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

Eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

The new world order according to Trump • With the audacious snatch and grab raid that extracted Nicolás Maduro to face trial in the United States, Washington sent a clear message to its allies and adversaries: ‘ This is our hemisphere’

Trump’s takeover • How US military made plans to snatch Maduro

Putinisation • How Trump’s latest gamble heralds a world without rules

Stockpiling, not celebrating • Caracas fears crackdowns by the regime

Striking it rich • The US plan for involvement in Venezuela’s ‘bust’ oil sector

Protesters risk all in gamble to topple regime • Disaffected citizens say it’s now or never, as the country’s ailing economy sparks one of the biggest uprisings in years

Cruel winter • ‘Inadequate’ tents given to displaced Palestinians

‘It has hit us hard’: resort grieves as victims are identified

Populist peril • Starmer faces call to reset party strategy

How rebel peers are obstructing Labour • A Tory-dominated House of Lords set to lose its hereditary peers is intent on blocking the government’s legislative plans

Left behind Lone calves a cause for concern • Oneabandoned baby elephant has drawn public attention to the pressures facing herds in Asia

Charting the global economy in 2026 • With inflation predicted to cool, rising unemployment, weak growth and trade tensions pose fresh risks, while high debt and AI add to uncertainty in the year ahead

Fresh blood • Winemakers seek infusion of young workers

After Assad, businesses negotiate a shifting landscape

Life after extinction Science or science fiction? • A startup’s plans for resurrecting lost creatures have caught the public’s imagination but many researchers doubt that such a feat is possible

Case study • Why wasn’t Epstein stopped years ago?

Behind the race to get Americans back on the moon

GUILT • As a student at Cambridge in the UK, Chris Moore was involved in a drunk-driving incident that killed a cyclist. Years later, as a psychologist, he would become expert in the healing powers of guilt

Take a load off * • This year, ask yourself what you most enjoy doing, then give yourself a break and do it. Your life will be more fun and come into meaningful focus

*or finally ace that list? • To be productive, you’ll actually have to knuckle down, concentrate and follow some simple techniques throughout the working day

Nesrine Malik • Trump has shown there aren’t any rules. We’ll all regret that

Paul Taylor • Long lunches once shaped working life. Now fast food thrives

Simon Jenkins • The good news is that Farage may have peaked already

The GuardianView • High stakes for Mamdani as he must now deliver on his promises to New York

Opinion Letters

Films in 2026 • Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war and Christopher Nolan brings us his version of a Greek epic. Here’s our pick of the best new films.

The unlikely genius of Getdown Services • Scatological lyrics, social conscience, a commitment to fun and a shoutout from Walton Goggins – 2026 is going to be the laptop garage band’s year

‘It’s a ridiculous time to be a man’ • A group of male comedians is at the forefront of...