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

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Murder, arson and drive-by shootings • Compelling evidence suggests that the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi – working in league with gang leaders – is targeting enemies far beyond India’s borders

Mob boss • The man implicated in killings

All-time low • Has India joined the countries that assassinate on foreign soil?

Spotlight Detainees describe IDF using them as ‘human shields’

Last stand • Why Sinwar’s ‘warrior death’ will gain him martyr status

Storm of no protest • I visited a struggling climate-ravaged town. Why is Trump sure to win here?

Surreality bites at Musk’s $1m election giveaway

Eyewitness Kenya

Small and lethal • Adapted drones carrying explosives ‘hunt’ civilians

UK is waging proxy war, says Russian ambassador

Are Earth’s carbon sinks collapsing? • Scientists fear that as it heats up, the planet is losing its natural ability to absorb CO2 through oceans, forests and soil

A new England • The next coach is German and it really, really doesn’t matter

Residents count cost of a climate risk hotspot • Damage to northern region ignites debate in a country where just 6% are insured against natural disaster

Full stop • Party expels readers of forbidden books

Draconian response to protest has a familiar feel for islanders

Revealed The international ‘race science’ network funded by US tech boss • Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with German rightwing extremist, secret recordings show

‘My hero’ • Worldwide solidarity for Pelicot’s courage

JOURNALIST OR RUSSIAN SPY? THE STRANGE CASE OF PABLO GONZ ÁLEZ

Sleep on it • Everyone wants a good night’s rest – but the more you obsess over it, the more elusive it becomes. Anita Chaudhuri enters the nightmarish, data-driven world of orthosomnia

Opinion Lawrence Douglas • Electoral college holds millions of voters hostage to a few counties

Van Badham • We don’t hate the royals – we just wish they’d lose interest in us

John Harris • Britain is stuck in the mud when it comes to making hard decisions

The GuardianView • Moscow’s need to deploy outsiders in its Ukraine war effort reveals its weakness

Opinion Letters

Culture From hero to zero • The superhero movie production line is a world of dysfunction, missed deadlines and defeated directors, writes Marina Hyde

Beauty, shock and horror • At the British Museum, Hew Locke places his work alongside art and artefacts plundered by colonisers from the peoples and cultures they destroyed

Culture Reviews

The line of fire • Set in a nightmare future, this is a gripping tale of retribution against the rapacious corporations that fuelled climate chaos

Boy from the Bronx • A startlingly cinematic account of the actor’s life, from his childhood in a gang of tough street kids to his successful career in Tinsel Town

One bite too many? • The Hollywood star’s fourth food book starts well enough but all too quickly descends into bland anecdote

BOOKS OF THE MONTH • The best recent crime and thrillers

It’s my wife’s birthday, so why are we at the pub quiz?

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