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 India
Hot topics at Cop27, Lula’s triumph and midterm fears in US
Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
DEATHS
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
IMMIGRATION
Too hot to handle? • The effects of global heating could soon reach a tipping point, but there are fears the summit in Egypt will get bogged down in recriminations as the damage accelerates
What is loss and damage?
Short change? Activists are divided over the value of direct action • Disruptive tactics have gained huge global coverage – but are they alienating the people that they most need to reach?
Spotlight
Lula vows to protect the Amazon after era of destruction
Lula’s to-do list Poverty, housing and the Amazon are at the top
Anger grows over deadly Halloween crowd crush
Into darkness Russian assault on power grid is the strategy of nihilism
The chef putting his country’s cuisine back on the map
I had to fight for Bosnia. That’s how I know Ukrainians can win • A Bosnian poet reflects on the war in his homeland 30 years ago and its lessons for those now under siege from Putin
‘Apocalyptic’ Journeys from hell on west coast rail service
End of the road for the bestselling Ford Fiesta
Doors are opened to Franco exiles’ descendants
Families fight for answers in E coli case • Nestlé faces €250m civil suit after two children died and dozens affected by infection linked to factory-made pizza
‘Memory of the people’ Art lost in conf licts on show again
Costa del Assad? Syria tries to lure tourists back
Twitter – heaven or hellscape? • Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has finally won control of the media’s favourite online platform. Will he press on with his free-speech agenda?
Why Musk’s deal may signal a global recession
‘Despair not an option’ Obama fires up anxious Democrats
Kanye West’s empire in ruins after antisemitic outbursts
West Africa’s future MEGALOPOLIS • The stretch of coast between Abidjan in Ivory Coast and Lagos in Nigeria is on course to become the largest continuously populated zone on the planet. But a lot needs to change to help it flourish
‘When someone dies prematurely, you’re left careering in a different direction’ • They were the golden couple of British acting, but Helen McCrory’s death last year left Dami an Lewis shattered. Now he is putting the pieces of himself back together – and finding a new creative energy in music
Openion
Thanks to Brexit, Northern Ireland faces another pointless election Fintan O’Toole
Wavering over support for Kyiv, US Congress plays Putin’s game Steven Pifer
The BBC marks scenes from our lives – aren’t we lucky to have it? Ian Jack
Global sports events should not be used to launder host nations’ reputations
Letters
Worry head • David Shrigley may have swapped the city for the tranquillity of the countryside, but his art remains as tense and restless as ever
Pandemic street preachers • Dry Cleaning are the band everyone seemed to discover in lockdown. The London four-piece discuss their second album and poetic brand of post-punk
Reviews
Secret agent man • An extraordinary collection of John Le Carré’s letters reveals the spy novelist’s loves and laments, and his devotion to the craft
Into the abyss • A salvage diver plumbs mysterious depths in Cormac McCarthy’s glorious sunset song of a novel
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