Full Episode: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Mary Bruce reports on Pres. Trump announcing on social media that Israel and Hamas "both signed off" on the first phase of a peace plan, which includes the release of hostages "very soon" and the withdrawal of Israel's troops to an agreed upon line; Matt Gutman has details on the arrest of a 29-year-old Uber driver who authorities say "intentionally" started the Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and incinerated over 6,800 homes and structures; five months after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail, Faith Abubey has details on the "brief stand-off" in Atlanta with the final escapee who’s now back in custody; 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.
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1:02.4	Tonight, there is breaking news as we come on the air in the West. President Trump just moments
1:06.7	ago announcing Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first phase of the peace
1:11.5	plan. The president now saying all of the hostages will be released very soon. The president had
1:16.9	been handed a note late today by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in front of the cameras.
1:21.4	Tonight here, what that note said that indicated this could be happening. We'll go live to
1:25.5	Mary Bruce. Also breaking at this hour the arrest,
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