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 Nepal

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

‘There is no life here’ • After more than two years of attacks, much of Kupiansk’s population has left and the remaining soldiers are stuck in a war that’s ‘going nowhere’

Turning the tap • Could sanctions succeed where diplomacy has failed on Russia?

A flawed strategy • Don’t expect sanctions alone to end this war any time soon

Do populist leaders always leave countries worse off?

THE ‘TRUMP THREAT’ • Was US president key to Milei’s electoral win?

West Bank resistance fades amid fears of the ‘next Gaza’ • Once known as the ‘martyrs’ capital’, Jenin is now patrolled by Israeli soldiers as weary residents seek quiet life

‘Bibi-sitting’ • Trump sends in top aides to keep fragile ceasefire on course

‘Blood on his hands’ Survivors’ fury lingers a year after deadly floods • In the wake of the country’s worst natural disaster this century, Valencians call for social, political and judicial consequences

In Wales, Plaid Cymru senses its moment has finally come

Cruise control • Could a £5 tourist fee help Orkney ?

Ancient migration routes are being blocked – and the death toll is rising • Human-wildlife conflict has overtaken poaching as a cause of fatalities among elephants – and is deadly for people too. Now some villages are finding new ways to live alongside the mammals

The Uyghur woman who took on Beijing and won • After fleeing Chinese repression, Zeynure Hasan faced a long battle to be reunited with her husband Idris after his arrest

Refugees allowed to work to counter aid cuts

Rush hours • How people get around Africa’s busiest cities

‘I’m suddenly so angry’ My strange week with an AI ‘friend’ • The advert campaign for a wearable chatbot has been raising hackles in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned?

What can Democrats learn from the No Kings protests?

Hard line • How Rubio is driving Trump’s war on Maduro

The last voyage of the Scandies Rose • The fishing boat left port in Alaska as an icy storm was brewing. What happened next shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the world

IS JIMMY WALES REALLY THE GOOD GUY OF THE INTERNET? • The Wikipedia founder stands out from his contemporaries for being driven by more than money. But can the people’s encyclopedia withstand attacks from AI and Elon Musk?

Simon Tisdall • The fragile ceasefire will not last without genuine truth and justice

Dave Schilling • As the White House gets a makeover, why not do the whole country too?

Gaby Hinsliff • Stop the politicking and listen to the survivors of the grooming gangs

The GuardianView • In these scary times it’s no wonder we find solace in the realm of horror movies

Opinion Letters

Blurred lines • A thrilling show in Paris, boasting 270 works, reveals the German artist Gerhard Richter in all his contradictory brilliance, from bold brush strokes to shades of grey

‘At night, his guitar comes into my mind’ • Six months after her husband Amadou’s death, Mariam Doumbia tells the story of the pair’s rise to fame and the last album they worked on together

Making a drama out of a crisis • The climate emergency was long considered too grim for stage or screen, but a cloudburst of...