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

The new rules of engagement • The response by Gulf states to the Iran-Israel conflict may well decide the outcome of the crisis – but the Sunni monarchies face complicated choices about the region’s future

Under fire • IDF is fighting on many fronts – but the hardest may be at home

Out of the shadows • A Pandora’s box has been opened, and this crisis is far from over

Spotlight • Is Paris ready to embrace its Olympic moment?

Track record • Paris Olympics of 1924 saved the Games. Can this be repeated?

Battle ready • How might new US aid change the war?

The man who helped scores to flee violence in Darfur

Eyewitness United Arab Emirates

‘Somme without the generals’ • Tory nerves grow as local elections loom

Can Britons learn to love the idea of the ‘nanny state’? • Despite detractors, Rishi Sunak’s tobacco bill shows the public will support policies that would once have been thought draconian

Penguins in the pond How birds returned to Wellington • New Zealand’s capital has been transformed as the sounds of native species return to the dawn chorus

‘What the sea provides’ The Atlantic recipe for good health • Traditional eating habits in Galicia found to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart-related conditions

Brexit blamed as restaurants struggle to hire staff

Poll prejudice • In a big voting year, where are all the female candidates?

Travelling cinema that highlights risks on road to Europe

Bone to pick Can fossils help predict extinctions? • Millions of years ago, animals adapted to huge climatic changes. Now scientists hope their fossilised remains hold clues to what lies ahead

Melania is back – but she’s still not playing by the rules

‘Chilling’ • Crackdown on Chinese students as tensions rise

PARTY ON • It’s three decades since the UK government’s attempt to ban raves radicalised an oddball coalition of dance fans, squatters and ‘new age’ travellers. What became of the protesters who tried to kill the bill?

Troubled waters • In an unprecedented deal, a private company bought land in an Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 300km away. Have the floodgates opened for US corporations to cash in on drought?

Opinion Larry Elliott • The US-led era of globalisation is ending, and the omens aren’t good

Abigail Disney • I’m begging world leaders to raise taxes for rich people like me

Martha Gill • Mental health impact is a measure of success, not a reason to sneer

The GuardianView • A victory for Modi will damage democracy if it rests on outlawing dissent

Opinion Letters

All together now • Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC’s forthcoming album Romance promises to be an arena-filling singalong – and that’s how they want it

Paint a different picture • A new exhibition shows how a radical group of German expressionists created a space where creativity could flourish

Reviews

Keep it reel Clubs drive a celluloid resurgence • A ballooning number of groups dedicated to cinema in its original medium are springing up across the UK. They explain its thrills – and challenges

The power of love • A book its author ‘would much rather not have needed to write’ ranges far...