Le Heist

Video Description

In just under 10 minutes on Sunday, thieves stole precious jewelry from the Louvre Museum in Paris after using a truck-mounted ladder to break into a second-floor window. Catherine Porter, a New York Times international correspondent in the French capital, explains how the robbery unfolded. Guest: Catherine Porter (https://www.nytimes.com/by/catherine-porter) , an international correspondent for The New York Times based in Paris. Background reading:  • What we know about the Louvre jewelry theft (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/20/world/europe/louvre-robbery-jewelry-heist-photos-maps.html) . • Before the robbery, there were lingering security concerns (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/europe/louvre-robbery-security-paris.html) . Photo: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.