Full Episode: Sunday, September 20, 2026
World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Sunday, September 20, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 202624 min
  • News bulletin
  • Politics

Steven Portnoy has the latest on the escalating tensions in the Middle East as Iranian-backed Houthi rebels attacked Saudi Arabia's capital city for the first time with massive plumes of black were seen rising from fuel tanks near the city airport; Olivia Rubin reports on President Trump banning three news organizations after journalists from CNN, MSNOW and Politico were denied access to the White House; Morgan Norwood has details on the singer Ed Sheeran's emotional return after the controversy that upended his tour and what he said to fans from the stage; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World...

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As we come on the air tonight, dangerous new tensions in the mid-east and the breaking news just coming in, an ICE involved shooting in Austin. Iranian-backed Houthi militants launching strikes on Saudi Arabia's capital for the the first time, including the airport,

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President Trump says he's in a deciding mode about Iran and whether to, quote, blow the entire nation up, while back-at-home gas prices are still rising and diesel is at an all-time high.

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Ukraine, launching its largest attack yet on Moscow, hundreds of drones targeting the capital as Russians go to the polls. The White House denying access to three news organizations,

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