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.
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Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
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SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Beyond the strait • Donald Trump’s decision to launch an attack on Kharg Island could see oil pass the 2008 record price of $147.50 a barrel as damage and field closures risk compounding the greatest energy supply shock in history
Troubled waters Can the US stop Iran blocking vital sea route?
‘Worst nightmare’ Anger as Gulf states bear brunt of war they did not start • Closure of strait of Hormuz puts pressure on region’s economies amid growing resentment about conflict started by US and Israel
Too close for comfort Northern Israelis try to maintain normality amid war • Residents near the border with Lebanon hope their country’s attacks on Hezbollah and Iran will finally bring years of conflict to an end
Death toll on the rise Families wiped out and towns are emptied
The trap How the war could become more costly and complex
Tehran diary ‘All that matters is staying alive’
Trump’s disaster This US-led war aimed to solve problems – but has just made them worse
‘Extreme cruelty’ A long-term ‘strategy’ to weaponise hunger • Sensor satellite data suggests targeted attacks on farms by Rapid Support Forces were intended to prevent villages producing food
Stakes get higher: is UK AI bubble about to burst? • The boom in financing the building of new datacentres is a massive infrastructure gamble, and Britain may be uniquely exposed
Land grab The island at the heart of tensions with China • Kasasa island residents want others to join them but a sale of plots to foreign investors has raised wider security concerns
Ghost of Pinochet looms over hardline new president
Money gap Richest 1% owns nearly half nation’s wealth
Apple’s fruitful 50 years • As the tech giant prepares to celebrate its half century, we look at its triumphs and flops, from the incomparable iPod to the pitiful Pippin
‘Got to do it’ Viral videos make favela rooftop a hit with tourists
Falling birthrate and funding forces school closures
The great pretender • After Muammar Gaddaf i was killed in 2011, the former CIA asset Khalifa Haftar went on to become Libya’s de facto leader – and today he’s answerable to no one
Feminism lives! • end of Roe v Wade, the ‘failure’ of #MeToo, the Epstein files – some commentators have relished writing obituaries for feminism. But the struggle is alive and kicking, says Rebecca Solnit
Nesrine Malik • War, chaos and repression: the thread that binds them is Palestine
Caelainn Hogan • An arts income trial changed my life. Others deserve the same luck
Kojo Koram • British conservatives are self ishly riding on the US right’s coat-tails
The GuardianView • The world’s poor are being pushed towards disaster by Trump’s war on Iran
Opinion Letters
BECKY BARNICOAT ON MILLENNIAL LIFE
All aboard! • Meet the cast behind the wheel of Saturday Night Live UK
Anderson finally gets to steal the show • After 11 nominations but no win, Academy voters award film-maker Paul Thomas Anderson the best picture Oscar for One Battle After Another
Homesick blues • Tinariwen went from Saharan weddings to winning Grammys – but violence forced them into exile. Now, a new generation is stepping in to help
Reviews
‘Women will bring down the Islamic Republic’ •...