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.

Editor’s notes

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

Global report • United Kingdom

Eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

‘This will cost lives’ • Western countries are slashing global development funding, despite warnings that the health and security consequences will be felt worldwide for generations to come

Human cost • Cuts leave agencies in fear and lives in peril

‘A bridge to Trump’ • After Zelensk yy’s White House calamity, can Keir Starmer plot a route to peace in Ukraine?

Peace hopes • Divisions remain at every turn, on all sides

In Odesa, shifting dynamics provoke fatigue and anger • Russian attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea port city have increased since the political thaw between Trump and Putin

War and peace • Anatomy of the Oval Office meltdown

Eyewitness China

Turning point • What next for Kurds after PKK leader calls for peace?

Israel’s block on aid raises health fears for underfed population

Dam it! How eager beavers became the farmer’s friend • A Cornish farmer is behind a change in the law to release wild beavers in England after witnessing the incredible benefits on his land

Rags to ruin Market struggles to rebuild after blaze • Stallholders count the cost of a devastating fire that ripped through one of the world’s biggest secondhand markets

The final chapter of Delhi’s famed Urdu book bazaar

Blimped up • Could ‘the flying bum’ signal return of airships?

Breaking point Is the world ready for bigger waves? • In some seas, swells are growing noticeably larger. Scientists say coastal communities should be prepared for damaging consequences – but also potential opportunities

‘Threat logic’ • Nations acting as dumping grounds for US immigrants

Santa Fe mourns the mysterious loss of Gene Hackman

THE SAVAGE SUBURBIA OF HELEN GARNER • Over 50 years the Australian has become one of her country’s most revered and beloved authors, writing as if readers were her friend, party to her most candid thoughts. Is she finally going to get worldwide recognition?

Call of duty • This rural English village phone box was used fewer than 10 times in the whole of 2024 – but Derek Harris sees it as a lifeline and is determined to save it.

Simon Tisdall • Trump has changed the rules of engagement. It’s time to wise up

Nadeine Asbali • Ramadan should be a time for ref lection, not date-scented shopping

Larry Elliott • Labour’s aid cuts are wrong morally – and economically, too

The Guardian View • The world must unite now Trump’s threats to global tax reform have backf ired

Opinion Letters

Days of Gracie • After dodging toxic fans, ‘nepo baby’ jibes and her own projectile vomit, pop star Gracie Abrams explains why she’s writing about our uncertain future

Thoroughly modern Mikey owns Oscars night • An exhilarating triumph for Anora and its newly minted star as political metaphors were the dark undercurrent in this year’s crop of winning films

‘The chaser of a disappearing world’ • From ghost trains to backstreet weddings, via demolition sites, photographer Peter Mitchell showed Britain – and space – in colour

Reviews

Only connect • The Nigerian-American author returns with an ambitious, astute and moving exploration of female experience

House of cads • Jaw-dropping revelations from a former chief whip...