Goodbye Castro!

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After six decades Cuba is no longer ruled by a Castro. Fidel Castro, succeeded by his brother Raul, influenced some of the world's most powerful nations. We hear from Jinxi Cao of BBC Chinese, Audrey Brown of BBC Africa and Irena Taranyuk of BBC Ukrainian. Cinema-going in Saudi Arabia BBC Arabic's Huda al-Rashid grew up in Saudi Arabia and remembers a time before the cinema ban, with rooftop and even drive-in cinemas. Bishkek's disappearing, and reappearing, trees Bishkek was once famous as a green, leafy city. Air pollution and traffic have led to thousands of city trees being cut down to widen roads, though a new forest is planned outside the Kyrgyz capital. Almaz Tchoroev of BBC Kyrgyz explains. BBCShe: what women want in India Divya Arya is the woman's affairs correspondent in Delhi. She's just returned from visiting smaller cities across the country to find out what young Indian women want to hear, and not hear, on the BBC. She shares her findings. Bennetty: Bangkok's pensioner rock stars Named after the American crooner Tony Bennett, Bennetty are a group of pensioner rock stars, aged between 65 and 86, who've become an unlikely hit in Thailand. Jiraporn Kuhakan of BBC Thai met them. Chinese transgender agony aunt Jin Xing is a famous Chinese TV host. Her own story is remarkable too: she was born a he, was a soldier, a professional dancer, and became China's first transgender star. Yashan Zhao interviewed her recently for BBC Chinese. Image: Raul Castro and Fidel Castro in August 1978 in Havana Credit: AFP/Getty Images