Brazil’s veteran leftist President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva trailed Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of his far-right predecessor, in the first-round presidential vote on Sunday. Some analysts suggest that the sweeping anti-poverty measures Lula put in place over two decades may have helped give rise to a growing lower-middle class drawn to the far right’s promise to get the government out of people’s lives. 

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday slammed Russia's increased strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. In a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Macron said he reviewed "the concrete support" Europe can provide Ukraine to defend itself against the attacks. 

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze congratulated the residents of the capital and all of Georgia on the Tbilisoba holiday.

The National Bank of Georgia has set new exchange rates. Following trading on October 5, the US dollar weakened to 2.6032 lari. The rate in effect today was 2.6039 lari.

“The main cause of division in our society is the huge amount of lies spread by the so-called opposition in Georgia on various issues,” Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on the “Open Air” program.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he expected talks with Iran to resume next week, despite rejecting Tehran’s proposal for a seven-day truce followed by the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump raised the possibility of renewed air strikes on Iran but also said he anticipated further negotiations. 

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was “surprised” British police released on bail five men arrested on suspicion of a plot to attack a UK airbase. Trump added the case “might be” linked to Iran, since the base has been used by US bombers to target Iran since March.  

In Samtredia, in western Georgia, a train struck a 21-year-old young man near the Sanavardo settlement.

Georgian coach Ramaz Svanadze will lead the Georgia national football team until the end of 2028. Svanadze will replace Frenchman Willy Sagnol as head coach. The national team announced this.

Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

“We are ready to start from a clean slate the relations that the Biden administration destroyed, as a result of which the US pushed away its best partner in the region and ended its strategic partnership with its most strategic partner. The Biden administration unilaterally destroyed these relations, and we have repeatedly said that we are ready to start our partnership from a clean slate,” Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said, speaking about resetting relations with the US.

US President Donald Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in New York, where both leaders will be attending the United Nations General Assembly this week, the White House said. 

Pope Leo XIV on Friday begins a four-day visit to France, where the Catholic Church's views on abortion and euthanasia run counter to the values of a secular country that recently enshrined abortion in its constitution and gave final approval to a bill establishing the right to assisted dying. 

Under often-secret deals struck with third countries across Africa and Latin America, US President Donald Trump has deported thousands of people who were hoping to build new lives in the US to countries they’ve never set foot in before. Working with Forbidden Stories, FRANCE 24 investigated the stories of several African migrants whose lives were thrown into chaos by their abrupt deportation from the US to a temporary shelter in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé.  

Today, 1,600 internally displaced families will receive new, fully renovated apartments. This is the largest project implemented to date, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said while speaking at an event marking the handover of apartments to internally displaced families.

Lasha Magradze, who previously served as First Deputy Head of the State Security Service, has been appointed Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia.

US President Donald Trump has threatened steep tariffs on the European Union if it goes ahead with a proposal to make Canada its first "associate member", a move he described as a possible "hostile act". Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is due to address the European Parliament on Thursday, has been pursuing closer ties with the EU as he seeks to pivot away from the US. 

The United States has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a visa to attend next week's UN General Assembly in New York, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The State Department separately said it would deny visas to Palestinian officials, citing failures to reform and actions it said undermined peace prospects. 

“The transport sector is showing unprecedented figures. If we compare the data for the first eight months of this year with the same period last year, we have record figures over the past decade in maritime, rail and aviation,” Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Tamar Ioseliani said, speaking about trends in Georgia’s transport sector this year.

“The transport sector is showing unprecedented figures. If we compare the data for the first eight months of this year with the same period last year, we have record figures over the past decade in maritime, rail and aviation,” Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Tamar Ioseliani said, speaking about trends in Georgia’s transport sector this year.

The National Bank of Georgia has set new exchange rates.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has nominated Tamaz Borashvili for the position of head of the State Security Service of Georgia.

Geka Geladze has resigned from his position as head of Georgia’s State Security Service. This is stated in a statement by Geka Geladze published on the SSSG’s page.

The National Bank of Georgia has set a new official exchange rate.

The plane carrying U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of the U.S. president, has landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, RIA Novosti and TASS correspondents report.