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 homecoming • Tens of thousands of Palestinians crossed back to northern Gaza this week, taking the first steps under a fragile ceasefire deal after Israel opened checkpoints that had divided the territory for more than a year

‘I just want to hug those girls’ • Bittersweet joy and relief as freed soldiers return home

Aid distribution • What Israel’s ban on Unrwa may mean for Palestinians

Trump has arrived with a bang – but can he follow through?

Deportations • Flight ban lifted after US tariff threat

Davos lessons • Trump’s return heralds new era of harsh global competition

Who are M23 rebels and why is there fighting in eastern DRC?

Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, survivors call for courage amid the rise of hatred and antisemitism • ‘We must avoid the mistakes of the 1930s’

‘We really thought we were in hell’ • Three survivors of Auschwitz share their memories of the horrendous conditions at the German Nazi concentration camp

Anti-terror strategy failed to stop a killer • Southport attacker’s lack of coherent ideology meant the Prevent scheme did not see him as a potential risk, exposing the need for reform

British Council • Even in the new world, soft power is vital. To lose it would be a blow

Back to life Chettinad’s mansions find new purpose • Homes in a once-thriving hub of traders in southern India are being restored to their former grandeur as hotels

Can the continent’s publishing industry turn a page?

Off the menu • Rising costs and falling demand hit the izakaya

Frozen in time • At a remote outpost in the Antarctic, scientists are racing to find the world’s oldest ice and unlock the secrets it holds

What is DEI and why is Trump waging war against it?

On thin ice • Calgary’s Olympic Oval faces race against time

Ruby and Shari Franke

Last writes • Handwriting is disappearing – we are far more likely to use our hands to type or swipe than pick up a pen. But in the process are we in danger of losing cognitive skills, sensory experience and a connection to history?

Nesrine Malik • Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. We will remember you

Zoe Williams • Do we need Davos if even the rich are fed up with the super-rich?

Simon Tisdall • Trump will huff and he’ll puff, but Europe is far from a lost cause

The GuardianView • Prince may have won an apology, but ethical issues of phone hacking endure

Opinion Letters

A swell party • Almost two centuries after its creation, Hokusai’s Great Wave print is more popular than ever, on everything from nail art to Lego to socks. What’s behind its appeal?

Why is Sophocles so big in the West End? • The Greek tragedies ask enormous, irresolvable questions and say the unsayable. It’s no wonder they’re still relevant in our fractured, post-truth world

Mo’s town • Mo Amer’s Netflix show was a funny, moving look at life as a Palestinian immigrant in the US – then 7 October turned everything on its head

Reviews

Into the light • A sculptor embarks on a philosophical quest in this relentlessly high-minded and solemn tale of love and loss, human and divine

Bad connection • A thorough, balanced and fascinating insight into a...