ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 4, 2026

Olivia Rubin has the latest on the developments in the gang rape allegations rocking Cornell University as the school's president speaks out in a video address vowing a transparent investigation; Morgan Norwood reports on the urgent search for six people after a medical aircraft vanished over the waters off Nantucket; Tom Soufi Burridge has the chilling new details on the attack on a "Fly Dubai" flight to Israel, with sources telling ABC News that the alleged co-pilot was planning to crash the plane into Tel Aviv; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir. ---------------- 01:59 Cornell's President speaks out, calls this "a defining moment" for the university 05:34 Urgent search for six people after a medical aircraft vanished over the waters off Nantucket 07:06 Chilling new details in attack on a "Fly Dubai" flight to Israel 09:08 A U.S. Marine has been arrested on suspicion of killing and robbing a Japanese woman in Okinawa 10:44 The critical midterm elections just 30 days away with voting already underway in several states 12:35 U.S. is removing all B-1 Air Force bombers from an air force base in southern England 12:55 New details in botched execution in Tennessee 13:56 Firefighters battle wildfire in southern California 15:26 Tracking dangerous heat wave and flash flood threat 16:08 Russian health authorities say an "employee of an anti-plague institute" diagnosed with "pneumonia." 17:08 Seven-year-old girl dies in a stabbing attack 17:42 Questions about Apache helicopter hovering over Ozark, Alabama 17:59 Violent accident kills one person and injures eight others 18:25 Yale quarterback Dante Reno wins for his father 18:42 Celebration for beloved bald eagle Jackie 19:07 Grandfather and Granddaughter adventure ------------------- ABC World News Tonight with David Muir delivers the news that matters most. Watch to get the latest news stories and headlines from around the world. Follow ABC World News Tonight on... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcworldnewstonight/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@abcworldnews X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/ABCWorldNews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldNewsTonight Threads: https://www.threads.net/@abcworldnewstonight ABC News is your trusted source for breaking news, analysis, exclusive interviews, headlines, and videos: https://abcnews.go.com/ Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Watch full episodes on Hulu: http://abcn.ws/3bzvQQn #WorldNewsTonight #DavidMuir #News #ABCNews