Guardian Weekly

The Guardian Weekly Founded in Manchester, England 4 July 1919 Vol207 | Issue№ 22 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 is wholly owned…

Cop27 ended in a now-traditional blur of last-minute horse-trading, resulting in the welcome agreement of a finance deal for developing countries affected by global heating. But progress on eliminating fossil fuel usage – the key to slowing climate change – again seemed beyond the international community. Environment correspondent Fiona Harvey looks back at a summit that had some successes, but overall felt like another missed opportunity. Then Damian Carrington argues that the international community must retain hope, despite the vanishing likelihood of keeping global heating to within 1.5C. The big story Page 10 → As winter descends on Ukraine, we focus on some of the war’s ripples around Europe. Jennifer Rankin reports from Antwerp, where the continued trade in Russian diamonds shines a light on loopholes in EU sanctions on Moscow. And Emma…

1 UNITED STATES Colorado shooting suspect facing hate crime charges The suspect in a weekend gun attack on an LBGTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs faced five murder charges, and five additional hate crime counts, preliminary records released on Monday showed, though charges were yet to be filed. The details came as police updated the number of injured last Saturday at Club Q to 18. The alleged gunman, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, was expected to make a first court appearance this week once he was well enough to be released from hospital. Earlier, the mayor of Colorado Springs, John Suthers, said the attack had “the trappings of a hate crime”, and spoke of the “tragic darkness” that descended on the community. A law enforcement official said the suspect used an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon in last…

Hebe de Bonafini Head and co-founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in 1977 after her two sons were arrested and then disappeared during Argentina’s dictatorship. She died on 20 November, aged 93. Sue Baker Pioneering motoring journalist for the Observer and BBC’s Top Gear. She died on 14 November, aged 67. Nik Turner Hawkwind co-founder and saxophonist. He died on 10 November, aged 82. Jean-Marie Straub Radical French director who together with his wife, Daniele Huillet, was responsible for a string of challenging political films. He died on 20 November, aged 89. Jason David Frank Mighty Morphin Power Rangers star and mixed martial artist. He died on 19 November, aged 49.…

Rishi Sunak kept open the door to closer ties with the European Union but tried to pacify angry Brexiters in his party by saying that the UK must be free to set its own standards and regulation. The UK prime minister tried to dampen down speculation that senior government figures were considering a “Swiss-style” deal with Brussels, which would require alignment, at least temporarily, on food and agriculture standards. Reports of such a move riled members of the European Research Group of Conservative Brexiters and the health secretary, Steve Barclay, leading to Downing Street issuing a denial last Sunday. Addressing business leaders at the annual Confederation of British Industry conference on Monday, Sunak talked up the need to unleash the “enormous benefits and opportunities” of Brexit. The prime minister did still leave…

FERTILITY Reproductive crisis looms as sperm count falls, study finds Humans could face a reproductive crisis if action is not taken to tackle a drop in sperm count, researchers warned after finding the rate of decline is accelerating. A study published in the journal Human Reproduction Update, based on 153 estimates from men who were probably unaware of their fertility, suggests the average sperm concentration fell from an estimated 101.2m per ml to 49.0m between 1973 and 2018 – a drop of 51.6%. Looking at data collected in all continents since 1972, the researchers found sperm concentrations declined by 1.16% per year. However, when they looked only at data collected since the year 2000, the decline was 2.64% per year. SPACE ‘Pristine’ meteorite may solve mystery of Earth’s water A 4.6bn-year-old rock that crashed on to a…