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Guardian Weekly

Jan 19 2024
Magazine

The Guardian Weekly magazine is a round-up of the world news, opinion and long reads that have shaped the week. Inside, the past seven days' most memorable stories are reframed with striking photography and insightful companion pieces, all handpicked from The Guardian and The Observer.

Ecuador’s bloody descent into violence, Yemen’s Houthi threat and UK farmers’ plight

The Guardian Weekly

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Global report United Kingdom

A deadly trade-off • The week of violent mayhem that engulfed a nation may have been sparked by drug crime syndicates, but its roots can be traced to the unending demand for cocaine in Europe

Call to arms Gangs fuel ‘nightmarish descent into violence’

‘I’m a nomad’ Durán, the city where it’s unsafe for the mayor to sit at his own desk

Arc of crisis • How Houthi anger with Israel is reshaping the Middle East conflict

No end in sight as Israel marks 100 days of war

Beijing bristles as leaders salute new president

Next in line Is Kim’s daughter his ‘most likely’ successor?

In the line of fire

‘You don’t feel alive’ War trauma takes its toll on veterans

Why Reform party could cost Tories dearly at the next election

Crown duel Republicans stir as king takes throne

Royals show high life can be low carbon • Despite their lavish lifestyles, several European monarchs are taking on the climate crisis and influencing others

Happy haus How Vienna became the world’s most livable city • The Austrian capital’s radical social housing tradition bucks the trend for soaring rents elsewhere. What is its secret?

Strongman to grandpa: the curious rebranding of Prabowo

Word perfect Activist poet embracing essence of being African

Cover-ups and saucers Is the truth out there? • The lack of transparency about UFOs in the US is causing concern not only about the existence of aliens, but also about the psychological impact if a conspiracy were to be revealed

‘He wins big’ Trump storms the Republican caucuses in Iowa • For some Americans it’s a nightmare from which they cannot wake, but for others it’s a new chapter in the Maga saga

Boeing’s problems are bigger than just nuts and bolts

The pastoral carer • Heather Wildman tours Britain, helping its farmers face up to the toughest of questions – not just about the future of their businesses, but about family, identity and even mortality.

Minor figures • With studios desperate for franchises to exploit in the wake of the hit Barbie movie last summer, could there be hidden gold in a pile of obscure 80s toys?

Only one man dragged Israel into the dock at The Hague – Netanyahu

How a spontaneous overseas trip helped me rediscover my son

Abuse of unaccountable power is at wicked heart of Post Office scandal

Strikes on the Houthis may fuel the crisis that they are meant to contain

Letters

Outside in • The Chinese-American screen director Lulu Wang on The Expats, her complex new TV series set in 2014 Hong Kong

Seats of rage How to be a better audience member • Talking, dawdling, boozing … post-pandemic it seems some people have forgotten how to behave at events. Fortunately our culture writers are here to help

Orquídeas • Kali Uchis, Geffen

Why China and India are tapping into Top Gun • The new superpowers have fallen for the action-packed world of blockbuster air force films, but can their efforts be anything more than military propaganda?

Nature trail • A physicist turns his hand to life science, to explore how commonly held models of why we’re here are wildly oversimplified

Sofie’s voice • An...


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The Guardian Weekly magazine is a round-up of the world news, opinion and long reads that have shaped the week. Inside, the past seven days' most memorable stories are reframed with striking photography and insightful companion pieces, all handpicked from The Guardian and The Observer.

Ecuador’s bloody descent into violence, Yemen’s Houthi threat and UK farmers’ plight

The Guardian Weekly

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Global report United Kingdom

A deadly trade-off • The week of violent mayhem that engulfed a nation may have been sparked by drug crime syndicates, but its roots can be traced to the unending demand for cocaine in Europe

Call to arms Gangs fuel ‘nightmarish descent into violence’

‘I’m a nomad’ Durán, the city where it’s unsafe for the mayor to sit at his own desk

Arc of crisis • How Houthi anger with Israel is reshaping the Middle East conflict

No end in sight as Israel marks 100 days of war

Beijing bristles as leaders salute new president

Next in line Is Kim’s daughter his ‘most likely’ successor?

In the line of fire

‘You don’t feel alive’ War trauma takes its toll on veterans

Why Reform party could cost Tories dearly at the next election

Crown duel Republicans stir as king takes throne

Royals show high life can be low carbon • Despite their lavish lifestyles, several European monarchs are taking on the climate crisis and influencing others

Happy haus How Vienna became the world’s most livable city • The Austrian capital’s radical social housing tradition bucks the trend for soaring rents elsewhere. What is its secret?

Strongman to grandpa: the curious rebranding of Prabowo

Word perfect Activist poet embracing essence of being African

Cover-ups and saucers Is the truth out there? • The lack of transparency about UFOs in the US is causing concern not only about the existence of aliens, but also about the psychological impact if a conspiracy were to be revealed

‘He wins big’ Trump storms the Republican caucuses in Iowa • For some Americans it’s a nightmare from which they cannot wake, but for others it’s a new chapter in the Maga saga

Boeing’s problems are bigger than just nuts and bolts

The pastoral carer • Heather Wildman tours Britain, helping its farmers face up to the toughest of questions – not just about the future of their businesses, but about family, identity and even mortality.

Minor figures • With studios desperate for franchises to exploit in the wake of the hit Barbie movie last summer, could there be hidden gold in a pile of obscure 80s toys?

Only one man dragged Israel into the dock at The Hague – Netanyahu

How a spontaneous overseas trip helped me rediscover my son

Abuse of unaccountable power is at wicked heart of Post Office scandal

Strikes on the Houthis may fuel the crisis that they are meant to contain

Letters

Outside in • The Chinese-American screen director Lulu Wang on The Expats, her complex new TV series set in 2014 Hong Kong

Seats of rage How to be a better audience member • Talking, dawdling, boozing … post-pandemic it seems some people have forgotten how to behave at events. Fortunately our culture writers are here to help

Orquídeas • Kali Uchis, Geffen

Why China and India are tapping into Top Gun • The new superpowers have fallen for the action-packed world of blockbuster air force films, but can their efforts be anything more than military propaganda?

Nature trail • A physicist turns his hand to life science, to explore how commonly held models of why we’re here are wildly oversimplified

Sofie’s voice • An...


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