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.

The whole story on immigration, DeSantis takes on Trump and the wacky world of record breakers

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

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The numbers game • Net migration to Britain hit a record high in 2022, despite years of failed Tory pledges to reduce it. What exactly is driving the increase – and why do successive governments persist with simplistic and misleading ideas that migration can be purged from an interconnected world?

‘It felt like my way out’ Why Indian students head to UK universities

A terrible human cost One EU policy Britain is happy to emulate: forcing back refugees

Lira plunges as Erdoğan takes win as mandate for divisive rule

Staying on West caught between worry and hope after Erdoğan win

The children ‘adopted’ by Russians for financial gain

Deadly toll Civilians pay price of fighting • Research by doctors’ group and relatives’ accounts shed light on suffering and casualties over several weeks of conflict

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Smoke signal Amsterdam’s red light area bans cannabis

Opening a window on a new golden age for Naples • The man whose home is adorned with a mural of Diego Maradona says Napoli’s Serie A title triumph symbolises the city’s resurgence

Running for the hills • Around the world, insect species are responding to the climate crisis by shifting their habitats northwards and upwards, but this could have potentially catastrophic results for our ecosystems

Abuse of footballer prompts reflection over racism • Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior was driven to tears by vitriolic chants – but what do people of colour face every day in Spain?

Prime time soap operas break TV’s colour barrier

Bitter brew Tea pickers highlight unfair practices • Big brands investigate claims of exploitation as economic crisis filters down to worsen plantation conditions

Has DeSantis got what it takes to beat Trump? • The Florida governor’s Republican nomination campaign began with a Twitter fiasco – but experts warn against writing him off

On board New York resurrects pioneering skate park

Spray cans in hand, crusaders call time on trip hazards

On the record • Since 1955, one organisation has been on a mission to certify life’s weirdest and most wonderful endeavours. But is it now just another big business?

Desert Storm • How solar farms took over the California plains

Humankind must act together to fight the chilling evolution of AI

War has reminded us of the vital role of museums in society

Picture book fantasies are stopping us from tackling the food crisis

Water politics in Europe: a new fault line appears as drought becomes the norm

WRITE TO US

A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS Edith Pritchett

The secret of my Succession • As the acclaimed satire comes to an end, its creator Jesse Armstrong looks back at its origin and the unholy trinity of men who inspired Logan Roy

Emperors and Qings • From gowns to handprints, a revelatory new London show traces the innovation and decay of 19th-century China – alongside the shameful role of the British

Reviews

Albion’s child • A charismatic ‘pound shop prophet’ leaves London for a city full of fellow misfits in this thrillingly ambitious story of a terror suspect

King among men • A new portrait of the US civil rights giant reveals a...