Guardian Weekly

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.

Eyewitness Japan

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

The teenage activist who changed the game for Trump • Rightwing influencer was pivotal in driving Trump’s re-election by energising the Maga youth movement

‘Insanely violent’ • Country lives in the shadow of the gun and the right to bear arms

A nation divided • Trump ‘couldn’t care less’ about bringing the country together

Signal intent • The mixed meanings of England’s flag fixation

Strong words • Labour MPs hope Starmer’s statement is a shift in tone

In his international dash for cash, Boris Johnson appears to have repeatedly broken ethics rules as he tried to trade on the relationships made in Downing Street • Files reveal troubling secrets of the former PM’s pursuit of profit

Eyewitness India

Leaving Gaza ‘If displaced, we know we may never be able to return’ • The Guardian’s reporter in Gaza describes the dilemma facing her family and others, many hungry and penniless

Rubio affirms US support amid new Gaza offensive

Harry’s game Prince on family, war and the press • As the Guardian joins him on a 36-hour visit to Kyiv, the prince opens up about the cost of conflict, his portrayal in the media and boxing

Is a mass cull of bass the answer to saving salmon? • Biologists, anglers and Indigenous communities are divided over whether to kill one species to save another

The scam centres that hold hordes of workers • Up to 100,000 trafficked people are thought to be trapped in fraud complexes operated by crime syndicates

‘Hell on earth’ • How one man was tricked into slavery

‘Existential crisis’ Google’s shift to AI upends the online news model • Publishers are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their content

Succession • Lachlan wins but the other Murdochs will not go hungry

Bolsonaro’s jail sentence will not put an end to his politics

Out of office • Leo Varadkar was the young, gay, mixed-race leader labelled a ‘badass’ by Matt Damon who unexpectedly quit as prime minister of Ireland. He talks about the ‘likability’ of rightwing populists, how he handled a ‘snogging scandal’ and the backlash facing his country

Boom times and burnout My three days at Europe’s biggest porn conference • The crowd that gathers in Amsterdam is exuberant. Pornography use is more common than ever, so earnings for many here are through the roof. But there is trouble afoot, from AI to chronic illness

Simon Tisdall • Trump is no ‘strongman’. It’s time for other democracies to step up

Mike Watson • Heavy metal is in rude health – and shows us the light in dark times

Gaby Hinsliff • Mandelson had three chances. How many does Starmer have left?

The GuardianView • The EU needs to be bolder and braver to meet the challenges of a new era

Opinion Letters

Murder, she sang • Kitchen discos and a certain Saltburn scene have revived Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s career. How is she capitalising? With an album about the perimenopause

Biennale brings the noise • Everywhere you turn in São Paulo, there’s an installation making a racket – but this sensory blowout comes to life in its moments of serenity

Drawing ire • From The Simpsons mauling George HW Bush to South Park’s current head-to-head with Trump, animations are no...