The New Orleans Attack

New Orleans is mourning the loss of at least 14 people after a pick-up truck drove into a crowd of people in the city’s French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Justin, Anthony and Marianna explain what we know so far and how both Joe Biden and the incoming president, Donald Trump, have responded to the attack.

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•⁠ ⁠Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
•⁠ ⁠Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
•⁠ ⁠Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent

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