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.

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

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SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Trump’s fatal mistake • The strait of Hormuz may be the waterway where the US president ran aground as analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and the commander in chief has blundered into a defining strategic failure.

Lindsey Graham • Advocate for escalation with ear of president

Proxy war What the Houthis’ entry into conflict could mean • Fresh attacks on Red Sea shipping would be devastating – but the Iran-backed Yemeni group still has reasons to be cautious

Dire straits • Will the US use troops to take Kharg Island?

Hired hands How Iran outsources terrorist campaigns to criminal proxies • Experts see potential hallmarks of the Islamic republic’s involvement in firebombing of four ambulances in Golders Green in London

‘We just want peace’ • Iranians try to maintain semblance of normality

The reality gap • Trump is contemplating boots on the ground. How did it come to this?

Big tech on trial • The addiction case that could force social media change

‘Assault on justice’ Far-right attacks are threatening the rule of law • Judicial independence is under threat as populists target judges and authoritarian governments attempt constitutional reforms

EU’s youth scheme could apply a ‘brake’ to mobility

Petrolheads won’t slow down despite energy crisis

Toxic legacy War takes its toll on Black Sea ecosystem • As species vanish and the unique ecosystem radically changes, scientists can only wait until it is safe to properly assess the damage

Second act How a film about ageing is inspiring older women • The Blue Trail, about a female protagonist who escapes the forced exile of elderly people, has struck a nerve in a country where ageism is widespread

Closure at last for relatives of dictatorship’s disappeared

Cape Town’s housing crisis puts Airbnb in line of fire

Game off • Why Olympics U-turn on trans women is a huge shift

‘On shoulders of giants’ Darwin’s lost lessons revived for students • Study materials used by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, that laid the foundations for his work on evolution, are to be taught in a new programme

Street wise • Millions turn out against Trump at No Kings rallies

Canadian anger at neighbour hits border businesses

INSIDE THE CHINESE ROBOTICS REVOLUTION • HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE SCI-FI VISION OF AUTONOMOUS HUMANOID ROBOTS? I VISITED 11 COMPANIES IN FIVE CHINESE CITIES TO FIND OUT

Wish we weren’t here • It sounds wildly romantic: you meet a charming foreigner, fall in love and move abroad to start your life together. But what happens when the person is right, but the place very much isn’t?

Jonathan Freedland • David has landed punches on tech Goliaths. Now to hit them harder

Jason Okundaye • ‘Looksmaxxing’ reveals the anxieties of teenage boys

Gaby Hinsliff • Miliband’s stock is rising as he’s a rare asset in Labour today: a thinker

The GuardianView • In Myanmar, the military cosplays democracy but people want the real thing

Opinion Letters

BECKY BARNICOAT ON MILLENNIAL LIFE

Go figure • Catherine Slessor takes a look inside the big changes at sculptor Henry Moore’s glorious sheep-filled Arcadian home

Play time Bluey and the joy of classical • In the popular pre school...