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 Japan

Actors walk out, the world on fire and everything to play for

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Global report United Kingdom

Eyewitness

Lights! Camera! Industrial action! • Hollywood actors pulled focus as they joined a long-running strike by screenwriters who want to revisit how studios pay them for their work in an age of streaming and artificial intelligence

The quest for equity What has been going on behind the scenes of raised fists?

‘Life and death’ Stars argue action is aimed at protecting jobbing players

Heating up • Soaring temperatures spark global concern

Seeing red Record-breaking heatwaves are only going to get more severe

‘My last war’ Foreign volunteers on the front • Alan from England tells of the battle from the trenches, while Steve from the US hasn’t registered with his embassy

Tatar-led resistance fighting back in Crimea

Eyewitness India

Councils join calls for ban on disposable e-cigarettes

PM’s big gamble Will snap poll usher in the far right – or could sanchismo win?

Farmers embrace Maya traditions • Yucatán villagers are reconnecting with milpa growing methods despite a changing landscape

Grain crash Diners go cold on rice in haste of modern life

How fiction is falling prey to its own vision of dystopia

‘No one here is talking about it’ Long Covid divides on economic lines • While research focuses on richer parts of the world, people in less developed countries are suffering from lack of awareness and support

Bigger, better • Despite problems behind the scenes, this year’s World Cup should lift the profile of the women’s game to a new level

Rising stars Eight players to watch at the Women’s World Cup

‘Voltage valley’ loses hope as EV revival deal turns sour

Why fentanyl crisis could derail fragile detente with Beijing

The allergy timebomb • More and more youngsters are suffering extreme allergic reactions to everyday foods. What can be done to help the families living with constant terror?

SONGS OF FREEDOM HIP-HOP IN EGYPT’S REBELLION SONGS • Ever since protests in Cairo in 2011, music has been vital to young people making their voices heard against an oppressive regime

Our food systems are close to collapse – and the rich don’t care

After real progress on climate, Europe now faces a ‘greenlash’

The government is wrong to cling to its cruel migration bill

Reinvigorated Nato will need its newfound strength for huge challenges ahead

WRITE TO US

A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS Edith Pritchett

Bursting the bubble • How Ben McKenzie went from acting to exposing the cryptocurrency industry

Hammer houses

Reviews

Harlem shakedown • From bent cops to blaxploitation, this tale of 70s America combines the energy of a crime thriller and the wit of social satire

Alarm bells • A former No 10 aide picks out illuminating parallels between self-serving leaders from Roman times to the present

Line of sight • Andrew Leland, who has a rare eye disease, shares his own personal experiences and learns more about the culture of blindness

BOOKS OF THE MONTH • The best recent crime and thrillers

I want to go back on my decision to split parental leave equally

STEPHEN COLLINS

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