on the the, the american authorities pro the new year's day car roaming attack that killed at least 14 in new orleans the f b. i say is that the terrace suspect was late to us in lubbock state. what i can tell you right now is that he was 100 percent inspired by isis just hours after that attack, a test plus cyber truck exploded outside of donald trump owned resort in las vegas coming once in a possible terrorist. the fbi, i say, is it has yet to find any link between the 2 instance. also a head in the program. my mom found a license. how much decorations in the western you printing, city of the falls on the same day support or store 5 world war 2 nazi collaborators

. 7 thunder right here in raleigh is across europe in cities, including be in the, across the world around the clock. this is your r t international. welcome to the news our the suspect in witness stage car roaming in new orleans is the killed the red doesn't people had posted video is online saying he was inspired by isis. just hours after the terrorist that got chestler cyber truck exploded in front of trump international hotel, las vegas, killing the driver, and enjoying 7 bystanders. addressing the nation, president biden said the f. b i is investigating possible links between the 2 events. for now though, the federal agency says it is too early to draw any connections, and there's also an f, b i investigation in las vegas. we are following up and all potential leads in not ruling everything out. however, at this point,

there is no definitive leak link between the attack here in new orleans and the one in las vegas. and again, i'll preface as i close up preface everything with what i started with in the beginning, which was this is very early in the investigation like this. well joining me now in the city with more authority corresponding to alyssa see if a lot of the not the details are emerging from the ongoing proof of what happened in new orleans. what do we know? well, at the name of what we do knows the f b i has especially quote uh the car running in new orleans, an act of terrorism. and it happened to a new yesterday, a 42 year old suspects named jump suit, didn't jump off, drive a pickup truck into the crowd, and he then exited the vehicle and opened sly. on the responding police offices, the a talk resulted in the death of 15 people, including the suspect, another $35.00 foot in judge. i s the i believes he was acting so low on the the i

also claims that to ball paced as flies videos on his social media platform on facebook, wesley report to you to about funds, 2 homes, his family and the f. b. i. it was a complete as far as the a test. how was a 100 percent inspired by ice as much as what i can tell you right now is that he was 100 percent inspired by isis. and so we're digging, we're digging through more the social media, more interviews, any posted several videos to an online platform proclaiming to support for isis in the 1st video, jabbar explain to you originally planned to harm his family and friends, but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the quote war between the believer or, and the disbelievers and quote, and something else to point out. he was shot dead at the scene so he won't be able to testify or give any that we're using for was he did find exactly

what we, you know, what we know about him at the moment as well as that he was born in texas. he was a us army factor, and i think it's very important to give the background here because he served in the army for 13 years. and he continued in the army reserve until 2020. he was deployed on suite to have got a sound between 2009 to 2010. and he left the active duty in 2015. and he, you know what, we also know as you will show debt and with the police officers arriving at the scene, they found an isis flags up long black at the back of his vehicle. and uh, officials revealed that he didn't 5 to convert to islam within the last year. he and they will sustain they, he may have been radicalized online and, you know, according to the west media reports, the suspect was previously actually avoided the global war and terrorism metal for

his service and of guns done. and we will say no, but he was as a real estate agent and a cool, cool purchase consultant didn't. you know, i've talked about the videos, he's previously pasted. he also claimed that his military experience actually helped him in his career. and so i'm born and raised in beaumont, texas, and now live in houston. and i've been here all my life with the exception of traveling for the military, where i speak to use as a human resources specialist. and i teach specialist well learned the meaning of great service and what it means to be responsive and take everything seriously dining i's and cross the t's to make sure that things go off without a hitch. yeah, it's quite incredible. the u. s. gets in the metal for fighting terrorism. now he is a terrorist himself to add that was in new orleans nasty. it then just hours after that's on january 1st. in las vegas at teslas cyber truck at

