Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang passed away this week at the age of 68. According to state media, he died of a heart attack. News of Li's death comes the same week that China's defence minister Li Shangfu was sacked after a two-month disappearance. The country's science & technology and finance ministers were also fired this week. For analysis of this leadership shakeup, we speak to Dr Zeno Leoni, a lecturer in defence studies at King's College London and the author of "Grand Strategy and the Rise of China: Made in America".
Meanwhile, victims' families in South Korea are still searching for justice, a year after a deadly Halloween crush killed more than 150 people in Seoul.
And doctors in India warn of health risks as air pollution quality worsens in the country's big cities. Residents in New Delhi and Mumbai say it's difficult to breathe.