Guardian Weekly

The Guardian Weekly Founded in Manchester, England 4 July 1919 Vol211 | Issue№ 12 Guardian Weekly is an edited selection of some of the best journalism found in the Guardian and Observer newspapers in the UK and the Guardian’s digital editions in the UK, US and Australia The weekly magazine has an international focus and three editions: global, Australia and North America. The Guardian was founded in 1821, and Guardian Weekly in 1919. We exist to hold power to account in the name of the public interest, to uphold liberal and progressive values, to fight for the common good, and to build hope. Our values, as laid out by editor CP Scott in 1921, are honesty, integrity, courage, fairness, and a sense of duty to the reader and the community. The Guardian…

1 UNITED STATES Trump assassination attempt suspect charged The suspect in the second apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump in as many months was charged in federal court on Monday with two gun-related crimes, as urgent investigations began into how he was able to get so close to the former president. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, a pro-Ukraine activist from Hawaii who is registered to vote in North Carolina, was detained after a secret service agent spotted the barrel of an AK-47-style rifle poking through a chain link fence on the outskirts of Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach last Sunday, where the former president was playing. Routh was later arrested speeding north from Palm Beach in his car. As the US continued to react in shock to the latest apparent attempt on Trump’s…

MIGRATION Starmer explores Italy-style irregular migration plan Keir Starmer has shown “great interest” in the Italy-Albania migration deal, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said, as the UK vowed to send £4m ($5.3m) to support her crackdown on irregular migration. Speaking at a press conference in Rome, the UK prime minister indicated that he was more interested in Italy’s strategy for stopping migrants from reaching the country than its deal with Albania, which is a few weeks away from completion. The money the UK will send to Italy will contribute to the Rome process, which is the Italian government’s project to tackle the root causes of irregular migration. A Downing Street spokesperson said Starmer and his new border security commander, Martin Hewitt, had “agreed to take immediate steps to enhance our cross-border collaboration, learning…

NEUROSCIENCE Lockdowns aged teenage girls’ brains faster than boys’ Adolescent girls who lived through Covid lockdowns experienced more rapid brain ageing than boys, according to new data. University of Washington researchers found evidence of premature brain ageing of 4.2 years more than expected in girls, compared with 1.4 years in boys. It is unclear whether the changes, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, have negative consequences, but the findings raise concerns that they might affect adolescents’ mental health and potential to learn. SPACE Billionaire astronaut makes giant leap in new spacesuit Two astronauts completed the first commercial spacewalk and tested slimmed-down spacesuits designed by SpaceX, in one of the boldest attempts yet to push the boundaries of privately funded spaceflight. The billionaire Jared Isaacman, 41, who chartered the Polaris Dawn mission, exited the space…

A GROUP OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES werehuddled in a tunnel in Gaza a few days after they had been dragged from their homes on 7 October, when the man who had plotted their abduction appeared out of the subterranean gloom. His hair and beard were grey and his dark-ringed eyes stared out from under thick black brows. It was a face familiar to them from a thousand broadcasts and newspaper stories: Yahya Sinwar. The Hamas leader in Gaza was the most feared man in Israel, even before he ordered the October raid in which 1,200 people – two-thirds of them civilians – were killed and 250 taken hostage. In fluent Hebrew, perfected over more than 22 years in an Israeli prison, Sinwar reassured them that they were safe and would soon be exchanged…

Every evening, for two hours, Asma Mustafa sits down with the small children of Nuseirat camp in central Gaza for what now passes as school in the beleaguered strip. Sometimes there are pens and paper for basic maths and literacy, but most of the time is taken up with storytelling, singing and play. “I ’ve been doing this since November,” said Mustafa, 38, who taught at a girls’ high school in Gaza City before the war. “Many children are now working or helping their families find basic things like food during the day, but I try to give them a little bit of structure and normality in the evenings.” Last week was supposed to mark the beginning of the new school year, but in Gaza 625,000 children are now entering a second…