exploded outside a donald trump hotel. what's known about that? well, as you've just mentioned, it just happened just i was off to the, the col arriving in new orleans and 7 people were actually injured. so it happened till wednesday, of course, on fire, near the entrance to the trump international hotel in las vegas. and las vegas police and f b i actually during a recent it just happened a few minutes ago. and during press conference, they actually stated that the body of suspect the coupons beyond recognition font. they found his costs voting and an id card with his photo and a name on them. and uh, the suspect is a such a 7 year old matthew allan libel stuck. i'm sorry if i'm pronouncing this wrong, but he's from colorado springs. there's no 100 percent confirmation that it was actually him, but he's definitely the subject of interest. and the law enforcement officials will

say, stated that this individual individual has sustained a gunshot wound in his head and that and that prior to just prior to destination of the vehicle, he was in the, the, the hands gun was found at his feet inside the car. but we also know that he was so low in this vehicle, and he was actually a member of the military and you know, m c o tests that you must go to actually stated that the explosion was unrelated to the vehicles design or function. and he referred to explosive materials transported in the truck. and he also actually quote, full major reforms on f. b, i of to the new orleans attack the las vegas law in terms of connections because they know that was being pro, both men were apparently at fort bragg, and north carolina serving time. we don't know if they knew each other, but what,

what occurred in las vegas? the us police cspi aren't really giving a lot of information, but it is emerging from local media sources about who this person was and what, what he was seeking. well, what we know actually, so they're actually she thinks that to late seeing uh, in the media on social media right now. and the flash thing is that, um the, um the my id is sorry. somebody who was that into, excuse me. and oh no, no, no try, sorry, in the explosion in the las vegas, he actually on one of his social media platforms, he was seen wearing a ukrainian nation as a symbol on his t shirts and the suspect of the copeland being near the trump hotel in las vegas also actually used recently his link to an account of for a to reply to contract opportunities in ukraine. and so we'll have to wait and see . yeah, very intriguing. what that's all about. thanks very much for being. there's a lot of details there. delving into that for us ortiz see of 11. well,

let's get some more reaction to that from former ca analysts, laurie jones, and he suggests are very well, maybe more to both deadly and some, some the, as far as things are actually letting god on the one hand, we like to proclaim that isis is this great village and yes, isis has carried out her roof. it attacks around the world by my old outfit, the c i a is been dealing with them, funding them, arming them. equipping them, sold this, this kind of blow back. it's like it's, it's taught it out when it's convenient to say all we've got to do rally against isis. for god's sakes quit we're, we're sending the money in weapons were trained in these cats. and then we get surprised when the, all, some of them go decide to turn on and attack us. i am actually beginning to think more more that this whole ice, this thing is a big, shiny object to distract from what's really going on. because right now,

part of the narrative in the us media is all the so we got to tighten up with the border security. the 2 events, the one this one in new orleans, and the one in las vegas were done by a one know, former army guy and one in active duty army person. so, you know, the problems not from outside the problems from here with in the united states. and i cannot rule out the possibility that some of this is being staged in order to generate panic. even come up with a pretext, say, oh my god, we can't go forward with united ration because of all this terrorism. i, it just, you know, i, i've, i've seen it enough over the, you know, 35 years that i've been involved with this. then all of these initial reports that come out, there's always stuff that's being kept back. we're not getting the full picture. the something that does smell something, not right about this. former ca analysts,

laurie johnson. ok, another story to bring you today. the russian embassy in australia had either raleigh held in vienna, commemorating the life and deeds of infamous you printing and nazi collaborators. step and bunder. nothing but discussed is caused by the outburst of a handful of ukrainian nationalists who settled in austria and decided on january 1st to celebrate the birthday of hitler's accomplice, the war, criminal step on bun, dera in the center of vienna. again, we strongly condemn the holding of even such a marginal action with the connivance of the local authorities. the nazi sabbath looks especially blasphemous in vienna in the year of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of austria from fascism. similar rallies were also held in the western ukrainian city of level. hundreds were seen carrying torches and calling the nazi collaborate, or a hero t a rule that thunder as birth date. january 1st become a national holiday back in 2018. he let and see printing and nationalist during

