In the Georgian capital Tbilisi, protesters broke into the courtyard of the Orbeliani presidential palace, breaking an iron fence, and police used pepper gas against them. “Echo of the Caucasus” writes about this. According to local Telegram channels, additional units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are being deployed to the palace. Simultaneously with large-scale protests, elections for mayors and local councils are being held in Georgia.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) received orders to cease offensive operations in the Gaza Strip on the night of October 4. This was reported by the IDF radio station Galei IDF , as well as Channel 12 and The Times of Israel . The day before, Hamas announced that it was ready to release all Israeli hostages held in accordance with the exchange plan proposed by US President Donald Trump.

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced that negotiations between Israel and Hamas will take place in the country. The negotiations will discuss the terms of the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic. Based on the results of counting 99.8% of the votes, the right-wing populist party of former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, “Action of Dissatisfied Citizens” (ANO), won - it received 34.6% of the votes, Radio Prague reports . The ruling Together (Spolu) party of current Prime Minister Petr Fiala lost its majority, gaining just 23.3%.

The administration of US President Donald Trump is going to set a record low limit on refugee admissions in 2026. The New York Times writes about this, citing sources and relevant documents. According to the publication, the limit will be 7.5 thousand people.

According to Trump, the ship was carrying drugs “capable of killing 25 to 50 thousand” US citizens. This is the fourth time since early September that the United States has struck a ship allegedly transporting drugs. The first known strike occurred on the morning of September 2, killing 11 people. This was followed by attacks on September 16 and 19 .

In the first half of 2025, as it turned out from an investigation of several environmental organizations from different countries, Taiwan became the world's largest importer of Russian naphtha, a petroleum distillation product used to produce gasoline and solvents.

In Ukraine, one of the founders of the investigative project “Our Money”, Alexey Shalaysky, died at the age of 58. His colleague Sergei Syrovatko reported this on his social networks. “Alexa Shalaysky has died. I just spoke to his wife. Heart,” wrote Syrovatko. As Ukrainian Pravda writes, this was confirmed by the co-founder of the Our Pennies project, Yuriy Nikolov. The “Our Money” project appeared in 2011 in the form of a website and a series of television programs.

The Ostankino court in Moscow collected almost 1 billion rubles into state income from the organizers of the construction of fortifications on the border of the Belgorod region and Ukraine. Kommersant writes about this with reference to the court decision. We are talking about an amount of 924 million rubles, the publication clarifies.

Former Japanese Interior Minister Sanae Takaichi has become the first woman to lead the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP). She will replace former party leader and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned . Thus, she becomes a likely candidate for the post of prime minister. Nikkei Asia reports this. Takaichi was able to win the post in the second round of voting, beating Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who had previously been seen as the most likely winner.

A court in New York sentenced American rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs to 50 months in prison and a fine of $500,000 for promoting prostitution. NBC News writes about this. In addition to the fine and prison sentence, the judge also ordered P Diddy to be placed on supervised release for five years following his release. The prosecution demanded 11 years and 3 months in prison for him, lawyers insisted on 14 months.

News The Insider October 4, 2025 Photo: Oleg Grigorov | Sumska OVA The Russian Armed Forces attacked the railway station in the Shostka community of the Sumy region. A passenger train traveling along the Shostka-Kiev route came under attack, writes the head of the regional administration Oleg Grigorov. According to the Suspilne publication, about 30 people were injured as a result of the strike. They were hospitalized.

Representatives of the Discord platform reported a hacker attack on the company that provided the messenger's support service. As a result, user data was compromised: from their email addresses to ID data, the press release says. It is unclear exactly how many users were affected by the hacker attack.

The attack on Kirishi, the city where the oil refinery is located, was confirmed by the governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko. According to him, seven drones were shot down in the sky over the city; as a result, a fire broke out in the industrial area, but it was extinguished. No casualties were reported. Surgutneftegaz on its website calls KINEF one of the largest and only oil refineries in the north-west of Russia.