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World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Wednesday, May 13, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

Daily News, News

3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Mary Bruce reports from Beijing, where Pres. Trump was greeted with pomp and pageantry in China ahead of the high-stakes summit with Pres. Xi to discuss the war in Iran and trade; Steve Osunsami has details on the South Carolina Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to overturn the murder convictions and life sentence of Alex Murdaugh for the 2021 killings of his wife and son; with the global race for artificial intelligence and robotics technology in full swing, David Muir takes a closer look at the humanoid robots being built in China – and how it could help humans with home chores and factory labor; 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

In the suburbs of D.C., a woman fails to show up for work and is found brutally murdered.

0:06.1

I wonder which emergency.

0:07.4

We just walked in the door, and there's blood in the foyer.

0:10.6

For the next two decades, the case remained unsolved until new technology allowed investigators to do what had once been impossible.

0:19.0

A new series from ABC Audio in 2020.

0:23.5

Blood and Water.

0:25.2

Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:28.6

David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight,

0:31.5

America's Most Watched Newscast,

0:33.6

now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day

0:37.4

on Disney Plus, most watched, most trusted.

0:41.1

Now on Disney Plus every night.

0:43.8

Tonight, the breaking news here in Beijing.

0:46.8

President Trump arriving for his high-stakes summit with China's President Xi, greeted by children waving Chinese and American flags.

0:55.0

The war in Iran looming over this summit, China gets fuel from Iran, China is an ally of Iran's.

1:01.0

So what will the U.S. ask China to do as gas prices back in the U.S. skyrocket.

1:07.0

In the U.S. tonight, the stunning decision, in a case followed by so many, Alec Murdoch, the father and husband, convicted of murdering his wife and son, tonight the verdict has been overturned and why.

1:19.4

The new images tonight, the plane crash off the east coast, passengers floating in the ocean, the coast guard hovering above.

1:26.2

They had five minutes left of fuel faced with

1:28.8

leaving passengers if they couldn't get them all to save them. Late today, the wife and mother

1:34.4

convicted of killing her husband with a drink laced with fentanyl. She then wrote a book about

1:39.0

children's grief after losing a parent. Well, after this conviction her three young boys,

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