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.

Eyewitness Ukraine

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

A war with global costs • From thousands of lives lost to an economic shock likely to plunge millions into poverty, the whole world is paying dearly for the US and Israel’s attack on Ira

Peace deal? • Trump hopes for a solution to all the problems that he created

Loss adjustment • Even if one conflict is over, the fear and destruction remain

Trump at 80 • How age has caught up with the president

Trump’s bash • A birthday night of cage fighting, patriotism and Obama insults

‘Devastating’ outbreak of Ebola could become most deadly ever

‘It’s still a living reality’ • The Soweto uprising, 50 years on

David Hockney 1937–2026 • ‘He changed the world just by looking at it’

Unrest, riots and racism: why is the UK burning? • Claims of two-tier policing and unchecked immigration aren’t borne out by the facts, but are being used for political ends

Blocked • How will the under-16s social media ban work?

World Cup adds colour to favela scarred by police raid

Feminism • In Chengdu, female-only spaces are flourishing

The woman aiming to end gender-based violence

Cockroach party aims to shake up the politics of India

Feet first? • ‘Sightings’ rekindle the legend of the sasquatch

Hive minds • Bees are vital for human health but pollinators across the world are in peril. Action is needed to save wild populations from vanishing

Launch pad • How SpaceX made Elon Musk into a trillionaire

The fading murals that illustrate the decline of a dictator

INSIDE THE RISE OF CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM • The former activist and climate scientist is now one of the world’s most popular democratically elected leaders. Has Mexico’s president stayed true to her ideals?

How personal taste fell out of fashion • Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but algorithms have made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting back

Simon Tisdall • If Kyiv has really got Putin on the run, he won’t accept peace meekly

Graham Snowdon • After a difficult year, a solo trip to a remote island helped me reflect

Gaby Hinsliff • The defence secretary’s departure is a bayonet charge at Starmer

The Guardian View • A straight-to-video movie is the latest iteration of the desire for a digital detox

Opinion Letters

BECKY BARNICOAT ON MILLENNIAL LIFE

Into the void • As a major show opens in London, Anish Kapoor talks about his divisive work, identity and disobedience

Culture Reviews

All eras Look what I made you do • Taylor Swift released her first single 20 years ago this month – then set about remaking pop culture in her own image. Here are 20 ways she did it

Fallen apart • This sci-f i master’s near future doesn’t have to draw obvious parallels to today to be chill ing

Hope betrayed • The last five decades of the struggle against a corrupt regime is told through six Iranians

Glam rocks • A fresh perspective of a culture that combines performance and camp with the political

TOM GAULD

I don’t mind letting nature in but I draw the line at pigeons

STEPHEN COLLINS

Screen test: what’s the secret to making a great TV dinner?

№ 370 Fried courgette, black bean and...