Hello and welcome to Weekender – the newsletter that guides you through all the highlights of our Weekend edition.
Cover story

Targeting the rescuers: Inside Israel's clinical war on Lebanon's paramedics.
Weekend reads

The astronaut putting the 'awe' in 'orbit' with her science lessons from space.
An assassin, a radical cleric and Israeli collaborators: Lebanon's old divisions exposed by jail amnesties.
How agentic AI will revolutionise the way public services are provided.
The essay
Culture

How UAE coffee suppliers are fighting to protect their flavours during the Iran war.
We're being advertised to every waking hour - there's nowhere left to switch off.
Arabic word of the week: 'Ibtikar', or innovation, urges us to think ahead.
Money

Money & Me: 'The fear of not having money will always push me forward.'
Future Beat newsletter: The stories shaping tomorrow's world.
Plus

The UAE museum that offers a glimpse of how wealthy Emirati families once lived.
Find out how well you've kept up with the news of the last seven days in our Quiz of the Week.
Plus much, much more in our latest Weekend edition.
And in case you missed it last week: 'I can still hear the blast that killed my friend' - life at sea under Iranian fire.
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