world war 2, organizing mass murders of ethnic jews, polos and pro, sell beat ukrainians. the head of a b, n. a base to politics. think to like told our to the west prefers to turn a blind eye to such marches because they're aimed against moscow. the wherever identity of the current austrian states actually derives from the call ups of national socialism. and from preventing the motions off. um, not susan manufacturers and in the future. and when it comes to its own citizens, austria is actually very strict about all these laws. of course, if it's about real nazis and real fast as we take the streets in australia, then of course the austin police is doing nothing. and um, also, or government is doing nothing because these people seem to be, of course, in the eyes of the deals for governments, the good,

fastest. since the actually supporting the cost of the west of the united states and of the european union in the wall for ukraine. and i think does this trust the a good example for the double standards of the west and especially of the political hi, paul chrissy of joe student government. when it comes to the sol called on fights against um, x from is following the raleigh involved some of the studies hanukkah decorations, where vandalized a 19 year old mine was film cutting a giant and ignore as power cables. he was later detained by local police. we got reaction from already journalist and former ideas, member yankee farmer. this is the how much we split it in the n c. i keep saying all the time. no, not see the new claim. well, that is not something you grace, and you can see the whole thing on the street. you know, i really don't understand the how you claim let's these people are miles on the

street and you know, google or find stuff. i'm been direct in the washer. you will never see it and you claim you do see it on the standing and then you get this guy going on. if vandalizing a jewish assembly on the phone, okay. any of rooms ever hear these people mocking you claim against the jews and nobody's doing anything. and he says, really, really upsetting. i come to this guy that money back, you know, funding ice the end of the problem to go home. there was what was going to and because the job on whatever they were looking for an excuse to do it. and the po number is no one to the problem that you claim on saying that and there's no not see the now country. well this is out to them, they won't be on the street. we still just notify people can choose from the have these guy working the day later or even the same day i left talking, missouri. sure item. now there's the rest,

bind for civilians and rushes border region of curse, which has once again been shall by key of strips. russian authorities say at least one person who was injured and what most was calling of terror attack or to correspond to remind cost rep can tell us the crate in military continue targeting civilians during this a new year. holidays incurs region, according to the local governor and all the footage that we 5 c missile strikes took place and as a result, civilian infrastructure. apartment buildings were targeted and were damaged as well as a result. one person, an employee of the local cultural center, received a concussion and she's currently being treated at the hospital. mind you, a cultural sense or in a rush is a place for a concert. it's a place for extra curricular activities for a school, kids for adults, and of course the gloves for the elderly as well. now,

several apartment buildings were all windows and those apartment buildings were shattered as well. and generally there was a destruction in a civilian areas that according to the local governor and the gas pipeline was damaged there as well. however, he said it would have been fixed within hours of this strikes as a whole emergency services are working on the scene and trying to help people out. so, so far we have one person who received the concussion, but elsewhere in the special ministry operation, like right here, for example. and then as people people's republic, on the 1st of january, january, the very 1st of the year, at least 5 people, 5 civilians, 3 women and 2 men were wounded as the result of ukrainian artillery flakes. now generally here then is people's republic. ukrainian drones and artillery dislikes

are occurring occurring on a daily basis and we are hearing about civilian casualties on a daily basis as well. and nevertheless, live here continues that people are still hoping that this will soon come to an end is real tasks confirmed. it's a violation of a ceasefire with neighboring lab and on the south for images of explosions inside the country began circulating on social media the the idea of claims to a target, as well as miss launchers in southern lebanon, israel's things it was force to us after the regular lebanese army failed to neutralize the rockets. despite of heidi f request is realize that it continues to honor the november cease fire deal with cause butler but will swiftly destroy any emerging threats to its national security. there's been no immediate comment from the route. from last year,

