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

‘He must be himself’ • One year on from Labour’s landslide election win, allies say Keir Starmer needs to lead with conviction. With polls falling, insiders reflect on misjudgments and missed opportunities – and how they can turn things around

Centre of attention • Alliance shows left is alive and kicking

Narrative void • Keir Starmer’s story of success fails to cut through with voters

Texts, transfers and targets • Iran’s spy network

Out in the cold • Tehran loses faith in ‘timid’ Europe as mediator

Peace meal • Netanyahu back at White House holding all the cards

China set to clash with exiles over Dalai Lama’s successor

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Verdict brings to a close mushroom murder trial that gripped the world • Jury convicts Erin Patterson of murdering three in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth with poisoned beef wellington lunch

‘We don’t want contact because you are bad’ • Logging, drug trafficking and the climate crisis endanger the world’s largest uncontacted Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon

Not a lot How an old car park became an urban oasis • A corner of Medellín once infamous for drug addicts and prostitution has been turned into a tranquil haven for locals

Gen Z turns to fortune tellers as anxiety rises about future

Paddle power • Ancient techniques help recreate sea crossing

Space invaders Is Earth safe from an asteroid strike? • With close encounters expected in 2029 and 2032, scientists are employing a suite of new technological advances to watch the skies

Rich pickings Trump’s bill has done what the right desired for decades • The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programmes will now become a reality

Diogo Jota 1996–2025 • His senseless death should not stop us from celebrating his rich footballing talent, heart and will amid the grief

The trouble with Tesla • Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But when two 18-year-olds were trapped in their burning vehicle, emergency services could only watch helplessly. Why does Tesla – which markets its cars as computers on wheels – claim there’s no data to explain this and a terrifying number of other crashes and autopilot errors?

Away days • Working remotely from a beach in a far-off land sounds like bliss – and the number of people doing it has soared since 2019. But between bouts of illness, relentless admin and crushing loneliness, many have found comfort in the nine to five back home

Simon Tisdall • If Trump wields the axe on funds for the UN, who will fight to save it?

María Ramírez • Purists try to police our global languages, but I embrace their evolution

Max Mosley • Labour is haunted by the legacy of Liz Truss’s brief time in power

The GuardianView • The passion for dinosaurs endures – and so does their deeper significance

Opinion Letters

Brothers and brawls • As their long-awaited reunion tour begins, 16 years after their acrimonious split, why do Oasis still enthral us?

‘Classics in abundance’

The movie voiceover artists at war with AI • As new tech imperils the $4bn dubbing industry, Italy’s Kit Harington and...