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

‘I fear for what comes next’F • The conservative Friedrich Merz looks likely to be the next German chancellor after his CDU/CSU alliance came top in last weekend’s election – but voters are already questioning for how much longer another weak coalition can hold off the country’s surging far-right

Merz’s in-tray • The pressing problems facing the EU’s largest economy

Minorities at risk • Anti-migrant hate and xenophobia flourish in the ‘time of cowards’

‘Blackmail’ • Anger over Trump’s call for share of minerals

Moscow plans for post-war return of west’s brands

Chain gang • Political theatre seals Musk’s Maga hero status

In London, a potent mix of religion and rightwingers • By Eleni Courea, Harriet Sherwood and Ben Quinn

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Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Here, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors speak out • ‘No rules’: tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

Corking idea • 1970s home’s refurb slashes energy bills

Can an extinct tree be brought to life? • A botanical discovery gives hope for resurrecting Rapa Nui’s toromiro tree with ‘experimental saplings’

Theatre that aims to bring harmony • The arts centre at the Bidi Bidi settlement offers 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future

Star chamber • Pharoah’s tomb is find of the century

Semla fever • How buns went from spring treat to TikTok hit

The activists fighting to defend Black Ecuadorian culture

Too Much too Young The fight to keep kids safe online • Following Australia, calls are growing to ban under-16s from accessing social media. But could it cause more problems than it solves?

Shaking off inertia, civic opposition to Trump’s cuts gathers pace

Inflection point • Bolsonaro faces 40 years in jail but holds out for Trump lifeline

THE WASTE LAND • When China stopped receiving the world’s refuse, Turkey became Europe’s recycling hotspot. The problem is, most plastics can’t be recycled. And what remains are toxic heaps of trash

EVERY STEP YOU TAKE • Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this just narcissism redesigned for the big tech age?

Nesrine Malik • The US’s former friends need to realise the old global order is over

Carrie Nugent • Here’s why I’m not worried yet about this asteroid hitting Earth

Gaby Hinsliff • Let’s not leave the baby-making debate to Musk and Vance

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Opinion Letters

Print, clone, repeat • How do you follow an Oscar winner like Parasite? In Bong Joon-ho’s latestfilm, a screwball sci-fi, Robert Pattinson keeps dying and being ‘reborn’

‘Why aren’t there Oscars or Baftas for what we do?’ • From Matilda to Dear England, choreographer Ellen Kane’s work has lit up show after show. It’s time this art received proper recognition, she says

A hard knock life • Steven Knight’s brutal new illegal boxing drama is set in the underside of Victorian Britain. Its stars take ringside seats...