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 China

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Partners in crime • Vladimir Putin’s defiant friendship pact with Kim Jong-un and North Korea marks a return to cold war politics – and raises big questions not just for Washington and Seoul, but also for Beijing

Friends reunited • What can Russia and North Korea do for each other?

Dangerous alliance • Putin and Kim are the odd couple with a dual mission

Spotlight • ‘Enough is enough’ In red wall, Tory support is crumbling

Poll positions • From defeat to total wipeout – three outcomes facing Tories

Can left overcome its bitter rivalries to defy the far right? • The ‘New Popular Front’ of Socialists, Greens and Communists could be the best hope of keeping out Marine Le Pen’s National Rally

Call for hope • Scholz’s plan to win back young voters

Eyewitness Mexico

Tensions rise on border as war looms • Doctors prepare for casualties, people flee their homes and apprehension hangs in the air as threat grows of conflict with Hezbollah

Hostile acts • Despite the talk of war both sides know the perils of all-out conflict

How Easter Island is swamped by deluge of plastic • Ocean currents are dumping tides of multinational rubbish on to the shores of one of the world’s most remote habitats

Fears of skills shortage as departures hit new highs

‘Our hearts are heavy’ Landslide leaves trail of anguish • Weeks after a tragedy that killed hundreds, community mourns amid cultural tensions over a bypass road

Heads up • Road deaths prompt a rethink over bike helmets

How smooth operators reclaimed ‘moonshine’ palm spirit

Bugs, drugs and electric venom The deadliest library in the world • For unlucky victims, a caterpillar’s sting ‘feels like the seven rings of hell’. But scientists hope its toxin can be used to heal, not harm

Evangelicals on crusade to return Trump to presidency

Long shadow • Assange’s release is not a clear victory for the press

‘You asked me questions that I’ve never asked myself. That may seem funny, but part of being Keir is just ploughing on ’ The man likely to be Britain’s next PM • WHAT ABOUT A QUICKFIRE ROUND, I say to Keir Starmer, who is pushed for time on the campaign trail, a few snapshots to help glimpse the man likely to be PM? Starmer is nodding. He’s keen to be helpful, keen to be a sport, although a little unsure of this magazine profile business and the need to talk about feelings. We are in the green room, all mirrors and concrete, backstage at Labour’s Scottish launch in Inverclyde, and unless I’m mistaken he still has on a layer of foundation. Ready? He folds his arms across his chest. “Yes, by all means.”

Sons of the guns • Can children born into Italy’s mafia families be saved from lives of crime? One judge is helping them to establish new lives in a bid to break the cycle

Opinion Youth Takeover • We put seven young people in a group chat to discuss the UK election. This is what happened

The GuardianView • This election shows that the next UK government needs to raise its green ambitions

Salil Tripathi • The prosecution of Roy is a stark warning from Modi to his critics

Rokhaya Diallo • Macron’s risky gamble is playing with the lives of people like me

Opinion Letters

Culture Out of the shadows • Anthony...