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.

Eyewitness Iran

Turmoil in Israel, Odesa de-Russifies and a check on chatbots

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

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Eyewitness

‘A contract has been broken’ • Conflict over Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul the judiciary is leading to new levels of civil disobedience – and potential security risks

What is the judicial overhaul vote about? And what happens next?

No to Netanyahu Israelis’ defiance is a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy

Under-fire Odesa sets aside its Russian heritage

Egypt calls on Putin to revive Black Sea grain deal

Graduates unconvinced by calls to toil in the countryside • Amid record joblessness, the government wants young people to ‘go to the farmland’. But the prospect is unappealing

Harsh regime Satellites help build picture of detention centres in annexed state

Neighbours ‘may use force’ to reinstate the president

Stalemate drags on as socialist party loses crucial seat

Green retreat Raft of Tory climate policies under threat

Return to the narrow gaze of a pioneering naturalist • Farmers and volunteers are honouring the legacy of Gilbert White, an 18th-century parson who inspired Darwin

Island fights to save its Caribbean heritage

Joy and def iance at Indigenous gathering • Climate concerns prominent as hundreds attend celebration of Amazonian chief’s nominal 91st birthday

Bamboo to the rescue as villages rebuild after the floods

Benju boss Musician goes global in his 70s

‘We have hope for breakthroughs’ • Can schizophrenia be treated in better ways? Scientists are cautiously optimistic that novel drugs can improve the lives of those with this little understood condition

Legal bind Further charges strengthen Trump’s resolve for 2024 run

Remarkable Washington hearing on UFOs buoys belief

Lessons from Eliza • Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence, creating the first chatbot, Eliza, in 1966. But he grew sceptical of the technology and was adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans

Stormzy’s learning • The British rap artist has parlayed his fame into a book imprint, a football club and – to his bemusement – real political clout. But perhaps his greatest legacy will be putting dozens of Black students through Cambridge

Hard work and desire • The grime superstar and two of his young proteges in conversation

A ‘war economy’ is the way to pull together against global heating

Sharks are showing up at the seaside – but there’s no need to panic

Has Nigel Farage become Britain’s most inf luential politician?

Elon Musk’s X rebrand is a muddled gamble on everything or nothing

WRITE TO US

In other words… • From Argentinian horror to Japanese thrillers, a new generation is reading more internationally than ever before

FOUND IN TRANSLATION • Five authors to look out for

Parallel lives • This group biography attempts to draw together four female philosophers who flourished under the shadow of war

Homespun happy • A North American fruit farm is the setting for a bittersweet family tale of heartbreak and hope during the coronavirus pandemic

Aleppo nights • This saga of a lifelong friendship unfolding in Syria celebrates nonconformity and the unpredictability of loss

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