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

THE ROAD TO RUIN • Israel has long desired regime change in Tehran, but previous US administrations sought to contain it. Allies and foes alike fear Donald Trump’s intervention in Israel’s war has poured fuel on an increasingly international conflict

High stakes • Trump bets on quick win – but fallout could have global consequences

REVOLUTION, TRANSITION OR COLLAPSE • IF THE REGIME FALLS, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

‘STUCK AND TRAPPED’ • POLITICAL PRISONERS AT MERCY OF ISRAELI ATTACKS

Moral vacuum • Western leaders call for ‘diplomacy’, but won’t name this war’s cause

Hunger and despair rife as Gaza slides into lethal chaos

Fraying ties • Gaza war puts relationship with EU under growing strain

New telescope sheds light on galaxies far, far away

Sánchez the survivor fights for his political life • Allegations against the PM’s inner circle have hit the reputation of the socialist-led minority government

Hacker time • Cyber-attacks spell trouble on the seas

Grim toll Russia’s war casualties surpass 1 million • As the human cost of the invasion mounts, an expansive propaganda campaign and state payouts aim to keep grieving relatives onside

‘My fear is mortality is going to be very high’ • Cuts in US funding have hit HIV programmes to jeopardise research and expose those living with the virus to greater risk

Manchester’s passion play for African independence

‘We love and hate them’ • The German city overrun by raccoons

Crew to set sail in search of the real pirates of the Caribbean

A bug’s life Small ways to make a big change • Insect species are under threat around the world but there are simple science-backed actions we can all take to stem their decline

Fighting the deadly fashion for New York train surfing

Strategic thaw • Trump’s warm welcome for army chief unsettles India

A 7.30PM DINNER ON A SCHOOL NIGHT? MAMMA MIA! • Italian-style late family meals, bedsharing like the Germans, breaking down gender stereotypes the Icelandic way … five writers try five different European parenting styles. Will they make it out unscathed?

The looting of America. • Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for sale – the list of Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term goes on, and on … and on

Aluf Benn • Bombing Iran is how Netanyahu aims to rewrite his grim legacy

Margaret Sullivan • Here’s how I keep from being overwhelmed by the ‘gloomcycle’

Andy Beckett • The populist right hates cities – and it’s fuelled by a sense of bitter defeat

The GuardianView • Trump has chosen war at Israel’s behest, but the world is likely to pay a steep price

Opinion Letters

Boyle’s war • British film director Danny Boyle on hope, horror – and why he wouldn’t make Slumdog today

Is this an artist – or a cof fee pot? • Will the much garlanded South African artist William Kentridge reveal the secret to a great work? Well, it’s all about a certain hot drink …

Reviews

‘I try to represent medicine accurately’ • Rachel Clarke talks about the amazing families involved in her Women’s prize-winning book and how being a doctor frames the way she writes

Tales that unite • An ambitious...