The Guardian Weekly - October 20, 2023
The Guardian Weekly - October 20, 2023
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In this issue
October 20, 2023
Seven days of terror that shook the world and changed the Middle East
Since dawn broke on 7 October, thousands have died and the political fallout has spread across the region. Reporters tell the full story of a week that began in bloodshed and ended in fear
10+ mins
'People are terrified' - Gaza's main hospital near to collapse
At Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital, the living sleep between beds filled with patients, in corridors, and even in the grounds, while the dead overflow the morgue.
3 mins
Road to conflict - A long history of occupation, uprising and disputed power
The starting point for many is the 1947 UN vote to partition British Mandate Palestine into two states - Jewish and Arab.
4 mins
'A knife in your heart' - Soul-searching over Indigenous vote loss
Heavy referendum defeat seen as a bitter blow in the struggle to advance reconciliation and improve the lives of First Nations Australians
4 mins
Ardern's legacy - Some Labour policies are safe. A lot are on the chopping block
The most common and cutting critique of Jacinda Ardern's Labour government was that it couldn't get anything done.
2 mins
'Boring' Labour plot a conference course to government
MPs stayed on-message, and businesses queued up to get involved, at a gathering that passed with barely a hitch
4 mins
Toxic lake a symbol of Northern Irish decay
It is a grim milestone for Northern Ireland that some of its problems are now visible from space. A vast bloom of blue-green algae is choking Lough Neagh, which supplies 40% of Northern Ireland's drinking water, owing to farm slurry, human sewage discharges and other management blunders.
2 mins
Swan songs - At Kharkiv's opera house, the show must go on
Crouched on the edge of a park in central Kharkiv, 30km from the Russian border, the city's vast brutalist opera house resembles a battered spacecraft that has crash-landed after some epic intergalactic battle.
3 mins
'Our time will come': Poll winner still hopes to become PM
Pita Limjaroenrat is playing the long game. \"Our time will come,\" he said confidently. Dressed in a crisp striped shirt, the 43-year-old Harvard graduate has a breezy, business-like manner.
3 mins
Poles apart? - Xi branches out in bid to build an alternative world order
It was a difficult summer for China's leader, Xi Jinping. He was faced with natural disasters, economic uncertainty and a roster of disappearing ministers.
2 mins
Why the world should be wary of 'Wolverine' Javier Milei
40% Argentina’s current poverty rate, with inflation standing at 138%. The prospect of a Milei presidency has seen the peso’s value plunge further in recent weeks
3 mins
Pip pip - Time's up for much-loved institution of airwaves
A series of crackly pips and beeps broadcast to radios across Canada outlasted two monarchs, 13 prime ministers, 27 sessions of parliament and various fractures to national unity. They provided a comfort to citizens abroad, and inspired music and art.
3 mins
UNITED THEY FEEL
WHY DID SO MANY OF THE HUGE STREET PROTESTS OF THE 2010S LEAD TO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR?
10+ mins
The day my mother was murdered
Everyone in Malta read Daphne, the fearless reporter - until a car bomb killed her. Paul Caruana Galizia recalls how her assassination shook his family and shocked the world
10+ mins
A tribal injustice
For his new true-crime drama, Martin Scorsese enlisted a chief of the Osage Nation to make sure it was authentic. Steve Rose talked to them both
6 mins
Lightning conductor
Joana Mallwitz is the first woman to lead a Berlin orchestra. And no, despite the inevitable comparisons, she still hasn't seen the film Tár
4 mins
The Guardian Weekly Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Guardian News & Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Guardian Weekly is an international English-language news magazine based in London, UK. It is one of the world's oldest international news publications and has readers in more than 170 countries.
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