greg mckenzie, bbc news. some breaking news...eans police say there may be "multiple casualties" including deaths amid reports a car plowed into people on bourbon street. it happened during new years celebrations. that particular area of the city is popular with tourists. we do not have a lot of details but our us partner cbs reporter for the locals station in new orleans is reporting that the truck crashed into a crowd and then a driver got out and started firing a weapon and police returned fire. that report is saying that multiple people were on the ground of injuries. that is coming from our us partner cbs�*s local station in a new orleans, but the new orleans police is telling them that initial reports that a car may have ploughed into a group of people and injuries are un—known but there are reported fatalities. we will try and get more information but there has been an incident around the new year celebrations in new orleans in the united states and we will bring you more details on that as we get it. amid the celebrations,

greg mckenzie, bbc news. some live pictures coming in from rome from st peter's basilica where you can see the congregation have gathered in vatican city. pope francis is holding a mass there. it's all part of world day of peace. so he will be delivering his message for world day of peace. we have had a little bit of a preview from the vatican, he will talk about listening to the plea of an endangered humanity. he will also talk about a cultural change saying all of us are debtors and he will talk about a journey of hope. we will hear from the pope as part of this world day of peace and he will end with the goal of peace of course. there we can see him listening to the congregation and the st peter's basilica packed with people, that amazing building in vatican city, all for world day of peace. amid the celebrations, there is concern about what the 2025 holds in store, with conflicts raging in the middle east, sudan, the democratic republic of congo and ukraine. in the early hours of new year's day, russia la

greg mckenzie, bbc news.ions, there is concern about what the new year holds in store, with conflicts raging in the middle east, ukraine, sudan and the democratic republic of congo. in his new year address, ukrainian leader volodymyr zelensky said his country will do all it can to end the war with moscow in 2025 and halt what he called russian aggression. standing in front of the iconic mother ukraine monument in kyiv, he also said that ukraine would need to fight next year to bolster its position both militarily, and ahead of any talks to end russia's three—year invasion. translation: may 2025 become our year, the year of ukraine. - we know peace will not be gifted to us. but we will do everything to stop russia and end the war. this is what each of us dreams of. behind each of us stands mother ukraine. she deserves to live in peace. i wish this for all of us. president zelensky. years of gas supplies from russia to europe — sent via ukraine — have come to an end, marking an end of an era in the european uni

greg mckenzie has been looking at the pictures.

greg mckenzie, bbc news.ppy new year if you are up for work this morning, and john is here with a round—up of some of the other stories from this morning and we begin with the post office, story that won't go away. a group of mps is calling for changes to deliver compensation more quickly to the victims of the post office horizon it scandal. the business and trade select committee says the government should face penalties if it doesn't speed up the process. our business correspondent, emma simpson has more details. the computer system, the they spent an arm _ the computer system, the they spent an arm and _ the computer system, the they spent an arm and a — the computer system, the they spent an arm and a leg on his policy. it�*s an arm and a leg on his policy. it's an arm and a leg on his policy. it's a year since _ an arm and a leg on his policy. it�*s a year since this prime—time drama bringing along running scandal to the public attention. now the story is about getting justice and compensation with fresh