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The Guardian
30-04-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Kashmir in crisis / Carney's carnival: inside the 2 May Guardian Weekly
The covers of our Global and North America editions of the Guardian Weekly take different directions this week. The North America edition showcases Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, who achieved a remarkable victory in Monday's federal election. As our reporter in Ottawa Leyland Cecco explains, Carney reversed a huge Liberal party poll deficit after voters backed him over his conservative opponent, Pierre Poilievre, to stand up to the threats of Donald Trump. Can the dour but tough former central banker succeed in fending off the aggressive advances of his US counterpart? For all other international editions of the magazine, the cover focuses on the crisis over Kashmir, where a terrorist attack on tourists last week brought relations between India and Pakistan back to boiling point. Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Aakash Hassan and Peter Beaumont report on the latest turmoil engulfing the Himalayan region. Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address The big story | Kharkiv suffers in the shadow of a peace dealWhile US-led negotiations threaten to carve up Ukraine, deadly Russian attacks continue amid deep cynicism about the process. Luke Harding reports from a city under siege Science | Why f ish farms on the moon aren't such a wild ideaThe Lunar Hatch project is studying whether aquaculture might be able to provide a source of protein for astronauts on space missions. Kim Willsher paid them a visit Feature | The dirtiest race in Olympic historyHow did the 2012 Olympics women's 1500m get its reputation? Athletes cheated out of medals talk to Esther Addley about what happened – and how the results unravelled Opinion | Will Pope Francis's compassionate legacy endure?Some, especially within the US, see the forthcoming conclave as an opportunity to establish a more conservative leader, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman Culture | The genius of Barrie Kosky and his Wagner phantasmagoriaHe put Carmen in a gorilla suit and had Das Rheingold's Erda represented by a naked elderly woman. What are the the opera director's plans for his edge-of-the-seat Die Walküre? Fiona Maddocks finds out The photographs of Georgia and train travel pulled me into an inspiring piece on following the old hippie trail as far as it can now go. I'd happily follow in the writer's footsteps, but would stop in Tbilisi and then take the train back home by a different route. Isobel Montgomery, Guardian Weekly deputy editor How did the niche UK publication Dogs Today score an exclusive interview with Barack Obama? And why did Somerset Life get much-coveted access to Johnny Depp? This strange and rare insight into the engine room of UK celebrity journalism is every bit as intriguing as the thought of Jack Sparrow tending his English country garden. Graham Snowdon, Guardian Weekly editor Audio | Why did Just Stop Oil just stop? Video | Could the West Bank become the next Gaza? Gallery | Blackouts tip Spain and Portugal into darkness – in pictures We'd love to hear your thoughts on the magazine: for submissions to our letters page, please email For anything else, it's Facebook Instagram Get the Guardian Weekly magazine delivered to your home address
The Guardian
19-03-2025
- Automotive
- The Guardian
Musk under fire: inside the 21 March Guardian Weekly
As the Trump administration continues its full-throttle attack on federal organisations and to shutter venerable American institutions at a dizzying rate, those opposed to how the White House intends to make America great again have found a clear focus for their anger in Elon Musk, the president's chainsaw-wielder-in-chief. For our big story, Lauren Gambino examines how growing difficulties for Musk have given heart to Democrats as they see his recognition factor and billionaire status as an easy rallying point to rebuild their own battered political fortunes. Donald Trump, sensing the growing backlash against his major donor, joined Musk to showcase a Tesla car on the White House lawn but the iconic electric car is bearing the brunt of protest, as Dara Kerr and Nick Robins-Early report. The catalogue of attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships involving graffiti, eggs, faeces, slashed tyres and worse is continuing to rise in the US and Europe. But there is an alternative to violence as Gaby Hinsliff notes, wryly observing that choosing not to buy a brand won't get anyone arrested but clearly riles Trump and Musk. Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address Spotlight | On the frontline of the tariff wars Leyland Cecco takes the pulse of Hamilton, Ontario's steel-making hub, after the Trump administration imposed a 25% levy on imports of Canadian steel and aluminium Environment | Loess regainedThe Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming, finds Helen Davidson Feature | A Syrian civil war survivor Ghaith Abdul-Ahad chronicles the life of Mustafa, determined to succeed in the new Syria even with his past as a forced soldier for the Assad regime Opinion | Trump's every misstep brings chaosThe honeymoon is over for a president who seems to personify the law of unintended consequences, says Simon Tisdall Culture | A painter in her own writeCelia Paul tells Charlotte Higgins about her relationship with Lucian Freud and the struggles of being out of step with the art world The piece that has stayed with me most over the past week is John Harris's touching account of the struggles and joys of bringing up his autistic son, James, and the shared love of music that brought them together. I cried on the bus as I read the final paragraphs about the pair's performance in a school talent show. Clare Horton, assistant editor With the city of Goma besieged by M23 rebels and Rwandan troops, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo turned to foreign mercenaries to bolster their weakened armed forces. Instead of the promised experienced, battle-hardened soldiers, the resulting 'circus' saw a humiliation of ill-equipped supermarket guards, truck drivers and 'very big mistakes'. Neil Willis, production editor Audio | Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire Video | Can the UK fix its broken prison system? Gallery | Did you catch that? On the boats with Cornish fishers We'd love to hear your thoughts on the magazine: for submissions to our letters page, please email For anything else, it's Follow us Facebook Instagram Get the Guardian Weekly magazine delivered to your home address
