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Switzerland This article is more than 9 months oldNine skiers in Switzerland airlifted to hospital after major avalancheThis article is more than 9 months oldAll ski tourers survived the slide near summit of the Alphubel with light to moderate injuries Nine skiers survived a major avalanche high in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, emerging with only light to moderate injuries. All nine were found by rescuers and airlifed to hospital, police said.

Reeva Steenkamp shooting This article is more than 9 years oldReeva Steenkamp was standing when Pistorius fired first shot, court toldThis article is more than 9 years oldBallistic expert also tells court bullets fired from athlete's 9mm pistol were designed to 'cut through organs of a human being'Reeva Steenkamp was standing in a toilet cubicle and facing the closed door when she was hit in the right hip by the first of four hollow-point bullets fired at her by Oscar Pistorius, a police ballistics expert testified on Wednesday at the double-amputee Olympic runner's murder trial.

Food in seasonFoodSeasonal food: cauliflowerIt's the original brain food. This is our guide to buying, storing, cooking and eating cauliflowerUK cauliflower season. Photograph: guardian.co.ukThe cauliflower is, depending on how you look at it, either an easy or very difficult vegetable to slot into a series on food in season - it's never unavailable, with varieties planted throughout the warmer months to ensure a year-round supply. Like broccoli, calabrese and romanesco it's a brassica, and in a way its biology picks up where romanesco's leaves off.

‘We often had to write months ahead of transmission … it means you can’t put in little topical jokes that will be funny tomorrow but meaningless months later,’ said Antony Jay. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex/Shutterstock‘We often had to write months ahead of transmission … it means you can’t put in little topical jokes that will be funny tomorrow but meaningless months later,’ said Antony Jay. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex/ShutterstockTV comedyObituarySir Antony Jay obituaryCo-writer of Yes Minister, BBC TV’s satire on the mechanics of governmentSir Antony Jay, who has died aged 86, was one of the two authors behind the influential 1980s BBC government satire Yes Minister and its successor Yes, Prime Minister.

Ukraine This article is more than 1 year oldUkrainian adviser quits after claims over Russian missile that killed dozensThis article is more than 1 year oldOleksiy Arestovych said rocket that hit Dnipro building detonated after being downed by Ukraine forces A Ukrainian presidential adviser has resigned after causing widespread anger when he suggested a Russian missile that killed dozens had been shot down by Ukraine. Forty-five people were killed in the south-central city of Dnipro when a Russian X-22 anti-ship cruise missile hit an apartment block on Saturday.

Rishi Sunak 'Rashi Sanook': Joe Biden mispronounces Sunak's name during Diwali event at White House – video President Joe Biden mispronounced the name of the new UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, as he congratulated him during a Diwali celebration at the White House on Monday. Biden described Sunak's rise to power as a 'groundbreaking milestone', expressing surprise at the fact that he belongs to the Conservative party. The White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also mispronounced Sunak's name but corrected herself 

There are thought to be around 750 great white sharks in Australia and New Zealand. Very little is known about how they mate. Photograph: Alastair Pollock Photography/Getty ImagesThere are thought to be around 750 great white sharks in Australia and New Zealand. Very little is known about how they mate. Photograph: Alastair Pollock Photography/Getty ImagesSharksAstonishing testimony by New Zealand fisherman Dick Ledgerwood sheds light on mysterious and elusive ritual It has been described as the “holy grail” of marine biology, an act that is crucial to the survival of apex predators but has never been documented in detail: the mating of great white sharks.

Cristina Bautista, center, walks with her mother, daughter and granddaughter in front of the procession heading to the church to celebrate Holy Saviour. Photograph: Luis Antonio Rojas/The GuardianLife goes on for Benjamín Ascencio Bautista’s family, although the unsolved case overshadows their festivities with grief by Oscar LopezThe flowers were bought first: five dozen roses in crimson, coral, gold, pale yellow and white. Then 36 long candles at a market filled with the smell of cilantro.

The ObserverFictionReviewSexual assault survivor Winnie M Li delivers a visceral and timely novel about the men – and women – who turn a blind eye to systemic exploitation Winnie M Li’s first novel, Dark Chapter, offered a fictionalised account of her own sexual assault, written in part, she has said, “to do justice to the survivors’ experience”. Her follow-up, Complicit, is born out of the same urgent need to address questions of silence and suppression, and feels particularly timely in its depiction of the film industry and the men who control the stories (in every sense).