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 Space

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Viktor’s spoils • Viktor Orbán has held power in Hungary for 16 years. In an election with big ramifications for Russia, the EU and the US, could a young generation be about to vote the rightwing populist out of office?

Poll positions • What is at stake and who will likely win the elections?

Vested interests • Why US and Russia both want Orbán to win election

Was Trump seduced by Netanyahu’s promise of an easy war?

Crew rescue • F-15 downing is reminder that Iran can still fight back

War games Trump’s aims have changed – so what has he achieved? • The American president has said the US will shortly achieve its objectives – but it is not clear what those are after he moved the goalposts

Driven out by bombing: the people fleeing war in Iran

Eyewitness Spain

‘Seismic change’ Nationalist wins could reshape UK • With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin could be in power after the May vote, constitutional challenges may lie ahead

In the black Hopes that a new oil boom is in the pipeline • Crumbling infrastructure and a shaky government fail to dampen memories of industry that could thrive once again

Home front Mao’s military plans resurrected • As ties with Washington sour, Beijing is reviving an old cold war strategy to defend itself against any attack by the US

‘It feels real’ • Brothers in arms create artif icial limbs

Beauty rituals give notorious prison a makeover

Harvest moon The 21st-century lunar prospectors • Helium-3 is so rare that a palm-sized amount could be worth millions. As businesses look to the skies, is mining Earth’s satellite ethical?

One year on, experts count cost of ‘liberation day’ tariffs

Trump purge • Bondi’s firing shows even loyalists are expendable

WHEEL STEAL CARGO CRIME CRISIS • Chocolate, cheese, makeup, kegs of Guinness … no commodity is safe from theft as criminal gangs operate with near impunity on Britain’s roads. But as lorries get robbed, raided or hijacked, can one man stop this crime wave?

‘Nothing was left’ • When, on 28 February, a US missile hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the Iranian city of Minab, parents began searching for their sons and daughters. Three families describe the events of that day and why they are demanding justice for the strike that killed at least 160 children and teachers

Gaby Hinsliff • Ten years after Brexit, Trump is pushing Britain closer to the EU

Lola Okolosie • Calling a woman ‘auntie’ depends where you’re coming from

Paul Owen • Artemis II will tell us if the moon still has a pull on our imaginations

The GuardianView • Japan’s hidden century: money was cheap but global markets are bound to Tokyo

Opinion Letters

BECKY BARNICOAT ON MILLENNIAL LIFE

Brave art • James McAvoy went from a Glasgow council estate to Hollywood. Now, he’s challenging stereotypes about his homeland with his directorial debut

Name drop Are starry casts so bad for theatre? • From singers to Strictly stars, more famous faces are treading the boards. Some think it’s killing the industry, but others argue it brings in wider audiences

Sound of the underground • Since the Chinese government quashed its country’s version of the K-pop industry in 2021, a grassroots ‘alt-idol’ culture has...