The Guardian Weekly - 9 Mai 2025
Trump meets political gravity
Russia's new saboteurs
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The sentimental values etched into our kitchen objects
On the cover
TV, film, music, theatre, art, architecture & more
GLOBAL REPORT
Long reads, interviews & essays How Ticketmaster swallowed the live entertainment scene
LIFESTYLE
Headlines from the last seven days United Kingdom
▼ David Miliband
FEATURES
Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes
Black Sabbath on reforming for one last star-studded gig
Sheila Hancock
Artist who recorded a tree for a year, then made an album
The big idea: will AI make humans obsolete?
Joel Souza on Rust, the film he wishes he hadn’t written
OPINION
United States
Kitchen aide
Tim Dowling
Recipe
Science & Environment
‘I will be a two-term president’, Trump confirms
Merz falters in early voting to become chancellor
US minerals deal paves way to resumption of arms sales
‘Sabotage’ to rail mainline follows power blackouts
Opposition AfD designated as ‘rightwing extremist’
Switch-off for epic moose migration after 478 hours
Two arrested over alleged bomb plot at Lady Gaga gig
Ultranationalist wins first round of presidential vote
President directs Alcatraz be reopened after 60 years
Gold mining suspended in north after 13 miners killed
Netanyahu announces plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza Strip
Prime minister Ahmad bin Mubarak steps down
Israel says airstrikes are to protect Druze minority
President accused of trying to quell dissent before poll
Albanese sets out priorities after Labor’s decisive win
Crackdown in Kashmir after deadly attack
Beijing ‘evaluating’ US offer to engage in trade talks
DEATHS
Voters hand PM a strong mandate in face of tariffs
Prime minister proposes under-16s social media ban
Arrest of pro-democracy activist’s family denounced
Prince Harry loses legal challenge over security
Jubilant Farage claims end of two-party system
Briton, 115, claims world’s oldest living person title
Seven Iranians arrested in two separate alleged plots
No 10 forces Blair to row back from net zero criticism
Reader’s eyewitness A full deck
Drinking fizz ‘may cut risk of sudden cardiac arrest’
Dying satellites can drive climate change, study finds
Scientists use living brain tissue in dementia cure hunt
Mummy preserved using rectal embalming method
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Down to earth
Down to earth
Michigan hockey town grapples with tariffs
39%
52%
The effect of Trump’s policies in the first 100 days
Tariffs bite in a border town that voted for Trump
Canada’s PM faces up to the new reality
Moscow’s new tactics in fight with the west
The difficult decisions over future in Gaza
Raising the stakes
Fears grow in Gaza of an Israeli endgame
Labour’s dilemma: tack right or focus on core supporters?
Farage’s gains signal growing shift away from two main parties
1%
43%
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Vote switch
Reign supreme
Reign supreme
Albanese wins a historic second term
Voters reject fringe flirtations as Labor seizes middle ground
The fight against Insta tourism
59%
Fall of Saigon leaves its traces on city 50 years on
Afrikaners relish the prospect of asylum in Trumpland
White site
Will treating life as a game improve it?
Game on
$14bn
$3bn
New PM, old problems: Mark Carney faces rough road ahead
Fast track to prime minister
400 Mega-prison at heart of Trump’s plan
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Behind bars
ADMISSION CONTROL
Death, divorce and the magic of kitchen objects
Death, divorce and the magic of kitchen objects
Merz’s instincts are to divide, just when Germany needs a unifier
Here’s how the UK can lead in giving aid
80 years after VE Day, I fear the lessons of that war are being ignored
The politics of aid may be toxic, but the UK must do the right thing
Trump’s mineral deal is a relief to Kyiv – but no cause for it to feel gratitude
Gaza’s horrors are a world away from our lives
The existential threat we face across the border
A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS
Calling out the horrors of 1960s psychiatric care
A reminder of Trump’s responsibility in Ukraine
Heaven and hell
Joel Souza on Alec Baldwin and making Rust
Artist who spent a year listening to a tree
‘I wish I’d never written it’
The Four Seasons
Kendrick Lamar and SZA
Podcast of the week Legacy: Stalin
Will AI make us obsolete?
Three books for a deeper dive
Go with the flow
Troubled minds
Audio book of the week Question 7
Dear John
Where to start with … Terry Pratchett
If I wasn’t so busy doing nothing, I could be having fun
№ 316 Spring onion and spinach pakoras
Only here for the spear: delicious ideas to showcase asparagus
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