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

Levelling the field • Marie-Amélie Le Fur lost a leg at the age of 15. Nine medals later this elite runner, now head of the Paralympic committee, faces an even bigger challenge – how to ensure Paris 2024 will change French people’s views on life with a disability and open doors for future competitors

A vital gauge These Games should tackle social issues, but I’m wary • Progress at the Paralympics also highlights the lack of change in the ordinary lives of disabled people

Five to follow Athletes to watch out for • From a US swimming stalwart to French cycling’s ‘champion of champions’, this quintet will be on the hunt for medals

Spotlight • ‘You hit us, we hit you’ Life in the borderlands of conflict

On the edge • War remains possible despite sound reasons for avoiding it

Pokrovsk packs up as Russian invaders close in

‘Everyone was afraid’ • The families on the mpox frontline

Eyewitness United Kingdom

Superyacht’s sinking prompts criminal inquiry • Bodies of missing people recovered as witnesses and experts ponder fate of ship hit by localised storm off Sicily

‘We need to act’ • Massive Attack stage ultra-low emission gig

Line in the sand A bitter battle over seabed mining • Rare metals in iron sands off North Island coast could be extracted despite local opposition as government pushes to fast-track proposals

Canal plus The quest to make urban waterways swimmable • Around the world, architects and campaigners are turning previously polluted rivers and harbours into bathing spots

The helpline giving teens tools to fight sextortion

West Africa • How region became a hub for online blackmailers

The end of menopause • A woman’s ovaries affect everything from metabolism to mood – so some scientists are trying to slow the way they age. But is it a good idea?

Is Trump ok? • Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris sows doubts

Islands laid waste by Beryl survey devastating cost

“Never summon a power you can’t control • Forget Hollywood depictions of gun-toting robots running wild in the streets – the reality of artificial intelligence is far more dangerous, warns Yuval Noah Harari in an exclusive extract from his new book

The evolution of Kamala Harris • From a childhood activist to US presidential candidate, the daughter of civil rights campaigners has an unbroken history of working to change ‘anything that wasn’t right’, friends say.

Gordon Brown • Wake up! We’re heading into a perilous future without a map

Michael Rosen • Music and ice - lollies in class? Exams aren’t the only way to learn

Olga Rudenko • We Ukrainians have spent our lives trying to escape Russia’s legacy

The GuardianView • The invention of prehistory: Göbekli Tepe tells the story of life before records began

Opinion Letters

Serial thriller • Sarah Koenig on 10 years of the show that made podcasts massive - and turned us all into true crime sleuths

Is Banksy’s latest spree a comment on Gaza? • The artist has reignited the same ‘criminal or genius?’ arguments – but there are signs his new London works are more than just monkey business

‘It’s like Game of Thrones!’ • Peter Brook’s adaptation of India’s ancient epic The Mahabharata enchanted audiences in the...