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 Liberia

Israel-Gaza crisis deepens, Indigenous loss and protest stalled

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

United Kingdom

Seven days of terror that shook the world and changed the Middle East • Since dawn broke on 7 October, thousands have died and the political fallout has spread across the region. Reporters tell the full story of a week that began in bloodshed and ended in fear

‘People are terrified’ Gaza’s main hospital near to collapse

Road to conf lict A long history of occupation, uprising and disputed power

A world divided China and Russia harden positions on Gaza as war stirs geopolitical tensions

Spotlight

‘A knife in your heart’ Soul-searching over Indigenous vote loss • Heavy referendum defeat seen as a bitter blow in the struggle to advance reconciliation and improve the lives of First Nations Australians

Ardern’s legacy Some Labour policies are safe. A lot are on the chopping block

Eyewitness Wildlife photography

‘Boring’ Labour plot a conference course to government • MPs stayed on-message, and businesses queued up to get involved, at a gathering that passed with barely a hitch

Toxic lake a symbol of Northern Irish decay

Pole position How a Tuskled coalition might bring about radical change • If early results are confirmed, a new Civic Coalition-led government could reverse PiS policy on several fronts

Swan songs At Kharkiv’s opera house, the show must go on

‘Our time will come’: Poll winner still hopes to become PM

Poles apart? Xi branches out in bid to build an alternative world order

A new leaf Could super plants slow the climate crisis? • Scientists are working to develop genetically altered trees and crops that could absorb millions of extra tonnes of atmospheric CO2

Why the world should be wary of ‘Wolverine’ Javier Milei

Pip pip Time’s up for much-loved institution of airwaves

UNITED THEY FELL • WHY DID SO MANY OF THE HUGE STREET PROTESTS OF THE 2010S LEAD TO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR?

The day my mother was murdered • Everyone in Malta read Daphne, the fearless reporter – until a car bomb killed her. Paul Caruana Galizia recalls how her assassination shook his family and shocked the world

Israelis and Palestinians face their greatest danger since 1948

In Gaza and Israel, side with the child over the gun

Prisons are full to bursting point because the system is bust

Conflict in Gaza that is driven by revenge could spiral badly out of control

Letters

A tribal injustice • For his new true-crime drama, Martin Scorsese enlisted a chief of the Osage Nation to make sure it was authentic. Steve Rose talked to them both

‘Utterly absorbing’ • Killers of the Flower Moon

Lightning conductor • Joana Mallwitz is the first woman to lead a Berlin orchestra. And no, despite the inevitable comparisons, she still hasn’t seen the film Tár

TELEVISION

MUSIC

Road to nowhere An attempt to apply the lessons of history to current challenges from three veterans of the financial crisis rings hollow

Striking a chord The Nobel prize winner’s novella and short story collection includes a simple yet strange autumnal tale of a musician’s last love

Inside story This posthumous collection of writing is a revealing insight into the mind of one of the great English novelists

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