Guardian Weekly

Is the work from home revolution over? Covid-19 transformed the way we work. But as lockdown memories fade, firms are pushing back against home-based employees. Who will prevail? Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/12/never-again-is-britain-finally-ready-to-return-to-the-office Pic credit: Ezra Bailey/Getty Animation by Francesca de Bassa For 20% off an annual subscription: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk96lBhDHARIsAEKO4xYuI3anvi1YJ1ceCyIQoT_76RS0eA3VM5o-gO_GfJqQgvjl8VSZOKAaAoBGEALw_wcB&fbclid=IwAR0ZoEUh3s9Q8DFVIoOnoIwRS6u92T39u0wDxIArttWs83Y2LrMrMSmjRAE

On our cover this week, the image of an eagle - a symbol of America and the US Department of Justice - with Donald Trump in its claws, perfectly captures the former president’s arraignment on criminal charges stemming from his efforts to remain in power, the most consequential case he faces. Washington bureau chief David Smith explores how playing the political martyr only firms up support for Trump to be the Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential race and silences critics within his party as well as among Democrats. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/05/trump-indictment-republican-voter-base Illustration by Agnès Ricart Animation by Francesca de Bass​a For 20% off an annual subscription: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk96lBhDHARIsAEKO4xYuI3anvi1YJ1ceCyIQoT_76RS0eA3VM5o-gO_GfJqQgvjl8VSZOKAaAoBGEALw_wcB&fbclid=IwAR31rf6RTe4f4fOP94bdcu5AKs3QtGTqO-gp22R_MHyzyuCqY8hfEMl0F_c

For our big story this week, arts reporter Vanessa Thorpe looks at what the historic joint strike by Hollywood's writers and actors means for all of us as movie-goers and TV viewers as well as the stars, lesser-known actors and technicians struggling to make a living. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/16/hollywood-actors-strike-entertainment-desert-looms-and-pain-will-spread-wider Illustration by Neil Jamieson Animation by Francesca de Bassa For 20% off an annual subscription: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk96lBhDHARIsAEKO4xYuI3anvi1YJ1ceCyIQoT_76RS0eA3VM5o-gO_GfJqQgvjl8VSZOKAaAoBGEALw_wcB

Record heat and wildfires across North America. Deadly monsoon rains in Pakistan, India and Japan. A heat dome across southern Europe. Rising sea temperatures in the north Atlantic. Just another week on climate crisis planet Earth? Scientists are hoping the arrival of the cyclical El Niño effect is the primary cause of a series of alarming recent ocean temperature spikes and ice melts. The artwork by Pete Reynolds of a bursting thermometer as a besieged lighthouse for this week’s cover provides an appropriately fresh take on the topic. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/03/a-perfect-storm-scientists-ponder-if-climate-has-entered-a-new-erratic-era Animation by Francesca de Bassa For 20% off an annual subscription: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnrmlBhDHARIsADJ5b_njxqS-sxwI9jRWCH10LA0PIZOa4YFffm0tKIB75WuxOcOfqPAjoSsaAqMKEALw_wcB

The police shooting of a 17-year-old boy near Paris last week unleashed an outpouring of rage and violence that shocked France to its core. Over the course of several nights of unrest, more than 3,000 arrests were made – with an average age of 17 – following damage and arson caused to thousands of cars, businesses and properties throughout the country. Our cover this week – a shot of riot police dispersing demonstrators in Paris with teargas – captures some of the chaos of the past week, although mercifully it appears that trouble has been dying down in recent days. Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/02/no-hope-anger-poverty-riven-french-district-borny-france-riots Cover image: Ludovic Marin/Getty Animation: Francesca de Bassa ​For 20% off an annual subscription: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM62X&fbclid=IwAR0XJ8PHI_nZ7f38oEskS-lTA7rPDrpw63bJWww2xECdJfdzVPEjE0rwGko

Since the International Organization for Migration launched its missing migrants project in 2014, an estimated 27,000 people trying to reach Europe have been recorded as dead or disappeared while trying to cross the Mediterranean. More than 21,000 of those deaths have occurred on the route from Libya or Tunisia north to Greece or Italy. As our cover ponders this week, why do we seem unable to prevent tragedy after tragedy from happening off Europe’s southern shores? Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/17/greece-shipwreck-survivors-anger-fury-coast-guard-questions Get 12 issues of the Guardian Weekly magazine for just £12 (UK offer only): https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM62X Cover image by Hugh Peterswald Animation by Francesca de Bassa

A year ago, the Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and Guardian contributor Dom Phillips were murdered in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon. They had travelled there to meet with Indigenous activists who patrol the Javari valley to protect it from illegal fishing and mining gangs. Their deaths laid bare the extreme threat to those who dare to disrupt the activities of exploitative industries in the region. Our lead story this week is a selection of pieces from the Bruno and Dom project: a series that seeks to honour their work and continue it. Read more: theguardian.com/brunoanddom Cover illustration: Alex Mellon Cover animation: Francesca de Bassa Special offer: 12 issues for £12 (UK only): https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM62X&fbclid=IwAR37-uIpw1I_loCaW3jMzNdpS7TxiEACKqf49cPkBeegpN52Wrq9mZAXvPQ

