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.

Returning to the Amazon, dam collapse in Ukraine and the power of animal thought

The Guardian Weekly

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNMENT

Eyewitness

‘We’ll continue to fight’ • A year on from the killings of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips in the Amazon, Indigenous activists are defending their land with new resolve

800m trees felled Vast forest loss linked to cattle farming

Danger zone The Javari valley and its people are under threat – Lula must take bold action

Spotlight

Zelenskiy’s troops attack in apparent precursor to new surge

Kyiv accuse s Russia of blowing up critical dam

Wave of violence hits north after mayoral elections

Army action Khan isolated as powerful military works to destroy party

Police open criminal case over Odisha train disaster

Why were Italian and Israeli spies on fatal boat trip?

‘Blue wall’ Tories are falling out of love with the party

The war hero who missed his own day of reckoning • Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded as the nation’s most valorous soldier – until a judge ruled he probably murdered unarmed civilians in Afghanistan

The real victims This case shows foreign armies have failed my poor country

Rag trade Solve clothes waste crisis, dealers tell EU

Role of US military in question amid cycle of violence

Thirst impressions • Everyone agrees that we need some form of hydration – but is it safe to shun ‘boring’ water in favour of nothing but coffee, tea or juice?

Organisers cancel Pride events in Florida amid safety fears

Across the gap Why bipartisan Biden can claim victory in debt-limit deal

The animal mind’s eye • Can humans ever understand how animals think? Research is overturning assumptions about what creature s are capable of

HOW THE PODCAST CHANGED POP CULTURE • In 20 years, podcasting has upended pop culture in countless, unexpected ways – whether that’s making comedy less gladiatorial, musicians more available, or giving us more content dedicated to our favourite things

Europe’s lurch to the right rolls on. Only unity on the left can stop it

Fairytales reflect the morals of the age. It’s no sin to rewrite them

I love electric cars and was an early adopter. But I’m feeling duped

Covid is no longer a global health emergency. But its impact will be felt for years • Founded 1821 Independently owned by the Scott Trust

Opinion Letters

A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS

Freeze frames • How do the world’s galleries stay fresh in shifting times?

Cannes 2023 High marks in a year to be savoured • Few would deny Anatomy of a Fall the top prize – yet from Jonathan Glazer to Aki Kaurismaki to Wim Wenders, this was an outstanding festival

Theatregoers behaving badly • What’s it like to star in a show when audiences are chatting, singing, watching football and opening lagers? Actors vent their anger at the ‘Netflix mindset’

Reviews

FICTION

BIOGRAPHY • Loud and clear The voice of a very English socialist, George Orwell, comes alive in a biography that draws out the writer’s contradictions

FICTION • Divide and rule A masterpiece of Korean history, this epic political novel traces the country from Japanese occupation through partition

BOOKS OF THE MONTH • The best recent poetry

ASK Annalisa Barbieri • My boyfriend threatens to...