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 Venezuela

Biden’s big week, Israel poised for change and boxing’s dark legacy

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

United Kingdom

CAN WE TALK? • Joe Biden wants the world to know America is back. But after the Trump years, will anyone believe him?

Fairer share Tax deal is about the balance of power as much as global reform

Biden’s greatest test of statecraft lies in the brute form of Xi Jinping’s China Simon Tisdall

Gen ZLooking forward in anger • Young people across Europe have opened up on how the pandemic has left them feeling betrayed and impatient for systemic social change

Boiling point The young have been radicalised by Covid. How will they react?

England waits Delta variant splits scientists on whether to lift restrictions

Hundreds detained without trial in new wave of repression

Eyewitness Sri Lanka

Further right A firebrand who offers no hope of peace with Palestine • Israel’s likely next PM is a hardline religious nationalist, but a pact with centrist Lapid has infuriated his supporters

In vigil ban, Tiananmen memorials take creative approach

A region in the grip of logging • Timber brought revenue to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, but also pollution and food insecurity

Cream tease How Cornish romance came to rule German TV

Flights v flamingos Wildlife put in danger by expansion

‘Their names are stolen by indifference’ • Thousands die on the crossing to Europe and are left unidentified. But in Italy, an academic has made it her duty to give ‘dignity to the dead’

Waves of mutilation • Microwave devices aimed at disrupting brain function were considered a cold war concept. Now it appears some countries have resumed their research

‘All out war’ Is American democracy in terminal decline?

Unmarked Indigenous child graves reveal a grim history

Fallen idols • From Cecil Rhodes to Rosa Parks, Confederate generals to Nelson Mandela, statues of well-known figures are bad works of art that distort history, says Gary Younge. So, why not just get rid of the lot?

The bitterest blow • Boxing has long faced calls to confront its legacy of brain injuries. As a new book lays out the stark consequences for those involved, can the sport afford to delay any longer?

Netanyahu’s departure won’t alter the course of politics in Israel

Osaka’s withdrawal exposes the conceit of the press conference

If we can vaccinate the world, we can beat the climate crisis

The G7’s global tax deal is genuine progress - but there is a long way to go

Letters

PEAK TIME • Cillian Murphy’s acting career has leapt from avant-garde theatre to 1920s Birmingham. Now he reveals why he is returning to the world of horror

MOOMINS IN THE CITY • Tove Jansson’s art and writing was inspired by her Finnish island home. A new show seeks to mirror her passion for nature – in the unlikely setting of east London

FIRST LADY OF TRAUMA • A biography marking the centenary of Nancy Reagan’s ‘official’ birth creates a romanticised view of a neurotic woman

DIGGING UP THE PAST • This brilliant account provides a fitting tribute to the extraordinary life and achievements of a pioneering archaeologist

MURDER IN THE CITY • British writer Jonathan Lee delves into the mysterious life and death of one of New York’s favourite...