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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY – JUNE 13, 2025 PREVIEW

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘Flollowing The Amazon Defenders’ – A journey to the heart of the rainforest, three years after the deaths of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira…

It’s three years since the murders of the journalist Dom Phillips and the Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, who were both killed on a visit to the remote Javari valley in the Brazilian Amazon.

Dom was a Guardian contributor based in Brazil, whose reporting often appeared in the Guardian Weekly. Last week his widow, Alessandra Sampaio, came to visit our London offices along with Beto Marubo, an Indigenous leader from the Brazilian Amazon.

From the other side of the world it’s easy to feel far removed from the activities of criminal gangs that threaten the Amazon’s Indigenous people and plunder its natural resources. But hearing Beto and Alessandra speak so powerfully about the impact of Dom and Bruno’s work reminded me why we need to stay focused on a region that defies easy scrutiny.

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY – JUNE 6, 2025 – PREVIEW

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (June 4, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Trump vs Harvard’ – America’s oldest university and the battle for democracy…

The gowns and mortar boards were out in customary force at Harvard last week for graduation day. Founded in 1636, 140 years before the United States itself, the university knows a thing or two about how to do pomp and ceremony.

But this year’s rituals played out under a cloud with Harvard, along with several other universities in the US, having come under sustained attack from the Trump administration.

Trump has claimed his escalating battle with America’s oldest, wealthiest and most prestigious university is about tackling campus antisemitism, foreign influence and “woke” or “leftist” ideology in academia. Others see a more sinister authoritarian agenda, where the goal is to enforce deference from America’s largest institutions. Bring down the oldest of them all, the theory goes, and the rest will surely follow.

Five essential reads in this week’s edition

The big story | Is Viktor Orbán’s grip on power weakening?
Opposition activists and journalists explain why the Orbánisation of the US may fail and how a former ally could end the Hungarian PM’s 15-year reign. By Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest

Science | The risk and reward of rapid Everest ascents
The use of xenon gas and hypoxic tents before recent expeditions has triggered alarm in Nepal, where guides fear it could encourage inexperienced climbers. Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel report

Interview | Jacinda Ardern on leadership, legacy and why she quit
The former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, she explains why

Opinion | So long, Elon: all you really shredded was your reputation
Judging by Musk’s approval ratings, Tesla investors won’t be the only ones happy to see the dethroning of the king of Doge, writes Marina Hyde

Culture | Inside Britain’s new museum of absolutely everything
Poison darts, a dome from Spain, priceless spoons and Frank Lloyd Wright furniture … Oliver Wainwright is wowed by how the V&A East Storehouse lets visitors ‘breathe the same air’ as its 250,000 artefacts

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The Guardian Weekly – May 30, 2025 Politics Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (May 28, 2025): The latest issue features Who will help Gaza City? – Hunger and despair in the Ruins of Gaza City; Plus: Dom Phillips’ last Amazon dispatch

Israel allowed a trickle of aid to enter Gaza last week while pinning its hopes of assuaging condemnation of the two-month-long blockade of the territory by this week permitting the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed logistics group, to begin rigidly controlled deliveries that are barely a drop in the ocean of what the population needs.

While foreign journalists remain unable to report from Gaza, our correspondents Jason Burke, in Jerusalem, and Malek A Tantesh, who is based in Gaza, have written a powerful report on life in Gaza City for this week’s cover story. Even as attacks continue, more and more civilians move into the city, pushed out from northern Gaza as Israel’s new offensive intensifies. Life has been reduced to the very basics with, as the head of the Gaza NGOs Network, Amjad Shawa, put it, people “living in rubbish dumps, cesspits. There are flies, mosquitoes. We have no water to deliver, no food, no tents or blankets or tarpaulins, nothing. People are very, very hungry but there is nothing to give them.”

Spotlight |‘I knew I would die in jail’

Daniel Boffey reports on how the right-hand man of Georgia’s de facto ruler ended up on the run and what effect that had on the country’s relationships with Russia and the west

Science | Weight-loss drugs have additional gains
The benefits of Ozempic and similar medications go beyond treating obesity, as science correspondents Hannah Devlin and Nicola Davis discover from talking to researchers

Feature | A deadly Amazon quest
An extract from the book Dom Phillips was working on when he and the Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were killed

Opinion | Why Trump’s jaw-jaw isn’t working
Because, argues Simon Tisdall, both Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu have calculated that a forever war is better for them personally than the reckoning peace would bring

Culture | The soul queen of New Orleans
At 84, Irma Thomas has a new album and a new generation of fans, but as she tells Garth Cartwright, her musical journey has not been easy

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY – MAY 9, 2025 POLITICS PREVIEW

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (May 7, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Trump meets political gravity’…

The Weekly’s cover focuses on the US president, who has at last been feeling the pull of domestic political gravity. Trump’s chaotic first 100 days in office – marked last week – have featured a blitz of sweeping and vengeful changes to America that have been hard to fully compute. But as the US economy falters and his poll ratings sink, David Smith asks whether the seemingly unchallengeable president is showing some signs of vulnerability.