the war between the idea of fox has both saw thousands killed and level they came as part of israel's regional assault on allies overrun with the leaders have come up some because the last us news. here's our middle east, corresponding re, if an option that with an extended recap. the cycle of finance. israel's policy of whoever hurts us will be heard back, has driven invasions and bombardments, especially in the last year. but in 2024. these doctrine reached new heights with a series of illuminations of some of the country's most formidable foes. so what exactly has is real managed to achieve? and how has the world react to it? one of the biggest take downs was his bottom of liter, hassan, us, roland, a sworn enemy of israel for decades. in a dramatic strike, the idea of obliterated his bunker in the lebanese capital b root, reportedly using 85 us, supplied bombs,

these munitions designed to penetrate. deep before the 10, a thing left, a mess of cratering, they wake underscoring the operations. devastating power the killing of a foreign national on another country soil surely grounds for global condemnation. right? not exactly, the world's reaction was muted. many governments remained silent while some even described the assassination as justified. but the cost of the strike went far beyond ms rela, himself, as many as $300.00 civilians, repulsively lost their lives in the attack collateral damage. neither israel nor the west seemed eager to address outrage erupt. it's from iran to iraq, syria, russia, gaza. and yeah, and then we strongly condemn yet another political murder committed by israel. this violent action is fraud with even greater dramatic consequences for 11 on and the entire middle east. the israeli side could not help but be aware of this danger,

but took such a step, the murder of lebanese citizens, which will almost inevitably provoke a new search of violence level and the lebanese people of the new targets of israel is a policy of genocide, occupation and invasion, which it has been pursuing since 7 october 2023 design is entity confirms once again, through this despicable aggression, it's barbarism and wanted disregard for all international standards and laws. the syrian people have never forgotten how sudden us are all a support. israel openly celebrated the elimination of her son, the smallest with prime minister netanyahu describing him as nope, just didn't know the terrorist, but the terrorist is really officials held. his desk has a significant step toward achieving the countries strategic goals sooner than the smaller the illumination of nicer. rolla is a necessary condition in achieving the objectives. we have set, returning the residents of the north and safely to their homes,

and changing the balance of power in the region for years. as long as no serrato was alive, he would have quickly rebuilt the capabilities we took from hezbollah and therefore, i gave the directive and astrology is no longer with us, is illumination advances the return of our residents to their homes in the north horses. it also advances the return of our hostages in the south. the more that's in war sees that no, sir, all a will not be coming to his rescue. the greater are the chances for returning our hostages. we face tremendous challenges, along with the chance to break the raining and ring of fire and achieve our war objectives. foremost among them, the safe return of our hostages and residents to their homes. for this, we must continue the offensive against our enemies and pursue diplomatic efforts with our allies. this impressive military achievement in the north must now be translated into advancing and achieving the objectives of the war. both in the north and the south. we must act from a position of strength to secure

a deal for the return of the hostages and safely bring residents back to their communities. while for to finding israel security resilience and national defense now is the time to continue not to stop and to dismantle the hezbollah, tara organization in order to return the residents of the north, to their homes in safety, and to remove the threat over the state of israel, but with hostages still held in gaza and thousands of his really residents unable to return home safely. the question lose, was it truly at justified death? how most political leader is smiled, honey was also a prime target is ro office trait, and he's assassination during his visit to, to iran for the red and presidents integration, a smuggled explosive device that on a to in the guest house healing hernia and his body guard 5 months later is wrote officially claims responsibility for this and all the high profile us as

a nation's volley and the remote to come by national. we will strike who's the strategic infrastructure, decapitated leadership just as we did to honey, a sin. why? and those are all a, into ron, gaza, and lebanon. we will do and who data and some of the killing of g as a base 10 mosley there. yeah, here soon wire that israel's defense. but as to boasted about grab headlines and not just for how it happened, idea of soldiers eliminated him in southern gaza, but the twist. his death was accidental, confirmed only late or through dental, and dna tests. seeing why it turned out, was one of the 3 militants killed in a raid almost exactly a year off to they have mass attack on a 0. he was believe to have most of mine that seemed war had spent 22 years and in his really jail before being freed, you know, 2011 prison or exchange. he loved have mice and gaza since the death of

