Full Episode: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Wednesday, October 21, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202623 min
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Martha Raddatz reports on the release of American Stephen Hubbard – the teacher wrongfully detained in Russia for four years – as the U.S. suspends Russian sanctions; Alex Perez has the latest on the hazmat emergency underway in Toledo, Ohio, after a 5,500-gallon tank spewed glycidyl methacrylate, which is used to make certain plastics, paints and coatings perform better; Steve Osunsami has details on the video obtained by ABC News showing the chaotic moments before an officer in Mississippi opened fire on a car in June, killing a 1-year-old sitting on his mother’s lap; and more on tonight’s broadcas...

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Tonight President Trump's special envoy, Steve Whitcoff, meeting with Vladimir Putin, calling

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Today, the president has asked if that's how he would describe Putin with this war in Ukraine

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The Hulu original series, Phony, is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's Most Watched Newscast, now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney+, Most Watched, Most Trusted, now on Disney+, every night.

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Tonight the breaking news, the American prisoner released from Russia, the retired American school teacher freed by Russia. Tonight President Trump's special envoy, Steve Whitcoff, meeting with Vladimir Putin, calling Putin a humanitarian.

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Today, the president has asked if that's how he would describe Putin with this war in Ukraine still raging. Tonight, the hazmat emergency right now, the dangerous chemical leak, the toxic cloud, the evacuations, and what authorities are warning that chemical can do.

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