Ukraine missile strike targets Crimea; Biden to visit United Auto Workers, and more

This is the world in brief, from the economist. Our top stories. Ukraine said its large missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea on Friday was timed to coincide with a meeting of Russian naval officials. Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that two Russian generals were injured in the attack. On Saturday, Russia said that Ukraine had launched another missile strike on Sevastopol in Crimea. The Kremlin-installed governor of the peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014, claimed that air defense systems shot down a missile just off the coast, with debris falling near the shore. President Joe Biden will visit members of United Auto Workers, one of America's biggest unions in Michigan on Tuesday in support of their strike against car makers, a day before a scheduled visit by Donald Trump. The union expanded its strike to 38 facilities owned by GM and Stellantis, whose biggest shareholder also part-owns the economist's parent company on Friday. It did not escalate its strike against Ford, having made progress in negotiations. Armenia's Foreign Minister told the UN General Assembly that international intervention was needed to stop ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh days after Azerbaijan seized control of the besieged enclave. Armenian separatists said that the terms of a ceasefire, agreed on Wednesday, were being upheld as Azerbaijan moved to establish control of the region. Russia, which has peacekeepers in the area, said the separatists had surrendered weapons, including over 800 guns. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov branded the West and, quote, Empire of Lies, and called for a reform of global governance in a speech to the UN General Assembly. He claimed the West had failed to deliver billions of dollars, promised to help poor countries tackle climate change. Following the speech, he dismissed Ukraine's 10-point peace proposal and the UN's plans for reviving the Black Sea grain initiative. Amazon Prime Video, a streaming service, will begin to show advertisements during its television shows and films from early next year. Members will be able to pay for an ad-free subscription. In America, the cost will be an additional $2.99 a month. Competition between streamers has risen in recent years, owing to the arrival of new services such as Disney Plus and Paramount Plus. The warlord led government in the east of Libya said that the Port City of Dernab will host an international aid conference on October 10th to help its reconstruction. Much of Dernab was swept away earlier this month by floods that killed 11,300 people according to the Libyan Red Crescent. Aid has been slow to arrive, in part because of the chaotic way Libya is run by two rival regimes. The President and political leaders paid homage to Georgio Napolitano, Italy's former president, who died aged 98. Mr. Napolitano, modern Italy's longest-serving president, was elected to office in 2006. The presidency is usually mostly ceremonial, but he used his influence to stave off a crisis in 2011 by orchestrating the transfer of power from Silvio Berlusconi, then Prime Minister, Mario Monti. And word of the week, Ser Tenejo, a genre of Brazilian country music, popular in the country's increasingly important hinterlands.