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.

Dubai’s bid to build influence, taking stock on Israel-Hamas war and kicking consumerism

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Dubai’s net zero gains • The city-state is offering the UN’s global climate conference access to its oil-industry networks in the hope of boosting its soft power brand. But who stands to benefit most?

Oil and water? Sultan Al Jaber, the host fanning f lames of the fossil fuel debate

History lessons • Will Israel win the battle but lose the war against Hamas?

‘We just wish to be killed’ Fear returns as truce ends

Families reunited as hostages return home from Gaza

The classic children’s books that Putin could not destroy

Eyewitness Ethiopia

Why young Europeans are turning towards the far right • Housing, health and economic fears, not cultural factors, are pushing many younger voters towards political extremes

‘Heartbroken’ Muslim mayor takes stock of Wilders’ win

Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China • Exclusive Malware may still be present and potential effects have been covered up by staff, investigation reveals

How Chile became a voice for Palestine • The Andean nation has the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Middle East – and the ongoing hostilities in Gaza are being felt deeply

Gaza conflict reignites tensions with the US

Landmark marriage brings joy for same-sex couples

‘This is war’ Māori treaty rights at risk from new government

Inside a legal drug use room • At Quai 9 in Geneva, safe equipment and care have cut overdoses and illnesses among addicts. But opinion differs over whether such projects actually reduce drug usage or just contain it

Evasive action Can Trump really have it both ways on abortion?

Why esteem for Kissinger transcended political divisions

TOO MUCH STUFF • Alarmed by the rising tide of waste we all create, my family and I tried to make do with much less. But real change requires action on a far bigger scale

Last love • Mary and Derek weren’t the first couple to get together at Easterlea Rest Home. But those other relationships had been more like friendships – and this was something else entirely

Simon Tisdall • Berlin is Kyiv’s new best friend. What a difference a war makes

Marina Prentoulis • Parthenon marbles spat is a gift for a PM with troubles at home

Gaby Hinsliff • Rape is rape, whatever your view of the war. To trivialise it is wrong

The Guardian View • Rich nations that benefited most from fossil fuels must commit to a fairer future

Opinion Letters

Power dressing • The miracle baby of a Holocaust survivor, who married a prince then became a hugely successful and influential fashion designer, reflects on her 'folkloric' life

Shane MacGowan 1957–2023 • The former Pogues frontman created, for a brief period, extraordinary songs of fury, humour and incisive beauty before succumbing to addiction

Prophet sharing • Irish author Paul Lynch on his brush with cancer, how world events inspired his Booker-winning novel and why readers are cheated by happy endings

Reviews

Black and white • An insightful mix of historical research and memoir illuminates British behaviour in Kenya at the time of the Mau Mau uprising

Locale hero • The neighbourhood of Brooklyn speaks for itself in this sparkling fictionalised memoir of gentrification...