Our cover this week reflects the record figures of people migrating to Britain – a subject that affects the lives of many around the world, more recently from countries such as Hong Kong, India and Ukraine, to name but a few. As our big story explores, one of the main talking points is not that the numbers are so high but why, when migration is such a dynamic and enduring reality of the modern world, successive Conservative governments have perpetuated the simplistic notion that UK immigration can easily be reduced. ​Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/25/why-rishi-sunak-is-just-the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-tory-pms-failing-to-cut-net-migration Special offer: 12 issues for £12 (UK only): https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM62X&fbclid=IwAR0S-03cNK3d-X0Uqx8IuBbK8x3OAjgpQIgPhdEWd6P8gz5uvMbYLBx2P4E Animation by Francesca de Bass​a

At last weekend’s G7 meeting in Hiroshima two issues dominated the minds of western leaders: how to end the war in Ukraine and impose peace on Russia; and how to convince the global south that a subsequent new world order can be shaped in their interests Read more on our cover story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/g7 Cover illustration by Brian Stauffer Animation by Francesca de Bassa Special offer: 12 issues for £12 (UK only): https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM62X&fbclid=IwAR0bhVsxSaXMZb_9XBoThFh6IOmrPJUB7IumXmXyBTiTNlMXp08bVSAi4dM

We began planning the cover for this week’s magazine wondering if it would mark the end of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long political career. But it soon became clear that predictions of the Turkish president’s demise had been greatly misjudged. Guardian reporters Ruth Michaelson and Jon Henley reflect on last Sunday’s result, while Archie Bland explains why the election was so important and what happens now. Read the latest news on Turkey: https://www.theguardian.com/world/turkey Cover animation: Francesca de Bassa Special offer: 12 issues for £12 (UK only): https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM62X

The name Geoffrey Hinton was little known outside the tech industry until last week, when the so-called “godfather of AI” gave an interview after leaving Google in which he warned that machine learning is leading us into uncharted territory. So is now the time to get properly frightened about the capabilities unleashed by machine learning? Technology writer John Naughton in this week’s big story says an unequivocal yes. Our technology correspondents also report on efforts by the US, UK and EU to pause and evaluate this galloping tech revolution. ​Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/07/a-race-it-might-be-impossible-to-stop-how-worried-should-we-be-about-ai Cover: Guardian Design Animation: ​Francesca de Bassa To subscribe: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwge2iBhBBEiwAfXDBR0ofEaRzHrG1tI_hUDCWc2WRAHU8o90tEz4n1OwdFfZa1lNLWCKlCxoCH1YQAvD_BwE

Seventy years have passed since Britain last held a royal coronation. But, with polls suggesting public support for the monarchy is at a historic low, Charles’s big day comes at a moment when Britain feels more generationally divided than ever. Can the 74-year-old king really offer a compelling vision to reunite the realm? As Jonathan Freedland writes for our big story this week, it may be that Charles’s best hope is simply to lay the ground for the next generation. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/king-charles-coronation Cover: Guardian Design Animation by Francesca de Bassa To subscribe: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwjMiiBhA4EiwAZe6jQ6LX7BH47rSL3m7zta-ZfzCHqmd_AteZl0O4wLUallDRv0QD5890yRoCvmwQAvD_BwE

As foreign governments scrambled to evacuate civilian nationals from Sudan this week, many were still struggling to digest the rapid descent of the east African state into chaos and war. This week Zeinab Mohammed Salih and Jason Burke report on the plight of terrified civilians in Khartoum and the geopolitical influences fuelling the violence. And Nesrine Malik charts the rapid rise of the RSF warlord known as Hemedti. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/sudan Cover by Guardian Design Animation by Francesca de Bassa To subscribe: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gclid=Cj0KCQjww4-hBhCtARIsAC9gR3ZR8T9Yn5iYpU_4IW1qj3X4LYaaaA47IB-hB98oVJvMqO_ynmSVvBAaAro1EALw_wcB&fbclid=IwAR2x02tWcxA9vxDPms3AGj6qlifXUydNCPtl55mHcFY3HLqgy94YSR6as8k

