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.

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Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

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Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

‘This was predicted and predictable’ • The RSF’s rampage through El Fasher, where atrocities unfolded after the city fell, follows a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself – including a lack of international attention

EXPLAINER • Origins of a brutal conflict – and the role of the UAE

The horror of El Fasher • The blood can be seen from space. No one can feign ignorance of this

A truce on trade – but who has gained the upper hand?

Power shift • Xi takes lead after Trump departs before key talks

De-royalled Andrew’s arrogance undid him, and it may not be over • Indulged by his mother and ignored by his siblings, the disgraced former prince’s behaviour typifies that which could kill off the monarchy

Course change • Election relief – but Wilders is not in the wilderness yet

How jihadist group has brought Mali to brink of Islamist rule

‘Apocalyptic’ • Black River surveys wrath of Melissa

West Bank • Olive farmers face settler violence

Bombings erode faith in Gaza ceasefire • Initial enthusiasm giving way to fear that truce may not mean an end to war, but just more unpredictable violence

Mud kitchens and bugs for a healthy start • Kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and fungi – and proving the benefits of biodiversity on wellbeing

‘A little oasis’ • The boom in Berlin’s cemetery cafe scene

Irish play on British colonialism hits home in west Africa

Off the grid What would the world do if the internet just collapsed? • After a glitch at a datacentre caused a minor meltdown last month, internet experts reveal the scenarios that could leave us disconnected

‘Devastated’ • Ferocious police favela raid sparks mass protest

Melania bears brunt of Trump’s East Wing demolition

QUEEN OF THE RESISTANCE • The idea that the global order can change quickly and devastatingly informs nearly everything Margaret Atwood has written. At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint. So what does the author make of our dystopian world?

Nip and tuck Why are young women having facelifts? • Once the preserve of moneyed older people, ‘filler fatigue’, weight-loss drugs and new surgical techniques are attracting a different kind of customer to plastic surgery

Gordon Brown • World leaders, at Cop30 you can define how the future will judge you

Paul Daley • A proper declutter is a reckoning with the stuff of life – and death

Andy Beckett • Democracy is being dismantled. What can we do to stop it?

The GuardianView • From Van Gogh to Gauguin, seeing original art can give us all a cultural workout

Opinion Letters

Back to black • The Scottish film-maker Lynne Ramsay unveils her latest dark creation

Alright, still? Divorce and desire drive Lily Allen’s comeback • The singer’s autofictional album West End Girl, has made headlines for its eye-popping details of the demise of a marriage

‘Music and art are inseparable’ • From Bach to sad girl bangers, visual artists reveal the soundtrack to their lives and the music that inspires them to create their own unique works

Reviews

What’s the point of psychotherapy? • There’s a dizzying range of therapeutic approaches – but they all have one thing in...