Biden: Possible connection between the explosion and New Orleans is being investigated

Joe Biden: “Jabbar posted IS video before the crime”

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference on the occasion of the crime in New Orleans.

According to Biden, the FBI has informed him that the suspected perpetrator Shamsud Din Jabbar uploaded videos on social media “just hours before the attack”. There he had said that he had been inspired by IS and expressed “a will to kill”, writes BBC.

At least ten dead in Montenegro – shooter dead

At least ten people, including two children, have died in a shooting in the city of Cetinje in Montenegro on Wednesday, writes BBC.

According to local media, it must have been a fight at a restaurant that degenerated.

The police launched a major operation to find the perpetrator, who fled.

Shortly after midnight, local police told AFP that the suspect shot himself when police surrounded him.

According to the BBC, the suspect has been identified as Aleksandar Martinović, 45, who was previously convicted of weapons possession.

Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera

The Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank stops Al Jazeera’s broadcasts in Palestinian areas.

The Qatar-based channel is accused of biased content, of “inciting” and meddling in internal Palestinian affairs.

“The decision also means temporarily stopping all work carried out by journalists, employees and affiliated channels until their legal status is corrected,” reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Al Jazeera has already been banned from operating in Israel.

Many accidents – lorry ran into bridge pillars

At around 9:30 p.m., the emergency services were alerted that a truck had driven into a bridge pillar on the E4 in Hallunda, south of Stockholm.

– The cabin has collapsed, but there are two who crawled out and are now being supervised by the medical services, says Lars Stevelind, officer on duty at the rescue service.

According to him, the roads are very slippery and the emergency services have many accidents to deal with.

– Accidents are rampant. It is better to stay at home in this weather, with rain and this cold on top of that, says Stevelind.

One dead after explosion at Trump hotel

One person has died and at least seven people have been injured after a Tesla cybertruck exploded outside Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas.

The person who died was in the car that exploded.

Man stabbed – suspect shot by police

A large police operation is underway in Bromma in western Stockholm.

A man has been attacked with a knife by another man.

The suspect was then shot in the leg by police.

The knife-injured man is seriously injured and was taken to hospital by ambulance.

The police have cordoned off the suspected crime scene and the incident is being investigated as attempted murder.

Child fell into stream – taken to hospital

A child has been taken to hospital after falling into a stream in the municipality of Varberg on Wednesday evening, local media reports.

It is unclear what possible injuries the child sustained and how the accident occurred. P4 Halland reports that the child was at risk of ending up in a water-filled culvert adjacent to the stream, but that the child could be picked up from the water before that happened.

The child is said to be between five and ten years old.

The accident happened shortly before 8:00 p.m.

Threatened with a sharp object – forced to give up trousers

During the evening, two people were threatened with a sharp knife at Limhamn in Malmö. According to the police, they were robbed of their trousers, shoes and money.

“The perpetrators had a sharp knife with them and threatened the plaintiff with,” the police write on their website.

Neither person was physically injured and there are no suspects.

Several dead in shooting in Montenegro

Several people have been killed in a shooting in the town of Cetinje in Montenegro, police and local media said.

The perpetrator is said to have fled after the shooting and the police are looking for him. The man is said to have opened fire in a bar in the town of Cetinje, about three miles northwest of the capital Podgorica.

According to the state broadcaster RTCH, seven people have been killed.

Fire at Trump hotel

There is a fire at one of Donald Trump’s hotels in Las Vegas, reports the American The Sun.

Video clip on X shows people being evacuated and black smoke billowing from the building.

The fire is believed to have been caused by a Tesla cyber truck, writes The Sun.

Shamsud Din Jabbar is singled out as a suspect

Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, is singled out as the suspected perpetrator after the attack in New Orleans.

This is announced by the city and refers to a police source.

According to the source, the perpetrator had an IS flag in the car.

Trump comments on the suspected terrorist act

President-to-be Donald Trump comments on the suspected terrorist attack in New Orleans, via his account on Truth Social.

“Crime levels in our country are at a level that no one has seen before. Our hearts go out to all the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave police officers of New Orleans.”

Former Estonian President Arnold Rüütel dead

Arnold Rüütel, Estonia’s last communist leader during the Soviet era and the country’s second president after independence, has died.

Rüütel was elected in 1983 as Chairman of the Supreme Council of the then Soviet Republic, a position he later used to prepare Estonia for independence from the Soviet Union.

After Estonia regained its independence, in 2001 he was elected President of Estonia after Lennart Meri. Rüüter held the presidency for five years and steered Estonia into NATO and the EU.

Arnold Rüütel was 96 years old.

“Catwoman” Jocelyn Wildenstein dead

The plastic profile and society lion Jocelyn Wildenstein is dead, writes RTL.

She became known as the “cat woman” after extensive plastic surgery that made her look like a cat.

Wildenstein is reported to have died on New Year’s Eve. The cause of death is unknown.