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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SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

‘I was never worried’ • Ten years after Angela Merkel declared ‘We can do this’ at the height of the 2015 migration into Europe, Syrian refugee Somar Kreker looks back at his 44-day odyssey

‘Most of this is symbolic’ • The new wave of anti-migrant vigilantes in Europe

Toxic spiral • From Brexit to Trump, the crackdown on migrants never ends

‘He’s trying to rig the midterms’ • How Trump is moving to protect his Congress allies

Power play • Chairman Trump trades free markets for his rules

Iranians divided over prospect of UN nuclear sanctions

‘Gaza Riviera’ • Leaked plan dismissed as ‘insane’

Taliban calls for aid as earthquake death toll rises

Guerrilla trumpeter prepares the last post for Bolsonaro

Age concern • Britain’s big issue with declining fertility rates

High alert along Russia’s border with the EU • A fence on part of the frontier between Finland and Russia rises on a key geopolitical faultline

Winemakers urged to take care of their earthworms

Shady lanes Cities using vines and crochets to beat heat • From leafy canopies to ancient water systems, communities are finding inventive ways to keep streets cool as summers get hotter

New life • How divorce camps give women hope and healing

The young collectors keeping Y2K fashion and vinyl alive

Misconduct claims overshadow giant telescope project • The organisation that manages the internationally funded Square Kilometre Array Observatory in Western Australia has denied whistleblower allegations of financial mismanagement

‘Fire him’ • Experts call out RFK Jr over health comments

Is Trump’s gunboat diplomacy just a show of strength?

Have we seen this movie before? • When Netflix started making films guided by algorithms, the result was often generic and artless. But there may be a plot twist in store

In the name of the father • The US ‘trad’ movement towards simple, Christian living can be interpreted as a yearning for order in a chaotic age. But it is also alarmingly regressive, with its adherents speaking of book burning and male ‘headship’

Jonathan Freedland • An American dictatorship is being forged before our very eyes

Hugh Muir • Time’s up on the tube for tinny TikToks and loud football highlights

Rafael Behr • There’s an obvious way to challenge Farage. But Starmer won’t do it

The GuardianView • A generation of journalists is being wiped out but, Israel doesn’t want the world to see

Opinion Letters

The greatest showman • From bullfights to ballet, a new exhibition reveals the drama and spectacle of Pablo Picasso

Cool beams • First conceived as a ‘spider’s web of sticks’, this vast wooden university building in Arkansas could revolutionise architecture

Reviews

The AI doctor will see you now • It’s understandable to be wary of new technology, but human error is often more lethal

The sound of silence • A memoir of great scope and intimacy from one of Canada’s most admired writers

Waves of fear • Eerie short stories explore horror and the human condition in a piercingly direct style

What lies beneath • Revelatory tales from the analyst’s couch lay bare the messy reality of romantic love

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