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 United States
Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
United Kingdom
Reader’s eyewitness
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Cut and run • Struggling German factories are being repurposed for defence. In the UK, American academics are queueing for jobs. How will former allies adjust to the US’s altered relationship with the world?
From arts to armies • Tangled up in red, white and blue
Storm signal • Leak reveals depths of administration’s loathing of Europe
‘It is beyond terrifying’ • Why has the west turned its back on a devastating catastrophe?
Unlikely rebel • The security chief whose firing by Netanyahu sparked protests
Doctors recount the horror of waves of airstrikes • Hospitals swamped by casualties and shortage of supplies as Israeli attacks end ceasefire
Eyewitness Turkey
How did it come to this? Labour’s journey from landslide victory to malaise • Chancellor’s speech crafted as a ‘re-education’ on government’s achievements amid gloominess and sinking poll ratings
Terminal fault • Heathrow fire raises questions about airport’s backup systems
‘Existential’ • Greenpeace verdict will chill climate protests
Can science missions mitigate the effects of cabin fever?
In frozen north, soldiers rely on Inuit survival skills • With Canada facing new threats to its sovereignty, the country’s Arctic territories have again become a strategic priority
Rastafarians face eviction and arrest in spiritual homeland
Crunch time • Is dark energy destined to dominate the universe?
Paws for thought The moral maze of prolonging a pet’s lifespan • Many cat or dog owners will happily pay for medicines that help their four-legged friends to live longer. But is it the right thing to do?
‘Elbows up’ • Can Carney ride wave of anti-Trump sentiment?
Shoppers scramble over border in bid to beat ‘eggf lation’
From London to Lviv • At each stop on a 1,600km trip, bewildered Europeans are grappling with the unsettling realities of Donald Trump’s new world order
‘A PART OF ME DID DIE IN ITALY’A • Ten years ago, Amanda Knox was finally cleared of the brutal murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. But is she really free? She talks to Simon Hattenstone about how returning to her old life felt like entering ‘a new kind of prison’
Andy Beckett • It’s hard to imagine a return to the old relationship with the US
Charlotte Higgins • Trump’s obsession with the arts is part of the authoritarian project
Gaby Hinsliff • Keir Starmer praised Adolescence. But what did he learn from it?
The GuardianView • The kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises guided China’s EV breakthrough
Opinion Letters
Gauguin seen in a new light • The French artist has been tarred as a colonialist who gave syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But author Sue Prideaux has made discoveries that challenge this picture
Is the new Snow White a poisoned apple? • Disney’s latest remake may need more than a magic kiss to survive its entanglements with politics, sexism and CGI dwarf trouble
Grain spotting • From earthquake-defying joints that support a temple to delicate puzzle boxes, an exhibition shows off the myriad possibilities of the art of Japanese carpentry
Reviews
Heartbreak hotels • A Nobel laureate’s powerful and provocative tale of love...