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Global News Podcast

New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15

Thu, 02 Jan 2025

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US authorities say they do not believe the man who rammed his truck into New Year revellers acted alone. Also: a Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas, and the shipping forecast celebrates 100 years.

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0.089 - 3.511 Paddy O'Connell

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37.58 - 56.638 Oliver Conway

You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Thursday, the 2nd of January. We have the latest on the suspected terror attack in New Orleans, as the US authorities say they do not believe the man who rammed his truck into New Year revelers acted alone.

57.438 - 68.463 Oliver Conway

One person dies after a Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas. And a new way of studying DNA in human remains that could change our understanding of our history.

71.348 - 74.612 Oliver Conway

Also in the podcast... The Shipping Forecast celebrates 100 years on air.

91.633 - 110.334 Oliver Conway

But we start in New Orleans, which was hit by a suspected terror attack just after 3am into the new year. There have been a number of developments since the coverage in our earlier podcast. The coroner of the city now says at least 15 people were killed when a pickup truck ploughed into revelers in Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of the city.

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