A major new cache of classified US military documents emerged last week, revealing sensitive western intelligence in areas such as the Ukraine war, Russia and Chinese affairs. But, just as astonishing as the information within the documents was the story of how they emerged. This week we find out how a young, racist gun enthusiast and low-level US national guardsman came to be charged under the Espionage Act, suspected of leaking hundreds of top secret files on the gaming chat server Discord. Guardian US reporter Edward Helmore picks up the story on the ground in Massachusetts. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pentagon-leaks Cover illustration by Arthur Bonifay Animation by Francesca de Bassa To subscribe: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gclid=Cj0KCQjww4-hBhCtARIsAC9gR3ZR8T9Yn5iYpU_4IW1qj3X4LYaaaA47IB-hB98oVJvMqO_ynmSVvBAaAro1EALw_wcB&fbclid=IwAR1WTwdNqH9dXtFUZ31lSq1WWKSG8P-tMnBboq9K7Om5bKHrzBN00hhznCY

For the first time ever, a former US president faces criminal charges. This week, Washington bureau chief David Smith examines how Donald Trump has sought to play this unprecedented event to his best political advantage and ramp up support and funds for his 2024 presidential bid. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/02/donald-trump-rhetoric-indictment-republicans Cover design by Christophe Gowans Animation by Francesca de Bassa For home delivery: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gclid=Cj0KCQjww4-hBhCtARIsAC9gR3ZR8T9Yn5iYpU_4IW1qj3X4LYaaaA47IB-hB98oVJvMqO_ynmSVvBAaAro1EALw_wcB&fbclid=IwAR0o-Gj8raB02CRC5ZvsrWCdmO14sxWddM5eB9KVsqI5ohY0E5w3-HRoI5g

This week sees an important moment in the history of the Guardian with the launch of Cotton Capital, a series revealing the links between the 19th-century Manchester founders of the newspaper, the transatlantic cotton industry and the enslaved labour upon which the trade was built. The links have been established in academic research commissioned by the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian. As the historian and Scott Trust board member David Olusoga explains, they also reflect the illusory nature of British history in general, which has long preferred to focus on celebrating abolition rather than to acknowledge its messy complicity in the slave economy. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/cotton-capital Cover illustration by Ellen Wishart Animation by Francesca de Bassa For home delivery: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?gclid=Cj0KCQjww4-hBhCtARIsAC9gR3ZR8T9Yn5iYpU_4IW1qj3X4LYaaaA47IB-hB98oVJvMqO_ynmSVvBAaAro1EALw_wcB

You’d be forgiven for having allowed the collapse of the tech industry lender Silicon Valley Bank, earlier this month, to pass you by. But the rescue this week of Switzerland’s second-largest lender Credit Suisse had a more ominous feel to it, a sense of fiscal dominoes cascading slowly into one another. For our big story this week, Anna Isaac and Kalyeena Makortoff report on a week that brought back anxious memories of the 2008 financial crash Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/18/bank-runs-bailouts-rescues-are-the-ghosts-of-2008-rising-again For home delivery: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM53X&fbclid=IwAR2ctoyV5Tce_OiKlo6UEmKLQndfyu3wBEh54KhUceIqIK-MRj4mPTmO_50 Animation by Francesca de Bassa

It’s no secret that methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, with scientists attributing 25% of global heating to its atmospheric release. But methane is also a double-edged sword: while it traps 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide, it fades from the atmosphere in about a decade, far faster than the century or more taken by CO2, which is why urgent action to tackle leaks would be so effective in the push to limit global heating. Find out more in Damian’s Big Story report for us this week. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points Animation by Francesca de Bassa For home delivery: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM53X&fbclid=IwAR2zRW3N_-wm50PPMqhFfbJdNQeSw0EIAE94LXduK-bC5pgVZXqK2e9rQsI

A year on from the invasion of Ukraine and there seems little end in sight to a conflict that has, unquestionably, changed the world. The Guardian Weekly’s big story this week outlines five possible routes to peace (some more hopeful than others), but the main focus is a stunning collaboration from Guardian reporters detailing the fate of the port of Mariupol, the battle for which has perhaps been the bloodiest and most shocking chapter of the war to date Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2023/feb/23/mariupol-the-ruin-of-a-city Animation by Francesca de Bassa For home delivery: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM53X&fbclid=IwAR218WzRsR_ck8CQZjY1I6vvHvvyZUneewNXdBiMnxzVsDnOLqY2pL7V-I4

This week, a year on from Putin's brual offensive on Ukraine, we focus on a key plank of the west’s response: the wide-ranging economic sanctions against Moscow. Europe’s reliance on Russian oil and gas has been a fundamental weakness in the plan to cut off Moscow’s cash flow. As diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour writes for our big story, Russia’s economy has not exactly folded as hoped – but with Europe having proved more resilient than expected to energy blackmail and signs that his revenues are now severely restricted, is Putin running out of room for manoeuvre? Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/20/sanctions-war-russia-ukraine-year-on-vladimir-putin Cover illustration: Lisa Sheehan Animation: Francesca de Bassa For home delivery: https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly?promoCode=WWM53X&fbclid=IwAR1aMW38GVMnMvZlGdbPvz0gVH-otSoDQQEWkHqnnmqKTmz6K6moTOq9QKY