On the 7th, Iranian president Pezeshkian and Russian president Putin held a phone call and agreed to deepen bilateral strategic cooperation. Pezeshkian said relations are progressing well and urged expanding cooperation across sectors to advance their shared interests. Putin said that despite current regional turmoil, the two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation; Russia supports diplomatic efforts by some countries to ease regional tensions and is ready to play a role and provide assist

Ukraine's President ZELENSKIY said latest intelligence shows Russia is preparing a "large-scale attack".

China's National Day film box office (Oct. 1–7, incl. presales) exceeded 1.1 bln yuan. Chinese studios are building in-house overseas distribution networks and planning global releases from early production stages; an industry executive says networks now cover six continents, 130+ countries and over 1,000 cities. Policy backing: the 2026 national film bureau chiefs meeting urged promoting Chinese films abroad and expanding high-level openness and international reach. The national film development special fund will continue to reward overseas distribution and sales, providing support proportional to revenues.