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 Mali

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

Global report • United Kingdom

Eyewitness Dirt trackers

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

ISRAEL’S NEXT FRONTIER • Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the dramatic attack on his country’s longstanding enemy, which began last week, was to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. But does he have an even greater objective in mind?

Crumbling axis • Dismantling of Iran’s proxies paved way for Israel’s attack

Critical mass • Is Iran as close to nuclear weapons as Netanyahu claims?

‘NOWHERE ELSE TO GO’ • CITIZENS REMAIN STOIC AMID IRAN STRIKES

Diminishing returns • Israel lost its ‘good guy’ name in Gaza. Now it wants it back

How millions of Americans stood up to be counted over Trump

‘Kind of lame’ • A military show of force that passed America by

Family’s agony • Tragedy of couple killed after surprise visit home

Labour’s wager • Will investment bring voters onside by the next election?

The blunt truth behind Ballymena’s explosion of hate • Northern Ireland faces stark questions over the racism, xenophobia and intolerance that has forced families from abroad to flee

Raids and fear cast a shadow over start of Club World Cup

Seas the day • Oceans at risk have crucial moment at UN summit

Sin bins Mexican restaurant on a zero-waste mission • Sourcing local produce and using pre-Hispanic agricultural techniques, Baldío has embraced a regenerative ethos – with delicious results

Students call for strikes over soaring internet costs

Trip advisers • ‘Street tutors’ aim to teach tourists good etiquette

Spiralling prices force ministers to allow rice imports

‘A billionaire would pay a lot of money to shoot a recreated woolly mammoth’ Sadiah Qureshi on extinction and empire • In her new book, Vanished, the historian of science traces the roots of how we treat life, whether living, endangered, dead or extinct

Blue dawn • Is Gavin Newsom the Democrat for the moment?

How Ontario became the measles centre of the west

How does woke start winning again? • British progressives have faced major setbacks in recent years. Was a backlash inevitable – and are new tactics needed?

Misogyny in the metaverse • Graphic sexual content, abuse and grooming are rife in Meta’s virtual reality dream world. Is it too late to change course?

George Monbiot • The world must act on message behind Attenborough’s Ocean

Jon Worth • Europe was promised a night train revival, so why the delay?

Robert Reich • Americans disagree on much – but we have just found common ground

The GuardianView • Even in the most harrowing cases, justice cannot be immune from scrutiny

Opinion Letters

Brian Wilson 1942 - 2025 ‘Pop music as perfect as pop is ever likely to get’ • Brian Wilson was the Beach Boys’ genius, making pop’s most beautiful music. Beyond the myths about his life, his brilliance is still intoxicating

Old scores Why Greek myths are gods’ gifts to musicals • From Hadestown to Hercules, eternal tales of love and coming of age are still reeling in audiences

The art of the meal • Twenty years on from the launch of the New Nordic manifesto, Norway’s National museum assesses the movement’s impact on dining and culture

Reviews

Could boredom be good for us? • Smartphones offer us instant...