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

Inside the circle • The secrets of Jeffrey Epstein’s inbox published last week – and potentially more to come – point not to a shadowy cabal, but to a world where immense wealth, privilege and access to power can insulate individuals from accountability and consequences

Rank and files On Epstein, Trump can’t control his Maga allies

TIMELINE • How row over files plunged the Maga world into turmoil

Hit the gas • Can cutting methane save us from disaster?

Protesters take to Belém streets to urge action

Prayers for a miracle and a drop of rain as drought persists

Oil the wheels • Orbán claims a US victory – but is his grip slipping?

Eyewitness Global

Starmer faces fresh challenge over asylum plans • Significant divisions exposed within Labour as angry backbenchers vow to force changes to hardline proposals

On manoeuvres? • Why some in No 10 think Wes Streeting is plotting to be PM

US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ • Almost entire Palestinian population has been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned

Rough waters Life on the tsunami coast • At the edge of the Pacific, Tofino is beautiful but precarious. Its residents and officials plan for a threat that could reshape their world

Desert sands threaten to swallow ancient ‘city of libraries’

Double take • The single mothers teaming up to raise kids

No whey! The rise of the protein shake • A drink once aimed at bodybuilders has become a billion-dollar industry, with even Michelin-starred chefs getting in on the act

Action plan on sexual assault after attack on Sheinbaum

Spooked • ‘Drugs ships’ strikes open a transatlantic intelligence rift

HOMELESS AT 13, DEAD AT 41: CRAIG’S STORY • When I met him he was a child, living on the streets of Nottingham. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong.

For love, or money The seven stages of a romance extortion scam • Romance fraud is soaring. Victims blame themselves – but the perpetrators are as cunning as they are ruthless. Here’s the story of how one woman lost a fortune.

Jonathan Freedland • Trump says what he likes about the BBC. But Epstein is his vulnerability

Nicole Lipman • France’s battle with Shein points the way to defeating fast fashion

Diane Taylor • Labour’s asylum plans are cruel, clumsy and unachievable

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Opinion Letters

All Culture things must pass • After a decade, Stranger Things is bowing out with an epic final season. Its creators and stars talk about big 80s hair, recruiting a Terminator killer – and the gift that Kate Bush sent them

Tile council The new mosaicists • A wave of global guerrilla mosaic makers are transforming city spaces and bringing communities together

Culture Reviews

Body talk Sex, power, tragedy and success • David Szalay on Flesh, his astounding Booker prize-winning novel, and what it reveals about modern masculinity

A strange miracle • A dreamlike novel from the Norwegian master’s latest voyage into ‘mystical realism’

His master’s voice • Anthony Hopkins’ autobiography mixes vulnerability with bloody...