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 Japan
Trump in court, the Guardian’s smoking gun and art by the sea
Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
DEATHS
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
United Kingdom
Eyewitness
All rise • The former president has lit his path to a Manhattan criminal court with invective and dire warnings. However it plays out, Donald Trump is hogging the political spotlight and firing up his support base
STORMY DANIELS • Will the adult film star be the one who finally brings down Trump?
UNITED STATES • ‘Imperfect vessel’ Evangelical rank and file turn a blind eye to Trump’s failings
UKRAINE • ‘Rebuilding is resistance’ How Bucha is springing back to life
UKRAINE • Australia helps keep schooling on course
ANALYSIS INTERNATIONAL TRADE • Added benefit? UK joining Indo-Pacific bloc is a boon for Washington
FINLAND • Marin loses as far right square up in coalition showdown
Eyewitness Syria
BRAZIL • Bolsonaro ends his exile Far-right radical plots comeback
BRAZIL • Grief drives minister’s quest for justice
Turf wars The green, green hell of artif icial home grass • Plastic lawns are booming in popularity – but they are an environmental disaster, both for wildlife and the climate
BELGIUM • Last orders Trappist beers at risk as vocations drop away
THE NETHERLANDS • Amsterdam has sober message to drunk Brits: ‘Stay away’
TUNISIA • Migrants in wait between violence and the deadly sea
On the evening tide A town that wants its tourists back • A ferry wreck scuppered efforts to bring holidaymakers to Tarfaya’s beaches – but not the enterprising vision
Drugs in space • The absence of gravity makes it easier to cultivate the proteins needed to study diseases. And although the associated costs are high, big pharma is stepping in
ECONOMICS • Could of f ice blocks be the next big f inancial casualty?
COTTON CAPITAL • Further examining the Guardian’s history in the context of Britain’s historical links with enslavement
Connections unwound • The Guardian commissioned an academic review of its founders and their connections to the slave trade. This is what it found
Taylor & associates Links to transatlantic slavery • From sugar and cotton imports and manufacturing to ‘ownership’ of enslaved people, most of the Guardian f unders had ties to the slave trade
A tale of two cities • Manchester likes to project an image of the city as a place of protest, rebellion and progressive thought, but this obscures its links to slavery. Now there is a push to acknowledge the Black radicalism in its past
ISRAEL • Peace is possible. Just look what the Good Friday agreement did
ANIMAL WELFARE • All animals need to be kept safe from suffering, not just the smart ones
UNITED KINGDOM • Spending money to halt the flow of refugees is a classic false economy
Binding rules governing water are fundamental to effective climate action
WRITE TO US
A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS Edith Pritchett
The school where art meets life • Facing her mortality prompted Tracey Emin to create a lasting legacy, helping her to find fulf ilment nurturing younger artists
Brexit tale warms the cockles in Germany • Jens Meurer’s quirky portrayal of a Norfolk seaside town is a surprise hit with viewers struggling to understand Britain’s departure from the...