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.

Covid’s longhaulers, Xi’s supremacy, Westminster chaos and the proof of the pudding

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

CONSERVATIVES

Elevated above the people and party • As the Chinese Communist party prepares to confirm Xi ‘s third term in office, what does his Mao-like status mean for the country and Taiwan?

Xi’s vision The main takeaways from leader’s speech

‘We all saw it’ Anti-Xi protest electrifies internet

Families dispute of f icial death toll in prison blaze

Shaken elite Unrest stokes uncertainty among nation’s political class

Night terror As Putin takes aim, a city dares to sleep • The missiles start to fall on the city of Zaporizhzhia in the early hours, bringing death, destruction – and defiance

Eyewitness Lesotho Digging deep

Chancellor humiliates Truss with stunning U-turn • Jeremy Hunt tells Commons there will be tax rises and spending cuts as PM’s future hangs in the balance

MARKET REACTION • Borrowing costs fall, pound rallies after new chancellor’s Commons statement

Growing rifts IMF meetings expose schisms in fragmenting global economy

Lula takes his message to Rio’s divided favelas

Plan bee Why Dutch farmers are returning to buckwheat cultivation

Yellow dragon threat is code red for Seville orange trees

Corruption and the wretched road to the World Cup • The most significant day in the history of modern football ended with award of a tainted event that is now weeks away

Erode race The quest to keep the ocean at bay • Engineers are using piles of sand and stones to save a town in Washington State from falling into the Pacific

Capitol attack Panel lays out roadmap for Trump prosecution

LONG HAUL • A significant number of people experience symptoms of illness long after first becoming infected with Covid – but why? We explore how patients have coped with the debilitating aftermath of catching the virus, what the studies tell us – and where the medical research could eventually lead

‘I’M GOING TO GET THERE’ • For some people living with long Covid, the symptoms have improved. But it’s clear that in recovery, one size does not fit all

A TRAIL OF CLUES – BUT WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? • With no test to identify those with the condition, figuring out who has it is a painstaking process

CAN STUDIES UNLOCK OTHER PUZZLES? • Attention and funding for research into post-viral illnesses were limited – but long Covid changed that

GOING, GOING, GONE OFF? • Some buy it to save money; others to save the planet. The market for food past its best-before date is booming – but how does it taste and is it safe? Harry Wallop tucks in

Mohamad Bazzi • Saudi Arabia has humiliated Biden by choosing Putin’s side

Sophie Ledger • Europe’s hunted and persecuted carnivores are bouncing back

Jonathan Freedland • Death of Trussonomics shows no government can ignore reality

Founded 1821 Independently owned by the Scott Trust • We shouldn’t overreact to North Korea’s nuclear tests, but we cannot ignore them

WRITE TO US

School of rock • For thousands of years Egypt’s wonders were silent and unknowable, shrouded by a lost language. As a major London exhibition celebrates the breakthrough, our writer goes on a code-cracking journey into antiquity

Monsters incorporated How horror is rising from the grave • Two innovative...