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 Australia

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

Global report • United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Into the deep • The emergence of DeepSeek – a Chinese AI chatbot supposedly developed at a fraction of the cost of Silicon Valley models – has stunned the US tech giants and potentially opened up the artificial intelligence race to a host of other players

The secret to startup’s rapid AI success

Machine codes • DeepSeek has ripped away the veil of mystique around AI

‘Write me a sonnet’ • DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant?

Trump tariffs • Trade-of fs, threats … and friendships under strain

Brass taxes • How tariffs could play out around the world

‘I curse this war’: hunger and fear after rebel takeover

Vicious cycle • How far-right parties are cannibalising the centre right

Eyewitness Bangladesh

Why did the army ignore its female spotters?

Lives in ruins The long walk back to find my home crushed and buried • The Guardian’s reporter in the territory describes the journey to see what remains of her prewar life

The Arctic route that could shape the world • Melting ice may open up the coveted Northwest Passage shipping channel – but mastering it will not be easy

DANISH DISMAY • Poll reveals opposition to Trump’s ambitions

What went wrong with the Chinafunded Dubai 2.0? • The city of Gwadar has a huge new airport, but suspicion of Beijing’s true intentions threatens to wreck the project

Homeland • Why Black Brazilians are moving to Benin

The next generation aims to turn tide on fear of the deep

The golden ticket Inside the race for the biggest job in world sport • Britain’s Sebastian Coe is among the front-runners, but faces stiff competition from all sides in the politically charged contest to become the next IOC president

‘Dark times’ • In Trump’s culture war, even tragedy is fair game

White House targets wind and solar, to the delight of big oil

My inside story • Louise Lancaster was one of a group of Just Stop Oil activists given the longestever UK sentences for peaceful protest after blocking a motorway. Six months into her incarceration, the mother of three adult children reveals what she has learned about life in prison

The life aquatic • Adventurers have long wondered if we could live on the sea bed. Now, 80 metres below the surface of a flooded quarry in the UK, we are about to find out

Andy Beckett • Trump lives in a fantasy political world but reality will prevail

Karol Adamiak • Warsaw’s gone vegan, which makes rightwing politicians unhappy

George Monbiot • Labour is sacrificing all to the god of GDP – and mocking objections

The GuardianView • Western resource hunger has fuelled the DRC’s vast humanitarian crisis

Opinion Letters

Keeping up with Bridget Jones • Nearly 25 years after the first of the films about the ultimate singleton, Renée Zellweger discusses the resting place for her character’s massive knickers

The Louvre is missing big picture • Paris gallery’s decision to move the Mona Lisa away from other artworks is a misguided act of snobbery

Fright club: why chills are hot • The paranormal has hit prime time, with scary podcasts and TV shows more popular than ever. Why does the unexplained have such a hold on...