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

The long road to peace • A flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at ending the war in Ukraine – beginning with a Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, followed by talks with Zelenskyy in Washington – may have set the stage for a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders. But what sort of deal will be on the table?

‘What about our lives?’ Emotions run high in frontline city over ceding land to Russia • Trump’s talk of ‘land swaps’ as a simple transaction belies grim reality of what it would mean for people in Zaporizhzhia

Alaska summit • Putin’s diplomatic win leaves Ukraine in a perilous position

In the line of fire • Can Spain adapt to a new reality?

New regions burn as the fire season intensifies

‘Ignored’ • Have Israel’s media woken up to Gaza starvation?

New plan to displace 1m Palestinians spreads fear

Eyewitness Italy

Power shift • Era of leftwing dominance comes to end

Welfare policies lift millions out of poverty • Experts are enthusiastic about López Obrador’s legacy, but benefits do not always reach the country’s poorest

Channel crossings Coastal residents step in to fill gaps in refugee support • With few official resources in place, Kent groups and communities are building their own networks to help people arriving in small boats

FROM RWANDA TO FLOATING WALLS • Four failed strategies to stop small boat crossings

Are these the world’s swankiest manhole covers? • Built to deal with 18m tonnes of excrement, a $6.2bn super sewer has also given London dramatic new public spaces

No free lunch • Ban on civil servant perks will ‘hurt the economy’

Region looks to revive cricketing pride and passion

A matter of life and deathbots AI ‘resurrection’ is altering the grief process • Fascination and fear over AI-generated images prompt questions about how these will affect coping with the loss of our loved ones

White House ‘show of force’ alarms Washington residents

Art of the deal • Trump’s chip strategy raises questions over export policy

How to leave a sinking nation • With sea levels rising, the people of Tuvalu, a small island nation in the Pacific, face the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where will they go?

‘I’ve been stupid and I miss you’ • Brothers Bruce and Scott hadn’t spoken for 15 years when finally one picked up the phone and made the call that would reunite them. What lies behind family estrangement – and reconciliation?

Nesrine Malik • Israel will not succeed in its mission to bury the truth in Gaza

Saranka Maheswaran • As War of the Worlds shows, there can be value in a bad movie remake

Gaby Hinsliff • In a mature democracy, women leaders should be judged only on results

The GuardianView • Blockers stopped progress on a global plastics deal – but we must not despair

Opinion Letters

Body of work • Jenny Saville looks back on a life in painting, with author (and fan) Douglas Stuart

A marriage made in Leeds • West Yorkshire band the Wedding Present are an unlikely inspiration for musical theatre – but a new show draws on their sound and conversational lyrics

Reviews

How antibiotics fuelled a crisis • As with oil and gas, overuse has led to an...