Full Episode: Friday, October 24, 2025

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Martha Raddatz reports on the dramatic escalation in what Pres. Trump calls his war on drug cartels after the Pentagon deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters off Central and South America; Kayna Whitworth has the latest on the U-Haul truck that backed up toward the gate of a Coast Guard base near San Francisco, prompting federal agents to open fire injuring suspect and a bystander; David Muir shares the story of the brave mother who jumped into action and helped a bus driver save 22 children from a school bus that caught fire; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm John Quignores. Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old soldier,
0:05.0	vanishes while on duty at an army base in Texas.
0:09.0	Her family demands answers.
0:12.0	How can she go missing on a military base?
0:14.0	That's too ridiculous.
0:16.0	The search goes on for months.
0:19.0	Where is Vanessa? And a dark story. Search goes on for months.
0:25.6	And a dark story starts to unfold.
0:29.6	She told her family that she was being sexually harassed and wasn't reporting it out of fear of retribution and retaliation.
0:34.6	What investigators finally uncover is horrifying.
0:40.0	Find out how one soldier, a beloved sister and daughter, ignited a movement and sparked
0:46.5	a reckoning in the U.S. military.
0:50.0	Listen to Vanished.
0:51.7	What happened to Vanessa?
0:53.6	A new series from ABC Audio in 2020. Listen now,
0:58.1	wherever you get your podcasts. Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air, striking their
1:05.5	target. The new images coming in, the 10th military strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean.
1:12.1	At least six people killed. And tonight, President Trump now sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters
1:17.3	of Central and South America. We'll go live to Martha Raditz. Tonight, day 24 of the government
1:22.9	shutdown, hundreds of thousands of workers now going without their paychecks. Congress is still getting paid. President Trump cutting off trade talks with Canada over an ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan.
1:34.3	And the new inflation report tonight showing inflation here in this country climbing at its fastest rate since January.
1:41.3	Beef prices for one soaring. Tropical storm, Melissa, gaining strength
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