Guardian Australia

8 hours ago | theguardian.com | Arwa Mahdawi

Avoid (having a miscarriage in) West Virginia“911. What’s your emergency?”“Hello, I would like to report the fact that I am having a very heavy period. Can you send a police officer over right away to collect my menstrual matter and check whether I’ve broken any laws?”The above is not a transcript of an actual conversation in West Virginia but, the way things are headed, it could be a glimpse of what’s to come.

8 hours ago | theguardian.com | Morwenna Ferrier

If the biggest feud of the week belongs to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, then the longest running is arguably “Beckxit”. The name given to the fallout between one of the most famous couples in the world – David and Victoria Beckham – and their less famous eldest son, Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Anne Peltz, was coined by the Daily Mail this year.

12 hours ago | theguardian.com | Rosanna Greenstreet

Born in the West Midlands, Lee Child, 70, studied law before working in television. After losing his job following a corporate restructuring, he published Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series, in 1997. His novels have been adapted into two films, starring Tom Cruise, and an Amazon Prime series. He now writes with his brother Andrew and they headline Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival in Harrogate next month. The 30th Reacher thriller, Exit Strategy, is out in November.

14 hours ago | theguardian.com | Luke Jacobs

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMayor: Kharkiv 'currently experiencing' most powerful attack since start of the warMore now on the overnight attacks on Kharkiv, which we’ve learned also reportedly injured a one-and-a-half -month-old baby. The mayor of the city, which is Ukraine’s second largest, said the attack was Russia’s biggest .

21 hours ago | theguardian.com | Bianca Nogrady

I’m staring at the screen, trying to write a joke. It involves a muscle called the gluteus maximus, Roman centurions and possibly a reference to Biggus somebody from Monty Python’s Life of Brian. I’ve been sitting here for over an hour, so long that when I finally stand up I have to hobble and wobble a few steps before I can get my stride back. It’s because my glutei maximi are a bit of a joke.