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.
AfD’s shocking ‘masterplan’, Middle East conflict spreads, and Lineker’s many opinions
Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Cold conflicts in region turn hot • The US-led world order is in peril as, one by one, pockets of war multiply – and so does the risk that these battles become more contagious and intractable.
Fog of war West bombs Yemen with new vigour but lack of insight
Under cover operation Palestinians vow to fight on after Israeli raids
Spotlight • ‘We can raise our voice’ Shock over Af D migrant ‘masterplan’
What was the secret AfD meeting about and why has it sparked fury?
Lenin’s legacy Centenary of death ignites old disputes
Kharkiv reels from Russian missiles • Fragments of North Koreanmade rockets found in debris in Ukraine’s second city, only 40km from Russian border
Eyewitness India
Roadblock Can Sunak find a way through Tory chaos? • From the Rwanda shambles to local elections in May, obstacles are mounting on the PM’s ‘narrow path’ to recovery
Farewell Mr Kerry, goodbye Mr Xie • The veteran US and China envoys are retiring, ending a long and harmonious relationship that brought rich dividends for the climate cause
‘30m tonnes of ice an hour lost from global heating’
The women keeping poachers in check • Protecting threatened species was traditionally a man’s role. Now a female squad is bringing a new perspective to the fight
Puppy love How nation lost its appetite for dog meat
Climate crisis is ‘critical link’ to dengue epidemic
Switch off and tune in The school that banned phones • Teachers claim that smartphones make their lives a living hell – so one US school decided to act
Rude awokening DeSantis bails out and his humiliation is complete
Searchers frustrated by planes lost over mountains
SETTLING THE SCORE • Gary Lineker has a few opinions – and he just can’t help sharing them. The England football legend turned culture warrior talks punditry, podcasts and politics with Charlotte Edwardes
TUNNEL VISION • Twenty-five years ago, a group of anti-establishment Jewish yeshiva students took control of the Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in Brooklyn, New York. Then, they started digging …
Jonathan Freedland • There is still a way to stop Donald Trump – but time is running out
Arifa Akbar • To cut or not to cut? Shorter Shakespeare can be far less stressful
Martha Gill • Can the super-rich tell us how to save the planet? Gen Z think so
The GuardianView • Journalists do not want to be the story, but killing them is a threat to the truth
Opinion Letters
‘Our music cannot be destroyed’ • Russia has fought a long war against Ukrain ian culture. Now conductor Dalia Stasevska and US violinist Joshua Bell are resurrecting a war-scarred concerto
Writing against wrongs • As Hitler’s forces razed Europe, Curt Bloch was penning subversive anti-Nazi zine The Underwater Cabaret. Now, all 95 issues form a new exhibition of satire and sedition
Reviews
Confident Erika shows from behind the mask • R&B singer Erika De Casier has written for K-pop stars and remixed Dua Lipa, but hid behind an alter ego for her own music. Now she is happy to drop the act
A nation’s dark heart • The dreadful treatment of unmarried mothers in Ireland is given a new dimension as the author investigates the story of a lost cousin
Tiger feat...