so. my question would be, we should have stepped up the pace and if they were not ready, for sugar bowl or new reserve, that should have been a plan b. there was more substantive than the plan b that was offered. we heard joe the plan b that was offered. we heard joe biden in a statement say new orleans is a city of charm, ofjoy, a place that draws on people from around the world will stop bourbon street, there is also people who live there. are you confident new orleans is now safe for big events? we know the super bowl is coming up in february? i’m

is coming up in february? i'm very confident. _ is coming up in february? i“n very confident. as competent as you can be with terrorism as it is. terrorism is a moving target. it is not unique to new orleans, this could have happened anywhere in our country stop we see it happen far too frequently but i will tell you that this was a teachable moment and every possible resource is being applied that we have now the best and brightest in the way of law enforcement experts, counterterrorism, experts converged upon new orleans and was janne to make sure not only the sugar bowl that is played right now without incident but also the sugar bowl and yonder. mardi gras is hosted every year, the sugar bowl every year, the sugar bowl every year, the super bowl all turrbal times more than any other city. we have hosted national political conventions, the republican convention was held in new orleans. we have a

whole plethora of activities. our police department managers these kinds of massive events more than anyone else. the issue of terrorism is another animal and therein lies our need to strengthen from a federal standpoint to work with our local law enforcement partners to ensure that we are anticipating the unanticipated pull. the anticipated threat of someone who by its very nature looks for weaknesses in our chain. we are fortifying that chain. we are fortifying that chain to ensure that new orleans is safe and prepared to go forward and i'm confident of that fact. moving on to other news now. police and investigating authorities in south korea are outside the president's official residence. we have some pictures that have come in a little earlier. they 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. 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 described stormzy�*s actions as dangerous and irresponsible and said his driving record was not good. more on the stories on our website. you're live with bbc news. european gas prices have risen since russian stopped flowing to eu states by ukraine. it comes after a five year transit deal between russia and ukraine expired at the end of 2024 marking the end of a decades long arrangement. the ukrainian presidents as moscow was dealt one of its biggest to beat and the energy exports have been funding russia's invasion of his country. let's talk about the story with angela, senior fellow at the brookings institute. great to see you again how significant do you think it is that we have seen ukraine take the step now? i think it's an important symbol

of step. i'm not sure that they will have to much of an impact in the long run on europe because it has been making alternative arrangements really since the start of the full—scale invasion of ukraine. ukraine will by the way lose about $1 billion in revenue since they are not going to be transiting russian gas anymore but i think it is very important for them to feel that the russia doesn't have this kind of blackmail over them anymore. kind of blackmail over them anymore-— kind of blackmail over them an more. ~ ., ., anymore. what about the impact on russia here, _ anymore. what about the impact on russia here, we _ anymore. what about the impact on russia here, we have - anymore. what about the impact on russia here, we have seen i on russia here, we have seen other countries from western central, eastern europe turned to other energy sources but russia is also able to sell its oil and gas to china and india? yes, and the russians will lose some more revenue from this but a number of european countries now get gus through the turk stream pipeline which is russian gas that is not going to ukraine but going through either the pipeline through turkiye or azerbaijan. there

will be some loss to russia but it will not be a huge loss because the russians themselves have been making alternative arrangements. in have been making alternative arrangements.— have been making alternative arrangements. in general, the diversion away _ arrangements. in general, the diversion away from _ arrangements. in general, the diversion away from russian i arrangements. in general, the | diversion away from russian oil and gas supply is also this actually seen on russia. have these measures had a big impact on russia's economy? the? on russia's economy? they certainly. — on russia's economy? they certainly, they _ on russia's economy? they certainly, they have - on russia's economy? they certainly, they have had - on russia's economy? they certainly, they have had an| certainly, they have had an economic impact in russia. today we see very high inflation there, the value of the rouble has really tumbled. the growth rates were strong because russia has a war economy and it is still making billions of dollars in revenue from hydrocarbon billions of dollars in revenue from hydrocarbo