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World News Tonight with David Muir

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Rachel Scott reports on Pres. Trump welcoming Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy to the White House - along with some top European leaders in a major show of support – all in an effort to stop Russia's war, as Ian Pannell reports from Ukraine, where Russia unleashed deadly drone and missile attacks on civilians, killing at least ten people – including an entire family; Aaron Katersky has details on two Utah officers gunned down while responding to a home for a domestic disturbance call; Trevor Ault has the latest on the accused drug dealer known as the “Ketamine Queen” who has agreed to plead guilty in connection with the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, according to the DOJ; 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 Vanished. What happened to Vanessa? A new series from ABC Audio in 2020.
0:57.0	Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
1:02.4	Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air.
1:05.2	The high stakes meetings at the White House.
1:07.5	President Trump, President Zelensky, and key European leaders pushing for a ceasefire
1:12.0	and a face-to-face meeting between Putin and Zelensky. And the state of emergency right now,
1:17.9	Hurricane Aaron barreling up the East Coast with life-threatening surf and dangerous rip currents.
1:23.4	The new track and timing just in. First, that major push for peace in Ukraine.
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