a smile near and never left the palace student in place since the beginning of the war to the wires and came with dramatic visuals. the idea of released drone photos of his final moments showing a man who forwards to the bitter end for his support or is it turned him pain to a symbol of defiance and the global reaction. surprisingly quiet. iran was one of the few countries to condemn the killing when muslims look up to martyrs in war, standing on the battlefield in combat attire and out in the open, not in a hide out facing the enemy. the spirit of resistance will be strengthened, is regular officials double down again claiming it would increase the chances of hostages returning home. this is a major, military and moral achievement for israel, and a victory for the entire free willed against the axis of radical islam led by a run. i would like to congratulate the idea of fighters who lead the killing of seymour. this is an important achievement with

a clear message. we will pursue our enemies to the end any time in anywhere. but us was quick to back the view of its t l i in the middle list. there is now the opportunity for the after in guys without promising power and for a political settlement that provides a better future for israelis and palestinians alike. yeah. here seem war was an insurmountable obstacle to achieving all those goals. that obstacle no longer exists, but much work remains before us. that the obstacle is now gone. indeed, just like his mullen southern lever on the following, targeted killings and relentless is really bombardments. the running and axis has been shaken to its core. further, we can by the fall of damascus, but it was always achievements and triumphs. one critical question remains. why have israel's 2 main war objectives the safe return of northern residence and the release of hostages still not been achieved?

has, is world truly secured its goals with these high stakes, assess the nations or hasn't laid the groundwork for the next wave of the conflict reef? an option on all t, repulsing from jerusalem of delving into the intricate, long standing conflict between the democratic republic of congo and rome. the next steps, the 1st visit of the new year to the month liaison forget caps down in moments and i'll be here again. the piano, the moon, but here q band t from in campbell county in the republic of kansas. as we continue our

conversations about the continent of africa with today, focus on a subject that is very painful to wrap our minds around the conflict between the democratic republic of congo and rolanda. and in order to understand and appreciate that conflict, we must always go back to history. we must always remind ourselves that these conflicts that we encounter into the continent of africa as a result of the petition of the continent when julius comrades in your area was alive. and he was asked at one time about the problem in the congo at that time. it was known as a he reminded his audience is the or this

vote does that we inherited part of the problem. it is important to note that the in did in 1963. when most countries that regained independence do are those during the add this up of a meeting one and the board has to be re negotiate. you put them? i said no not. so i said no, no to say no on a 2nd to me, thing was actually held in a kylie a 1964 at which it was the result that the colonial boundaries should be retained did his call or the doctrine of the in availability of colonial boundaries, it is in that context that we must see the conflict in congo because when the belgians to what is the now the democratic republic of congo, there was a time when rolanda understood wendy was actually controlled by the germans. and it

was then, or there was then known as the one, the and then they became cross territories of the belgians. and that is what most people know, but not the time the boundary as well. such a niche. is that a large segment of the one these? why in the i've seen the thoughts that kingdom was awfully in the d. r c on some of them was to be found in what is present day one the on present day wounded. so when the 1st the program started in one day, when the more not cause it moved in 1959, when there was a must suck up on the top. see why this bus, the different parts of africa, particularly in uganda. some found themselves in tons and the, and of course some remained in east on google. that in my view was the genesis of

the programs that we see today. and it is also around resources. it must not just be seen as an ethnic conflict. as somebody said, come go, i think i think it is a mountain meredith, in his book, the fortunes of africa. he said that the congo is saw in the house with minerals, some of the least conservatively estimate that there is that the 4.3.4 trillion was of minerals in the democratic republic of congo. so because of the history of con, was started with the conflict number one with the immunization of blue moon. but number 2, with the 5, the attempted succession of got down the on of costs. the conflicts have generated on environment where there is a conflict and it came to a head when demo, but the jim was collapsing when the.