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.

Editor’s notes

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Chornobyl 40 years on • The site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is still not safe, with war raising its deadly risk A special report

No-go zone • Nuclear site’s mixed legacy of radiation and wildlife

How US oil and Chinese solar are the winners in Trump’s war

Deadly Israeli strikes worsen Gaza’s water shortage crisis

White House press dinner shooting raises questions over security • Secret Service director says suspected shooter was successfully detained before he could do further harm, but others disagree

Inside the room • It was like a scene from a movie. But now it was happening to me

Record breakers: London pride in marathon honours

‘I always voted Labour – not now’ Why party could suffer a wipeout in crumbling red wall • Ahead of local elections, Reform UK senses a revolution in Labour’s former heartlands

Why apes are more like us than we ever imagined • Imagination, reason and ability to recognise faces from the past are not the preserve of humans, studies show

Young people rise to support pacifist constitution • Protests are growing against moves to change the supreme law, a document written by the US that is now being challenged by the Iran war

‘No reforms’ • Arrests raise alarm among gen Z groups

Neighbours under US pressure to reject Cuban doctors

Wheel deal? • Beijing takes off brakes in driverless car race

Wagering war • Traders have staked more than $1bn in suspicious, perfectly timed bets on the US-Israel conf lict in Iran via online markets, netting them huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers. What is going on?

‘Don’t rush me’ • On Iran, Trump defaults from shock and awe to wait and see

The violent tow truck wars that are tormenting Toronto

In for the kill On safari with the trophy hunters • One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But is it just an exercise in neocolonialism?

‘I saw the backlash coming’ • Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality and helped to develop critical race theory; now her life’s work is under attack by the war on ‘woke’. She explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power

Nesrine Malik • Starmer’s listless government shows zombie politics is new norm

Alexander Hurst • AI’s champions will never understand the human value of friction

Fawaz Gerges • Trump has got this war wrong: Iran is more influential than ever

The Guardian View • Washington shooting shows danger of political violence and gun culture

Opinion Letters

Loud ’n’ proud • As a career-spanning documentary hits cinemas, Iron Maiden revisit their path from pubs to stadiums and 50 years of heavy metal

Chic cheek as industry takedown is on trend • The Devil Wears Prada sequel reveals the death of the gatekeepers as luxury brands have turned the tables on once-dominant magazine editors

Return of the macs • Boozing, grumpy, TV private eyes are sleuthing with renewed vigour. Why is the noir detective genre back with a vengeance – and is it a bad omen?

Reviews

Do stronger borders work? • Throughout history, leaders have thrown up walls and barriers – often to little effect

Troy story • The Life of Pi author merges a...