Five essential reads in this week’s edition

Spotlight | Russia’s new sabotage campaign in Europe
Moscow’s intelligence services have launched a new type of attack on the west, violent but piecemeal and hard to prove, writes Shaun Walker

Spotlight | Palestinians face difficult decisions over future in Gaza
As Israel’s aid blockade rumbles on and humanitarian zones disappear, fears of a ‘second Nakba’ are being realised. Bethan McKernan reports

Feature | How Ticketmaster ate the live music industry
From grassroots gigs to stadium shows, there’s no escaping the ticketing giant, making billions from increasing prices (and whacking on fees). Dorian Lynskey investigates who is really to blame for the great rock’n’roll rip-off

Opinion | We recall the joy of VE Day. My worry is what we forget
In 1945, Sheila Hancock’s street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world

Culture | Black Sabbath on reconciling for their final gig
Heavy metal’s godfathers are preparing a star-studded farewell – but will Ozzy Osbourne be well enough to perform? In their first interview for two decades, the original lineup talk to Alexis Petridis

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The Guardian Weekly – May 2, 2025 – Politics Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (April 30, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Northern Exposure’ – Can Mark Carney save Canada from Trump?

The North America edition showcases Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, who achieved a remarkable victory in Monday’s federal election. As our reporter in Ottawa Leyland Cecco explains, Carney reversed a huge Liberal party poll deficit after voters backed him over his conservative opponent, Pierre Poilievre, to stand up to the threats of Donald Trump. Can the dour but tough former central banker succeed in fending off the aggressive advances of his US counterpart?

The big story | Kharkiv suffers in the shadow of a peace deal
While US-led negotiations threaten to carve up Ukraine, deadly Russian attacks continue amid deep cynicism about the process. Luke Harding reports from a city under siege

Science | Why f ish farms on the moon aren’t such a wild idea
The Lunar Hatch project is studying whether aquaculture might be able to provide a source of protein for astronauts on space missions. Kim Willsher paid them a visit

Feature | The dirtiest race in Olympic history
How did the 2012 Olympics women’s 1500m get its reputation? Athletes cheated out of medals talk to Esther Addley about what happened – and how the results unravelled

Opinion | Will Pope Francis’s compassionate legacy endure?
Some, especially within the US, see the forthcoming conclave as an opportunity to establish a more conservative leader, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

Culture | The genius of Barrie Kosky and his Wagner phantasmagoria
He put Carmen in a gorilla suit and had Das Rheingold’s Erda represented by a naked elderly woman. What are the the opera director’s plans for his edge-of-the-seat Die Walküre? Fiona Maddocks finds out

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The Guardian Weekly – April 11, 2025 Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (April 10, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Crash Course – Trump’s Tariff War on the World; Reach for the stars – Are reviews changing our brains?,,,


Trump’s crash course: inside the 11 April edition

The US president’s tariff war on the world. Plus: The unsellable art of Jeremy Deller


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Donald Trump’s “liberation day” US tariffs on imported goods from a long list of international territories – including some inhabited only by penguins – sparked market turmoil and fears of a global recession.

As the chaos continued into this week, the question loomed of how the world, from China to Europe, would respond. An increasingly dark-looking spiral with China of tariff threats and counter-threats this week led Beijing to vow to “fight to the end”, while vice-president JD Vance again showed his lack of class by referring to “Chinese peasants” in an interview.

Spotlight | Families’ shock at IDF’s killing of paramedics in Gaza
Relatives who waited an agonising week before the bodies were found speak of the passion that drove Red Crescent workers. Malak A Tantesh, Julian Borger and Bethan McKernan report

Science | Is ratings culture changing our brains?
We live under mutual surveillance, asked to leave public ratings for every purchase, meal, taxi ride or hair appointment. What is it doing to us, asks Chloë Hamilton

Feature | The huge, unsellable public art of Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller can’t really draw or paint. Instead of making things, he makes things happen. Charlotte Higgins spends time with one of Britain’s best-known but unlikely artists

Opinion | Donald Trump won’t stop me visiting the US – a country I love
For John Harris, the United States means music, progress, hope. Whatever their president does, he argues, plenty of Americans continue to believe in those too

Culture | How Tracy Chapman captured a moment and inspired a generation
Zadie Smith was 12 years old when she saw Tracy Chapman captivate a massive crowd at 1988’s Free Nelson Mandela concert. Her astonishing debut album has mesmerised the novelist ever since

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The Guardian Weekly – April 4, 2025 Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (April 3, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The End of Turkish Democracy’ – Inside the anti-government protests...

The detention of the popular Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu last month has sparked Turkey’s largest anti-government protests in years, with people gathering nightly amid violent clashes with police. But after thousands of arrests and with disagreements about how the protests should move forwards, the opposition movement is at a crossroads.

