Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
• Wave of attacks targets cops across Mindanao since New Year’s Eve
• Driver flying ISIS flag rams into New Orleans crowd, killing 15; he may have had help
• South Korea police search Jeju Air, airport operator over fatal plane crash
• Alex Eala barges into semis of WTA 125 Canberra
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-2-2025/
• Wave of attacks targets cops across Mindanao since New Year’s Eve
• Driver flying ISIS flag rams into New Orleans crowd, killing 15; he may have had help
• South Korea police search Jeju Air, airport operator over fatal plane crash
• Alex Eala barges into semis of WTA 125 Canberra
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/january-2-2025/
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00:00A spate of violent attacks on police officers in Mindanao since New Year's Eve leave three
00:17people dead.
00:19Driver with ISIS flag crashes into New Orleans crowd, opens fire, killing 15 people.
00:26South Korean police probing the fatal Jeju Airplane crash search offices of the airline
00:31and the airport operator.
00:33And Alex Ayala advances to the semifinals of the WTA 125 Canberra.
00:40A spate of violent attacks on police officers in different Mindanao provinces since New
00:45Year's Eve leave three people, including one policeman, dead.
00:49The latest attack occurred on New Year's Day in Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur.
00:53Two grenades were hurled into a police compound around 6 p.m.
00:57One grenade exploded, damaging a vehicle, while the other failed to detonate.
01:02In Dato Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, a police officer and his family were ambushed
01:07on the afternoon of December 31.
01:09Despite a hail of gunfire hitting their vehicle, all survived without casualties.
01:14Authorities say the target of the attack was Police Corporal Tohami Musa, assigned to the
01:18Provincial Mobile Force Command in Tawi-Tawi province.
01:22In Zamboanga City, a police officer killed two gunmen in a shootout in a dramatic scene
01:26caught on CCTV on New Year's Eve.
01:29Police Sgt.
01:30Ryan Mariano thwarted an attack by two riding-in-tandem gunmen in Barangay Ayala.
01:35In Lebak, Sultan Kudarat province, Staff Master Sgt.
01:39Louis Noble was killed while conducting surveillance with three civilian agents on the night of
01:43December 31.
01:46U.S. Army veteran Shamsuddin Jabbar drove through New Orleans' French Quarter crowd
01:51on New Year's Day with an ISIS flag on a truck, opened fire, killing 15 people and injuring
01:57others.
01:58Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and former military serviceman, was killed in a police
02:04shootout after the attack.
02:06Authorities believe he had accomplices and are investigating potential links to terrorist
02:10organizations.
02:11They found weapons and explosives in his truck while two explosive devices were found in
02:16the French Quarter.
02:17Meanwhile, President Joe Biden condemns the attack in New Orleans as a despicable act.
02:23He says that investigators were exploring potential links to a Tesla truck fire near
02:27a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.
02:29He notes no evidence has been found connecting the two incidents.
02:33The FBI reported to Biden that hours before the attack, the New Orleans suspect posted
02:38social media videos saying ISIS is an inspiration and expressing a desire to kill.
02:45South Korean police raid offices related to Jeju Air and Muan International Airport on
02:49Thursday, January 2.
02:51The raid is part of an investigation into the deadly crash of Jeju Air Flight 7C-2216,
02:57which killed 179 people on January 1.
03:01Police investigators conduct searches at the offices of Muan International Airport's operator,
03:06the Transportation Ministry's Aviation Authority, and Jeju Air in Seoul.
03:10The raids intend to seize documents related to the aircraft's operation, maintenance,
03:15and airport facilities.
03:17An investigation into the Jeju Air flight is underway, involving South Korean officials,
03:22the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board or NTSB, the Federal Aviation Administration
03:27or FAA, and the aircraft's maker, Boeing.
03:30The aircraft's flight data recorder, which was damaged, is being analyzed with help from
03:34the NTSB.
03:36Korean President Choi Sang-mok says that the conversion of data from the cockpit voice
03:40recorder into an audio file should be finished by Friday, potentially offering crucial insights
03:45into the final moments of the ill-fated flight.
03:49Teen standout Alex Ayala reaches her first WTA 125 semifinals on Thursday, January 2.
03:56Ayala bounces back from a set down to defeat fellow teen Tyler Preston of Australia in
04:01the quarterfinals of the Workday Canberra International.
04:05Preston quickly takes a 2-0 lead after breaking Ayala in the opening game to secure the set
04:106-4 after 10 games.
04:12Preston continues her strong play into the second set, breaking Ayala again in the first
04:17game.
04:18Down 1-2, Ayala responds by breaking Preston three times in a row, winning five consecutive
04:23games to claim the set 6-2 in just eight games.
04:27By the time the third set begins, Ayala seizes the momentum.
04:31Preston briefly levels the score at 1-1 after holding serve, but that was the last for the
04:36Australian teen.
04:38Ayala breaks her opponent's serve in the fourth game and then wins the remaining games, finishing
04:42the set and the match at 6-1.