So Donald Trump’s reissued US travel ban has had its most controversial elements removed or watered down. Iraq has been taken off the list of restricted nations, and language perceived to target Muslims taken out. But with the ban not due to take effect until 16 March, it would be a surprise if its legal robustness was not tested again in court.
You’ll find the details in this week’s Guardian Weekly, along with news of much-anticipated Republican plans to replace the Affordable Care Act, and all you need to know from another typically atypical week of claim and counter-claim in Trumpworld.
Our cover story brings us back to the human impact of the Trump presidency, as US west coast correspondent Rory Carroll visits the Mexican consulate in Los Angeles and finds many of its clients now living in heightened fear of deportation.
In the Middle East, the British street artist Banksy has opened a hotel in Bethlehem in front of the controversial barrier wall separating Israel from the Palestinian territories. Emma Graham-Harrison checked in to check it out.
In China, there have been interesting calls from a senior official for internet censorship to be relaxed. We find out why the Maldives has abandoned plans for a zero-carbon future and is now pursuing high-end tourism development for mega-rich clients.
In Europe, with crucial Dutch elections next week, we meet the fresh-faced Green leader hoping to unite the Netherlands’ factions of the left. In France, the centre-right candidate François Fillon is clinging on to his presidential bid despite an investigation into his financial affairs. And a diplomatic spat between Germany and Turkey is deepening after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan likened Berlin’s behaviour to that of the Nazis.
On Finance, we follows the journey of an automobile crankshaft back and forth across the Channel, from manufacturing site to car plant to customer, in a stark illustration of how Brexit could play havoc with Britain’s globally integrated industries.
In other UK news we learn how refugees fare worse in Britain than in Europe’s other big five countries. And it’s goodbye, Mr Bond, as we take a glimpse into Britain’s foreign intelligence agency MI6’s efforts to diversify its spy ranks.
The Weekly Review takes a close look at the controversial Rorschach psychological test. Only you will know what leaps out at you from the ink-blot patterns, but if you can look away for a moment there’s a fascinating feature to be read around the test’s strengths and weaknesses.
Discovery considers ingenious planet-wide efforts being made to photograph a black hole. Books considers the world of Silicon Valley’s tech startups, while Culture profiles the documentary film-makers who have attempted to bring us new angles on Syria’s brutal civil war.
On the back page, Guardian Weekly favourite George Monbiot delves into the internet’s nihilistic backwaters, which he says can indirectly serve to remind us what it really means to be human. Do you agree? Why not share your views on our Reply page, whether on Monbiot or any other topic in the paper, by emailing weekly.letters@theguardian.com.
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