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 Germany

Sudan’s descent into war, Fox snared in lies, art inspired by angels

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Global report United Kingdom

Eyewitness

‘Nobody is left’ • As brutal fighting lays waste to wealthy central Khartoum, the capital city’s most sought-after addresses are now so dangerous that residents are doing what they can to flee

Khalifa Haftar Libyan warlord who could fuel a drawn-out proxy war

Dominion case Fox and the $787m cost of avoiding public humiliation

Carlson exit Host’s bile and bigotry became too much for Fox

Ukraine war triggers new high in global arms budgets

Dig down Stalin-era bunkers dusted off • Although a missile attack deep into Russia is unlikely, historic bomb shelters are being made ready for use

The (not so) open and shut case of the EU’s nuclear split

All the people India’s rise is accompanied by China’s contraction

Eyewitness Indonesia

Raab’s furious exit offers little respite to mandarins • Bullying report forced the deputy prime minister’s hand, but tensions between the government and civil servants are high

CBI future in doubt as firms leave after abuse claims

A vet’s life, fighting for the Bwindi mountain gorilla • Under the watchful eye of Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s great ape population has recovered impressively

The shunned communist heroine who sailed the world solo

Whodunnit? Brexit kills London leg of the Orient Express

Not silenced Murdered reporter’s work goes on • Crusading journalist Rafael Moreno predicted the years he had dedicated to investigating alleged corruption put him at risk

Beacon of free media moves to Costa Rica in survival bid

Can a toot ever match a tweet? • After Musk bought Twitter, many users fled to rival Mastodon. But, while its numbers have since dropped, a loyal base remains passionate

Governors act to halt ‘turning back clock’ on abortion

Indigenous peoples fear toxic leaks from oil industry

Sudan’s outsider general • How the leader of a powerful militia fell out with the Sudanese army – and plunged the country into civil war.

“I envied the freedom that comes from opting out of motherhood • Helen Pidd had always wanted to be a mum – but, after three rounds of IVF, she stopped trying. Could she find comfort from a community that celebrated being childfree by choice?

The truth is that Fox News and its audience are addicted to lies

War has forced people living on the border to choose their identity

As Brexiters fall back, nuance is returning to Britain’s foreign policy

India’s friends must not remain silent over the growing democratic deficit

WRITE TO US

A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS

Otherworldly sight • Dismissed as a crackpot in her lifetime, Hilma af Klint is now gaining recognition in a show that places her work alongside that of fellow spiritualist Piet Mondrian

Welcome to Musktopia • Elon Musk, Google and Meta are building workers’ homes. Should we be celebrating or worrying about the new generation of company towns?

Reviews

Lands of the free • Favoured by rightwing radicals, investment zones are little more than anarchic experiments that hinder democracy

When Noah met Sally • A TV comedy sketch writer’s love affair to remember with a pop star sparks this witty take on the Hollywood...