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Like many of Thursday's newspapers, the Times is leading on an attack which left at least 15 people dead in New Orleans on New Year's Day. A truck ploughed into revellers in the city's busy French Quarter before shooting at police. The front of the paper also features a report about a crackdown on suspected people traffickers, with a expansion of court orders to allow "bans on travel, internet and mobile phone use" - a measure aimed at reducing small boat crossings.Like many of Thursday's newspapers, the Times is leading on an attack which left at least 15 people dead in New Orleans on New Year's Day. A truck ploughed into revellers in the city's busy French Quarter before shooting at police. The front of the paper also features a report about a crackdown on suspected people traffickers, with a expansion of court orders to allow "bans on travel, internet and mobile phone use" - a measure aimed at reducing small boat crossings.
The attacker, who has been identified as US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar, is linked to the Islamic State group, the Telegraph front page reports. The FBI has revealed the group's flag was found inside the truck he used to carry out the attack.The attacker, who has been identified as US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar, is linked to the Islamic State group, the Telegraph front page reports. The FBI has revealed the group's flag was found inside the truck he used to carry out the attack.
The Guardian also leads on the New Year's Day truck and gun attack. A story about how low turnout in UK elections threatens their legitimacy makes their frontpage too. The recent bad weather - and the forecast of heavy snow at the weekend also features.The Guardian also leads on the New Year's Day truck and gun attack. A story about how low turnout in UK elections threatens their legitimacy makes their frontpage too. The recent bad weather - and the forecast of heavy snow at the weekend also features.
The front page of the Daily Express is also dominated by the attack in New Orleans, saying that the "pure evil" attacker was "hell bent on carnage". Police were also investigating reports of explosive devices being left in the area.The front page of the Daily Express is also dominated by the attack in New Orleans, saying that the "pure evil" attacker was "hell bent on carnage". Police were also investigating reports of explosive devices being left in the area.
The Daily Mail reports that the dead suspect behind the attack was a US Army veteran, who "didn't act alone", according to the FBI.The Daily Mail reports that the dead suspect behind the attack was a US Army veteran, who "didn't act alone", according to the FBI.
The horror in New Orleans is prominent on the Daily Mirror's front page, but they also mention a second incident near a Trump hotel in Las Vegas where a Tesla Cybertruck exploded, killing one person and injuring several others.The horror in New Orleans is prominent on the Daily Mirror's front page, but they also mention a second incident near a Trump hotel in Las Vegas where a Tesla Cybertruck exploded, killing one person and injuring several others.
Ministers have opted to keep temporary courts originally intended to deal with pandemic-era backlogs operational for at least another 12 months, the i reports. The paper says ongoing delays in the justice system have led to distressed victims pulling out of prosecutions.Ministers have opted to keep temporary courts originally intended to deal with pandemic-era backlogs operational for at least another 12 months, the i reports. The paper says ongoing delays in the justice system have led to distressed victims pulling out of prosecutions.
The Financial Times leads on tech giant Nvidia making big investment moves in the world of artificial intelligence. The papers reports the company pumped $1bn into emerging businesses in the last year.The Financial Times leads on tech giant Nvidia making big investment moves in the world of artificial intelligence. The papers reports the company pumped $1bn into emerging businesses in the last year.
And finally, the Daily Star leads on Hilda, the "fart free" IVF calf that is part of a breeding campaign to tackle climate change.And finally, the Daily Star leads on Hilda, the "fart free" IVF calf that is part of a breeding campaign to tackle climate change.
In the words of the Times, the deadly attack in New Orleans marked the moment when New Year celebrations "turned to carnage", external.
A resident of the city describes, in the Daily Mirror, external, seeing a number of bodies lying beneath him as he looked down at the scene of the truck ramming from a nightclub balcony.
"It was unimaginable," he tells the paper - "something you can't unsee and which you will never forget".
The Daily Mail's website , externalfocuses on victims of the attack - reporting that the first person to be publicly identified was an 18-year-old girl who'd travelled from Mississippi to New Orleans to see in the New Year with her cousin.
The Daily Telegraph , externalquotes US media reports as saying that the suspect, a former soldier from Texas, is believed by family members to have begun to convert to Islam within the last year.
A man who says he's a brother of Shamsud-Din Jabbar tells the New York Times that he was "a nice guy, really smart and caring" -- and that what he'd done in New Orleans didn't represent Islam but was "more some type of radicalisation."
The Sun reports, external that some bollards, which should have been in place to protect pedestrians, were missing as they were being replaced ahead of next month's Super Bowl.
The Times , externalcalls car-rammings the jihadists' "tactic of choice".
Describing the approach as unsophisticated and low-tech, the paper says accessing a truck doesn't raise the same red flags as attempting to acquire explosive materials, thereby minimising the potential for detection by law enforcement.
On its front page, the Guardian highlights , externalresearch pointing to plummeting voter turn-out among renters and non-graduates.
According to the Institute for Public Policy Research, the gap in turnout between those with, and without, degrees grew by 11 percentage points at last year's general election - double that of 2019.
The IPPR says this suggests a growing disillusionment with politics among some social groups. It concludes the UK is close to "a tipping point", at which elections begin to lose legitimacy.
Reporting the news that record numbers of patients in England are being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage, the Times highlights an initiative to offer checks to people at shopping centres, sports stadiums and car parks.
Data from a programme to provide targeted lung health checks and liver scanning shows that more than five-thousand people have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier than they would have been, since the scheme was launched in 2019.
Finally, the Mail, external, the i, external, and the Star all highlight warnings of snow for large areas of the country this weekend. The SUN focuses on the floods hitting parts of north-west England. It publishes a front page photograph of a driver being rescued from a water-logged car near Manchester Airport -- accompanied by the headline: "So Much For Dry January!".
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