Full Episode: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Wednesday, October 7, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 8, 202624 min
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  • Politics

Pierre Thomas has the latest on what the FBI says was a planned massacre at Minnesota's Mall of America – the largest mall in the U.S. – and how it was thwarted; Trevor Ault reports from the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln docked off the coast of California following its record-long deployment during the war with Iran; Jay O'Brien has details on the ABC News investigation into the hidden dangers of abandoned mines beneath homes, highways and neighborhoods across America; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir. Learn more about your ad cho...

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Last October's brazen daytime heist at the Louvre was shocking. Now, nearly a year out, there are still critical questions to be answered. Where did they go? And second, where did they come from? In this series, I'll take you inside the events of that day,

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like you've never heard them before, through the eyes of the people who lived them. On the pavement, I saw something shiny. You did see the crown. Yes, exactly.

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Heist at the Louvre, a new series from ABC Audio, available now ad-free on Amazon Music. 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 Plus most watched most trusted now on Disney Plus every night Tonight the breaking news right here the hurricane now bearing down on the US will it be a category 2 hurricane up to

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