News Wrap: Thieves steal priceless jewels from Louvre Museum
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🗓️ 19 October 2025
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| 0:25.5 | In tonight's other headlines, there was a brazen daytime robbery at the Louvre Museum today, |
| 0:31.4 | carried out while the museum was open to visitors. |
| 0:34.5 | The caper that sounds straight out of a movie, officials say the thieves used a basket |
| 0:38.6 | lift, forced open a window, smashed display cases of priceless, napoleonic jewels, took eight |
| 0:45.0 | of them, made good their escape, all in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:49.2 | Museum officials see the thieves entered through an area where construction is underway. |
| 0:53.6 | Visitors were steered out of the museum but weren't told why. |
| 0:57.0 | We were just ready to go and to see the Mona Lisa when they swept us out of the gallery, |
| 1:03.0 | swept us down the stairs by the Wing Victory. |
| 1:06.0 | Then we were headed out the exit. We didn't realize the whole museum was being evacuated. |
| 1:11.8 | And then we asked a guard, and the guard said, we're having technical difficulties. |
| 1:18.3 | One piece was recovered inside the museum and will be evaluated for damage. |
| 1:23.0 | In June, Louv staff staged a walkout saying the museum was understaffed and that security |
| 1:27.9 | was insufficient. President Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro an illegal drug |
| 1:34.7 | leader and said he's cutting U.S. aid to the country. In a true social post today, Mr. |
| 1:39.6 | Trump said that if Petro doesn't shut down drug production that he said is killing Americans, |
| 1:44.9 | the U.S. will close them up for him. |
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