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 France

Isis regroups stealthily, Haiti in turmoil, a new-old England

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

United Kingdom

‘They will never let go’ • In the lowlands near Kirkuk, special forces look for hideouts where militants make plans to rebuild the caliphate

The rise and fall of Isis in Iraq

Isis brides How women in Syrian camps are marrying for freedom • Hundreds of female detainees have been smuggled out of camps using money sent from men they met online

A president murdered, as fear and confusion grip nation

Marked man Conflicting accounts of plot to kill president

Eyewitness United States

Dutch fear a rise in ‘narco crime’ after journalist’s shooting

After Sarah Everard, has anything changed for women?

After the Euros We glimpsed a new England – but the bad old one is still there

Sea change Is it time to rewild our oceans and rivers? • From clams to zebra sharks, scientists hope to replace vanishing species – if they can solve the overfishing problem

Record heat may have killed 1bn sea creatures

As Taliban advances, women take guns into the streets • Armed demonstrations reflect the fear felt by many as Islamist militants seize rural territory after US withdrawal

Power brokers Iran, Russia and Turkey move rapidly into the diplomatic void

‘I didn’t eat for days’ Hunger hits Venezuelan refugees • Health workers struggle to cope as dirty water and malnutrition ravage new arrivals in shanty towns

Dozens disappear in wake of protests

Welcome to hell? The allure of Venus • Our near planetary neighbour has sulphuric acid clouds and a ground temperature of 475C. Three new missions hope to learn what happened and why

The mayoral candidate not afraid to be called a socialist

Rightwing supreme court cadre dig in for the long game

A long shot • Caffeine makes us more energetic, efficient, focused and faster – but we have become so dependent that we need it just to get to our baseline. Has the time come for us to give it up?

Pole position • Lewis Hamilton is Formula One’s most successful driver of all time and its only Black star. Now, he is on a mission to change the elitist sport that made him

Why declining birth rates are good news for life on Earth Laura Spinney

Cruise ships are back and it’s a catastrophe for the environment Kim Heacox

We have yet to plot an accceptable route to herd immunity Mark Honigsbaum

Record-busting heatwaves must destroy all doubts – cutting emissions is critical

Letters

Deadlier than the male • On the set of Marvel’s latest spin-off blockbuster, director Cate Shortland explains how she turned Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow from eye candy into a feminist superhero

INQUIRE WITHIN • He’s lived in a rock, hatched a nest of eggs and plans to encase himself in a beehive. What’s inside the mind of French performance artist Abraham Poincheval?

SIMPLY THE BEST • Her Tina Turner musical is coming back with a bang, her TV show about strippers is red hot – and now America’s queen of drama Katori Hall has won a Pulitzer prize

STAR SAILORS • From the moon landings to the search for the next Earth, space exploration is part of human destiny, this analysis argues

AUTEUR TO AUTHOR • You’ve seen the film, now read the master of pop culture’s infectious and fun...