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World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Monday, April 20, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

News, Daily News

3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Matt Rivers has the latest on the gunman who opened fire at Mexico’s historic Teotihuacán pyramids, one of the most iconic tourist sites in the world, killing at least one tourist from Canada and injuring several others; Gio Benitez reports on the two Southwest planes near Nashville that were forced to take evasive action after flying within 500 feet of each other possibly due to an air traffic controller’s error;  Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and John Ternus will take his place as the head of the technology giant; Elizabeth Schulze has more on the major shakeup and what it could mean for the future of Apple; 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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0:35.5

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0:45.3

Tonight here, the breaking news, there's been a deadly attack. The images coming in right now, the chaotic scene at a popular tourist destination. A gunman opening fire at the site of the famed

0:55.2

pyramids just outside Mexico City. Crowds of people running for their lives, American tourists

1:00.7

among the witnesses, and we'll hear from them. Also breaking tonight the dramatic showdown

1:05.5

with Iran, U.S. Central Command releasing this video, the U.S. Navy and Marines seizing an Iranian-flagged tanker.

1:12.5

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1:14.3

Vacate your engineering.

1:15.8

We're prepared to subject you to disabling fire.

1:18.4

Marines boarding and seizing the vessel.

1:20.7

Iran now threatening retaliation as Vice President J.D. Vance prepares to leave for a second

1:26.0

round of talks.

1:27.2

Tonight, what Iran is now saying

1:28.9

about any new talks. Just in tonight here in the U.S., the cockpit warning systems going off

1:34.8

in two separate passenger planes, warning of a near collision. Authorities say the planes,

1:40.3

filled with passengers, came within 500 feet of one another in the air.

1:48.3

Tonight, the horrific new details emerging following a devastating shooting.

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