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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Editor’s Notes

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Shock, anger and war fatigue • On the second anniversary of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the fall of Avdiivka has given Russia its first gain in months. In Kyiv, cracks in morale are showing. What happens now?

‘I have to stay’ • Why exile was never an option for Putin’s leading critic

‘The sun is gone’ • After Navalny’s death, many fear what an even bolder Putin may do next

Spotlight • Shadow of Ukraine war looms over security conference

Nato-sceptic Trump fires a wake-up call to Europe

The jailed leader who could be key to ending Gaza crisis

‘Betrayal’ • A mother’s anguish as ex-general wins power

High pressure • UK forecasters to boldly go a month ahead

February on course to be hottest in human history • Unusually hot days and a rapid rise in ocean surface temperatures as global heating combines with El Niño

Traditional fishers in Italy fight for right to catch tuna • Tonnare and their ancient practices face extinction as a few big fleets hold the lion’s share of quotas and permits

Hot-air balloon fans flying in face of law

Hip op, don’t stop Inside the world of joint replacements • A new hip or knee is no longer just for older people. With thousands of operations in the UK each year, can technological advances help?

Boom to bust? • How Trump recast himself from business tycoon to victim

Cellphone generation hung up on a landline renaissance

ROBOT WARS • From the academic who says humanity has five years left, to the workers worried for their future, there’s a growing band of neo-luddite experts who believe it’s time to say no to artificial intelligence. Even if that means taking up arms …

Super bowls • Pet food is a $150bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we’re getting it right?

John Harris • The Starmer paradox: saying nothing won’t work in No 10

Claire Cohen • A well-placed profanity is the perfect riposte to the gender swear gap

Paul Taylor • Brussels is panicking over farmer protests: welcome to ‘greenlash’

The Guardian View • Alexei Navalny’s murder: Putin must be shown that he can’t kill with impunity

Opinion Letters

‘Sin is fun!’ • Martin Scorsese on movies, morality – and his rebirth on TikTok

Fears and desires • At a powerful exhibition in Lviv, Ukrainians reveal their most secret thoughts – while others play conflict karaoke with the sounds of tanks, sirens and bombs

Reviews

All at sea • A couple brought together by a love of adventure embark on an ocean voyage – and get far more than they had bargained for

A wild ride • Set in, and about, Prague in various eras, this baffling and beguiling novel warps and winds stories within stories

Power play • A clear-eyed look at the economics of energy, and why capitalism can’t solve the climate crisis

BOOKS OF THE MONTH • The best recent crime and thrillers

I live with a younger man who denies our sexual history

STEPHEN COLLINS

Boil together or saute vegetables – the secret to perfect one-pot pastas

№ 255 Aubergine, tamarind, chickpea and coconut curry • This dish graces the homes of Sri...