UAW resumes talks with auto companies; El Chapo’s son is extradited, and more

This is the world in brief, from the Economist. Our top stories. The United Auto Workers, one of America's biggest unions, resumed talks with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, in an effort to end simultaneous strikes at three plants. Nearly 13,000 Auto Workers have downed tools after failing to reach a pay deal. The union is seeking a 36% pay rise over four years. The companies have offered between 20% and 21%. Iran's security services were out in force to prevent demonstrations on the first anniversary of the death of Masa Amini. According to human rights groups, her father was briefly detained as he left home to visit her grave, and there were sporadic disturbances. The fate of Amini, who died in police custody after she was detained for showing her hair, sparked months of protests. The Republican-dominated Texas Senate voted to acquit Ken Paxden, the state attorney general on charges of bribery, lying, and dereliction of duty from office, following his impeachment in May by the State House of Representatives. The case against him centered on an alleged quid pro quo between Mr. Paxden and a local property developer. Mr. Paxden has made a name for himself by repeatedly suing the Biden administration. Ovidio Guzmán Lopez, the son of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, was extradited from Mexico to America. Ovidio is believed to be one of the leaders of the Senola drug gang, once headed by his father, who is already serving a life sentence in Colorado. Ovidio was arrested in January after a fight between police and gang members. In America, he faces various charges, including drug trafficking. The special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 elections asked that the former president be stopped from attacking those associated with the trial on social media. Jack Smith, who is prosecuting the case, said that jurors needed to be protected from Mr. Trump's, quote, inflammatory public statements. Meanwhile, CNN reported that Twitter has handed Mr. Smith dozens of direct messages from the former president's account. Thousands gathered in Yolande in eastern South Africa for the funeral of Mangosutu Boutelezi, the founder of the Zulu Nationalist in Cata Freedom Party. Mr. Boutelezi, who died at the age of 95, was a controversial figure in the years leading to the end of apartheid in South Africa. He stoked up ethnic conflict that led to thousands of deaths in the 1980s and 1990s. Munich's annual Carnival of Beer got underway, with the opening of the 188th edition of October Fest. This is the most beautiful, biggest, most important festival in the world, suggested Marcus Soder, the governor of Bavaria. Prices for a one-liter Stein start at 12 euros and 60 cents, $13.45, an increase of around 6% on last year. Some 6 million beer lovers are expected to attend. And word of the week. Residentura, a Russian term for a base of operations, often an embassy, used for spying in another country.