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

A people's reboot? • As ever more public figures, from Anthropic’s Dario Amodei to the pope and Bill Gates, express their fears about the unchecked speed of artificial intelligence development, citizens from the US and the UK to India worry that the rush to build the huge, resource-hungry datacentres to support AI will harm nature and their livelihoods. The popular pushback against datacentres speaks to the frustration of those who feel big tech has cut them off from making choices about how they live their lives

'People are fighting back' Devon rejects AI campus in Unesco area • Plans for one of Europe's largest tech centres to be built within nature reserve have sparked a fierce local revolt

Spotlight • Cold front Kyiv digs in as bitter winter war predicted

Berlin's Mamdani? Left's Eralp looks likely to be mayor

Painstaking task of clearing the rubble of war in Gaza

Walk of flame • Folk artists perform traditional fire arts during the mid-autumn festival in Zibo, Shandong province. Local authorities across the country organised performances to celebrate the harvest moon, one of four major festivals in the Chinese calendar.

Spotlight Europe • Club claims its innocence but faces sanctions - including possible relegation - after more than 100 rule breaches

Patagonia tourist town heeds warning of Nepal • Deadly flash floods increase sense of urgency for disaster planners in small town of El Chaltén, where hiker trail visitors are seldom aware of dangers posed by glacial melting

Spotlight Europe • In her first interview since fleeing Russia, Rita Flores reveals how she was forced to inform on Kremlin critics

Fair talk Ancient art of a good debate given new voice

Export ban is a threat to vivid vegetable’s purple reign

Talk to the animals? • As wildlife experts increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly

Show time Xi's summit with Trump was pomp with no progress

US plans to 'colonise' our country, says Lula, on election eve

How radical can Andy Burnham get? • Britain's new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical, and who are the people shaping Labour's latest grand plans for the UK?

'WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO' • Ten years ago, San Francisco 49ers superstar Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the pre-match national anthem. He was accused of disrespecting the flag, the game and his country, and then was consequently dropped by NFL. In a rare interview, he talks about growing up adopted by a white family in Wisconsin, inspiring a global gesture of civil rights - and why he longs to play again

Opinion

In these lonely times, friendship is being sold to us via an app

Epic TV documentary reveals much about life over the past 60 years

Opinion Letters

Culture • As he reaches 90, minimalist maestro Steve Reich looks back on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern living

Card calling The real-life Pokémon professors • They offer advice, act as referees and deal with tantrums - meet some of the volunteers who keep the competition going at the world championships

Delivering thrills • Medical couriers are getting their moment as action heroes racing against time with their precious cargo, as seen in new film Runner and the latest...