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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SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Imperial measures • Trump’s attack on Venezuela and stated designs on Greenland suggest expansionism is under way, but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy
CORNERSTONE CREDO • What was the Monroe doctrine?
Europe’s options • What can the EU do to counter Trump’s designs on Greenland?
History lessons • Rhetoric risks repeating Warsaw Pact mistakes
Common factor • What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump’s lies and Europe’s weakness
‘The streets are full of blood’ Inside Iran’s anti-regime protests
A BLURRED PICTURE • Situation ‘under total control’, claims foreign minister
Iran protests • Trump weighs up calls to help – but the advice is not clear cut
Military faces Rohingya genocide hearing at UN court
Roads of rage • Demonstrators voice fury over ICE’s fatal shooting of Renee Good
‘Add blood, forced smile’ How Grok’s nudification AI tool went viral • A trend for the chatbot to alter pictures to show women in bikinis spiralled into hundreds of thousands of requests to create fake sexualised images, horrifying those targeted
Shallow end Why did Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanish? • The sudden drainage has left experts and a community wondering if nature or human actions were responsible
Super bowl • The city of noodles fights for the crown
Can the last baobab tree in Kinshasa be kept from the chop?
Let’s dance How getting creative could save your life • Scientific evidence shows that engaging in the arts can reduce depression, improve immunity and delay ageing – all while you’re having fun
GIVE IT A TRY • Five recommendations to get you going
China first? Carney looks to mend broken ties with Beijing • As trade war with Washington takes its toll, Canada’s PM seeks to restore fractured relationship with China
Can Havana’s bond with Venezuela survive Trump?
ASSAULT ON THE SMITHSONIAN • Donald Trump has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ culture in his second term, and a major institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights
Artificial intimacy • Always available, endlessly affirming and designed to please, AI companions foster attachments that blur the boundary between human and machine – with troubling implications for care, connection and dependence.
Jonathan Freedland • Two horrifying truths have been disclosed by a lying president
Taqwa Ahmed al-Wawi • As the bombs fell, my family planted hope in a garden in Gaza
Larry Elliott • The creaking state needs an injection of central planning
The GuardianView • Europe’s promised night train revival is stalling – don’t let it hit the buffers
Opinion Letters
Murder on his mind • Park Chan-wook’s brutal films put Korean cinema on the map. His latest is a blistering satire about a man driven to the edge
Jude Law’s Putin sent from Russia with love • Is a new film portrayal of the autocrat as a James Bond-like strategist merely swallowing Kremlin myths?
‘Fela broke my heart’ • Lemi Ghariokwu recalls his artistic partnership with the Afrobeat pioneer – from designing iconic album sleeves to the violent raid that changed everything
Reviews
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