Amid concerns that Turkey may be slipping irretrievably towards full authoritarianism, Ruth Michaelson reports from Istanbul on how the detention of a popular young activist has caused particular anger among opponents of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government. Ruth also weighs up what options now lie ahead for the protest movement amid disagreements about the best way forward.

Spotlight | Myanmar, after the earthquake
With thousands now known to have been killed as a result of last Friday’s earthquake that struck near Mandalay, Rebecca Ratcliffe reports on fading hopes of finding more survivors

Environment | The power of dead seaweed
Rotting sargassum is clogging up Grenada’s beaches – but innovative technology is turning it into fuel, fertiliser and bioplastics. Natricia Duncan and Abigail McIntyre report

Feature | The rapid growth in beard transplants
Demand for beard transplant surgery is soaring – despite the dangers that lurk in unregulated clinics. Are the risks worth it? Simon Usborne investigates

Opinion | How to beat the far right
As a lonely, hate-filled kid in Sydney’s suburbs, Matthew Quinn turned to far-right ideology. Now he reveals how he helps others avoid that path

Culture | The return of FKA twigs
Despite global stardom, FKA twigs has always felt a lack of belonging. The musician opens up to Zoe Williams about f ighting censorship, crying on stage and performing for peanuts

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The Guardian Weekly – March 28, 2025 Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (March 26, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Ties That Bind’ – Can the West break free from the US?

Spotlight | How the world forgot about Sudan
As territory is won and lost by opposing military forces, people grasp at scraps of normality. But the country is undergoing the world’s most severe humanitarian catastrophe, reports Mark Townsend from Khartoum

Science | The moral question of prolonging a pet’s life
Many cat or dog owners would happily pay for medicines that help their four-legged friends to live longer, and the biotech industry is cashing in. But is it the right thing to do? Joel Snape investigates

Interview | Amanda Knox: ‘This is my story’
Ten years ago, the American was f inally cleared of the brutal murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. But is Amanda Knox really free? She talks to Simon Hattenstone

Opinion | The broken bond between Canada and the US
With the US president now warmer to Moscow than to Ottawa, it’s little surprise the Canadians Andy Beckett met on a recent visit rolled their eyes at the decline of the special relationship

Culture | Reappraising the reputation of Paul Gauguin
The French artist has been tarred as a colonialist who gave syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But author Sue Prideaux has made discoveries that challenge this picture

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The Guardian Weekly – March 21, 2025 Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (March 20, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Driven to Fury’ – How Tesla became a target for protest…

 Lauren Gambino examines how growing difficulties for Musk have given heart to Democrats as they see his recognition factor and billionaire status as an easy rallying point to rebuild their own battered political fortunes. 

Spotlight | On the frontline of the tariff wars
Leyland Cecco takes the pulse of Hamilton, Ontario’s steel-making hub, after the Trump administration imposed a 25% levy on imports of Canadian steel and aluminium

Environment | Loess regained
The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming, finds Helen Davidson

Feature | A Syrian civil war survivor
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad chronicles the life of Mustafa, determined to succeed in the new Syria even with his past as a forced soldier for the Assad regime

Opinion | Trump’s every misstep brings chaos
The honeymoon is over for a president who seems to personify the law of unintended consequences, says Simon Tisdall

Culture | A painter in her own write
Celia Paul tells Charlotte Higgins about her relationship with Lucian Freud and the struggles of being out of step with the art world

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The Guardian Weekly – March 14, 2025 Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (March 13, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Call to Arms’ – The remilitarization of Europe…

With unaccustomed speed, Paris, Berlin and London, along with the European Commission, are stepping up with a new “whatever it takes” mentality to create a framework for their own defence. Our coverage, led by Toby Helm and with contributions from our correspondents in Kyiv, Brussels and Berlin, examines how fiscal shibboleths are being shed to allow for increased military spending, and from Berlin a growing enthusiasm for Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to consider sheltering under France’s independent nuclear umbrella.

Spotlight | ‘Here you will die’
Mark Townsend reports from Sudan on how the retreat of rebel RSF forces has led to the discovery of a torture centre, evidence of what could be one of the worst atrocities of the civil war

Technology | Roboshop
Can an AI agent prove itself smart enough to help Victoria Turk with her shopping? And, if it can order groceries and a takeaway, what else might it soon be able to do?

Feature | All the young Reform dudes
What is it about Nigel Farage’s Reform party that is attracting young men fed up with establishment politics? Gaby Hinsliff finds out

Opinion | The Sicilian ways of Donald Trump
The US president’s way of doing business is uncomfortably close to the fictional Corleone method, but without the mafia’s sense of honour, says Jonathan Freedland

Culture | Arthouse animation moves on up
Hot on the Academy Awards’ success of Flow, Xan Brooks looks at how independent animators are taking on the big-budget Hollywood studios and finding audiences are falling back in love with stop-go techniques