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 Kenya

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

UP IN ARMS • In the US, student protests and arrests are signalling a wider political battle with bitter historical echoes. In London, several mass marches have led to disputed claims the city is becoming a no-go zone for Jewish people. What is going on inside the Gaza demonstrations – and where might they be leading?

‘WE’RE VERY WELCOME’ • HAS A VIRAL VIDEO CHANGED THE MOOD ON MARCH?

A pragmatic path • Extremists block the way to peace as calls grow for two states

Spotlight • Fears of a new war on border with Lebanon as tensions rise

Rising hopes • Could latest ceasef ire talks yield a breakthrough?

The elite force bearing the brunt on eastern front • The Azov brigade is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders have made the most of an artillery mismatch

‘Peace is over’ • Call for west to boost arms production

Eyewitness Italy

Growing tide of plastic threatens Galápagos species • Animals live amid mounds of waste as piles of bottles, buoys, nets and packaging keep building up in what should be a pristine area

On French coast, hope outweighs risk of death or Rwanda • Five drowned last week as a packed dinghy tried to cross the Channel, but those seeking a better life remain undeterred

Holyrood chaos • Humza Yousaf inherited a divided SNP – as will his successor

Preserving the shoes of Stutthof • Leather footwear from Nazi concentration camps ended up at the Baltic coast base, and campaigners want them to be salvaged

Seoul man • Ambassador by day, samba sensation by night

The three-coffee ritual that fuels a nation’s daily grind

Love at first swipe • Do dating apps actually work? Up to now, the data has been kept well hidden – so academics are building their own models to find out …

In his Maga heartlands, Trump is a victim not a defendant

Shock and ore • Anglo sale would strip the jewel from South Africa’s crown

Into the woods • In the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other – dubbed the ‘wood-wide web’ – has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence?

‘My babies came back to me’ • Four families who were torn apart by Chile’s illegal adoption scandal finally found each other again decades later. They describe the emotional moment they met for the first time – and how they pieced together the lives they had spent apart

Opinion Gordon Brown • A hard-right tidal wave is coming, and outrunning it will be difficult

Mihir Bose • Britain may be a great country, but it’s still a work in progress

Devi Sridhar • American cows now have bird flu but it’s time to plan, not panic

The GuardianView • From Everest to Machu Picchu, some of the planet’s hotspots are best unvisited

Opinion Letters

Culture World in motion • The Venice Biennale’s ‘foreigners everywhere’ theme leaves Adrian Searle beguiled, tantalised – and frequently appalled

‘I’m expecting a miracle’ • She plays barefoot in jeans, with an unpredictability that makes every show electric. Meet Moldova’s unstoppable violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Reviews

Art of the deal • Does this exhilarating story of a f raud ulent dealer’s downfall, by his...