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.

Global report

Paradise lost? • A California coastal community had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash shone a light on overtourism

'Supersizing' UN warns of a record El Niño approaching

We're the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The challenge is the same for all of us

Fear and dismay at far-right AfD’s state success

Aftershock What does future hold for German politics?

Crime waves War on Iran fuels a resurgence of piracy

As relatives desperately seek missing, authorities stay silent

Spotlight Europe • Among the prime minister's closest allies there are fears that John Healey could be 'captured' by the Treasury

Why seven aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike • IDF's targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of military establishing 'guilt by association'

As US bases expand, is Australia waltzing into war with China? • US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent. Some analysts describe this as a 'colonisation' which could drag the country unwillingly into conflict

The $55,000 question: who wants to start a family?

Dairy farms find a new way to tackle rural 'food deserts'

Make Pluto a planet again! • The decision to downgrade Pluto to a dwarf planet still divides planetary scientists and astronomers. Should the celestial body have its status reinstated?

Islands risk Trump's pique with UK could favour Milei over Falklands

Gloria Steinem 1934-2026 • The activist personified America's feminist movement - while also becoming a receptacle for its hopes and setbacks

Your lying AIs • We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it's too late

Last man standing • In 1989 Francis Fukuyama wrote an essay declaring the triumph of liberal democracy. Now he explains what he really meant

Opinion

Let's treat Meta's 'pervert glasses' with the disdain they merit

Reform UK without Nigel Farage is no longer unthinkable

Opinion Letters

Culture • Didn't manage to get tickets to see the 11th-century artwork at the British Museum? Cartoonist Edith Pritchett has you covered, capturing the battles of our times in her very modern version (then read our review of the main event on page 54)

Stitches in time show 1066 in its full horror • The greatest battle ever depicted in art is in Britain at last - and it hurtles along, making your heart pound with its sense of doom and destiny

Grist for the molls • Women in gangster shows are coming into their own, as ruthless bosses bury shallowly written objects of male desire and the evil matriarchs of old

A dystopia drawing on China's appeal • Melissa Chan and Badiucao's graphic novel hopes to remind Gen Z 'Chinamaxxers' that 'authoritarianism everywhere is bad'

Culture Books

My TV contract has run out – and so has my patience • MODERN LIFE

Getting the pip: does deseeding tomatoes really make a difference? • Why do recipes often say to deseed tomatoes? Catriona, by email

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