The Guardian Weekly - February 10, 2023
The Guardian Weekly - February 10, 2023
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In this issue
February 10, 2023
Global report
Headlines from the last seven days
10+ mins
BREXIT
With the vaunted benefits of leaving the European Union still hard to discern, polls now suggest that about one in five leave voters have changed their minds. But could Britain ever go back, ask Michael Savage and Toby Helm The great Brexit deficit
8 mins
Broken Britain Fissures ran deep in the country long before Brexit delivered its blow
There is no joy in it for those who always knew Brexit was a con, but it is finally dawning on more people that leaving the EU was a colossal mistake.
3 mins
Behind enemy lines Saboteurs take the fight into Russia
Taras, Vladyslav, and their commander, Olexiy, understand that, if the worst were to happen, the Ukrainian government will deny any knowledge of them. In western capitals, there is a collective shudder at the very thought of them.
4 mins
Putin's plans to blackmail Europe over gas supply fail to ignite
The worst-case scenarios piled up over the summer months. Germany’s economic minister warned of “catastrophic” industrial shutdowns, fraying supply chains and mass unemployment.
2 mins
Protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police
Human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees at the hands of security forces
2 mins
Supreme leader to pardon some detainees
A limited amnesty is to be offered to many of those detained in the recent Iranian protests, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has agreed.
2 mins
Buildings reduced to rubble as cities sleep
Thousands of people died when an earthquake struck central Turkey and north-west Syria, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century.
2 mins
Peshawar at the heart of a deadly Taliban resurgence
The bomber struck shortly before afternoon prayers, when the mosque in Pesha-war’s bustling Police Lines district would be at its busiest.
3 mins
Two years on from coup, junta's airstrikes intensify
It was early evening, and people had gathered at a pandal in Moe Dar Lay village, in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, to prepare for a Buddhist novice ordination ceremony the following day.
3 mins
Deforestation piles pressure on elusive Chacoan peccary
With just 3,000 of the pig-like animals still roaming the Gran Chaco region, acommunity conservation effort is fighting for its future
4 mins
Back to life Could gene editing revive the dodo?
The dodo, a Mauritian bird last seen in the 17th century, will be brought back to at least a semblance of life if attempts by a gene editing company are successful.
2 mins
Vermeers gathered for blockbuster 'party'- but is it the last?
For once, say its curators, “the chance of a lifetime” may be right: never before have so many works by Johannes Vermeer, the luminous 17th-century Dutch master, been assembled in the same place – and it is highly unlikely they will be again.
3 mins
EU tube Immersive show aims to demystify Eurozone
‘People are looking for someone to blame and itis usually the EU’
3 mins
City limits 'I fear something very violent will happen'
Burning pyres of rubbish and bullet-pocked walls. Troops holed up in the airport with AK-47s and riot shields, waiting for a truce. A mayor holding court behind the broken windows of a vandalised city hall.
3 mins
Police revolt as gang warfare goes unchecked
Masked men raced around Port-au-Prince on motorbikes, firing their guns into the air, blocking roads with burning tyres and bringing the Haitian capital to a standstill.
2 mins
Is TikTok spying for China?
Western fears that the video platform harvests user data and promotes Beijing’s worldview could lead to a n overhaul of global privacy laws
5 mins
All blown up What was the Chinese 'spy balloon' actually for?
A Chinese balloon was brought down in a puff of smoke and debris by an air-launched missile, after perplexing Washington with its three-day odyssey over the continental US. The question is: what was it all for?
3 mins
Bolsonaro 'clears head' in Florida as anger grows in Brazil
Among the most popular traditions at Florida’s Disney World are the daily character appearances that allow the public to get up close to the theme parks’ star attractions.
3 mins
'All we wanted was justice'
In 2021, a security guard in Spain stormed into his workplace and shot four people. He was caught and badly injured after a standoff with police, and a trial was set but his victims would never get to see him punished. Should a mass shooter have been allowed the right to die by euthanasia?
10+ mins
Everything in its place
It’s the age of decanting never before have household perfectionists removed so many things from packages, only to put them in other packages. Extreme tidiness is amodern obsession. But is it healthy? By Amelia Tait
10+ mins
Netanyahu can be resisted - but only with Palestinian support Jonathan Freedland
Netanyahu can be resisted - but only with Palestinian support Jonathan Freedland
4 mins
Europe needs to copy Biden's green deal - not resort to its old ways Lorenzo Marsili
European governments have for many years basked in a sense of climate superiority over the US. We had the most ambitious climate goals; we were the constructive actor at Cop conferences; we had carbon-pricing mechanisms; and since 1990, we have reduced emissions by 28% against just 2% in the US. The US, by contrast, had climate-denying Republicans.
3 mins
I went viral for a meme, but Scholz's hesitancy over Ukraine is no joke Timothy Garton Ash
A couple of weeks ago, at a moment of huge frustration over Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s foot-dragging on allowing Leopard tanks to go to Ukraine, a Ukrainian friend sent me a satirical mockup on “Scholzing”.
3 mins
Next level
The Japanese games maker Nintendo has spent 40 years at the top. What's its secret?
7 mins
Famous blue leotard
Leonard Cohen gave his blessing toa dance show set to his songs, but did not live to see it. Ontour, its performers recall feeling his presence onstage
3 mins
Sea change
BBC radio’ shipping forecast holds aspecial place in British culture. Mark Power tried to capture its mystery in his 1996 book, which has been updated with new images
2 mins
Lightning seeds Completed before he was attacked last year, Salman Rushdie's book about a 15th-century Indian empire has an infectious sense of fun
The Vijayanagara empire covered most of south India in the 15th and 16th centuries.
3 mins
Creature comforts This scholarly look at how badly humans treat animals employs moral principles to shame us into recognising their rights
The physicist Stephen Hawking once hosted a party for time travellers, but only sent out the invitations after the date had already passed. No one came.
3 mins
How to buck up buckwheat so you're not stuck with a glucy mush
When Alissa Timoshkina was growing up, buckwheat was something of a staple: “We’d have it for breakfast with milk and sugar, as a side to savoury dishes, or as a stuffing for pies or cabbage rolls,” says the Russian author of Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen. “It’s not just comforting because it tastes like childhood, but it’s nutritionally good as well.”
2 mins
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Language: English
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