Inside Story

Egypt's president reportedly makes offensive remarks about some Gulf Arab countries in leaked audio tapes. Folly Bah Thibault speaks to Fahad Alshelaimi, president of the Gulf Peace and Security Forum; Joseph Kechichian, senior writer at Gulf News; and Wafik Moustafa, founder and chairman of the Conservative Arab Network. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

Shia rebels seize power in a political takeover condemned by the international community. Folly Bah Thibault speaks to Hisham Al-Omeisy, political activist and co-founder of the Al Wattan Party; Abubakr Al-Shamahi, a journalist at Al-Araby Al-Jadeed; and Sarah Jamal, a sociologist and researcher of Transitional Justice. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

An ageing population can drag down the economy. Governments have to spend more on pensions and healthcare, while revenue from income taxes decreases. The United States, Europe and Australia have high proportions of older people. But Japan has by far the highest, with more than 30 percent of the population over the age of 60. So, what are these governments doing to deal with the problem? And are they doing enough?

Are governments the victims or to blame for the illegal flow of money out of the continent? Kamahl Santamaria speaks to Paul Banoba, Transparency International's senior programme coordinator for East Africa; Razia Khan, head of Africa research at Standard Chartered; and Henry Malumo, Africa Advocate for Action Aid International, heading up the campaign on illicit financial flows in Africa. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

Prime Minister Haider al Abadi says militias carrying out killings in Iraq are 'no less dangerous than terrorists'. Sami Zeidan speaks to Sabah Al-Mukhtar, an Iraqi political analyst and president of the Arab Lawyers Association; Afzal Ashraf, a consultant fellow in International Diplomacy at the Royal United Services Institute; and and Saad Jawad, a political scientist, and senior fellow with the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

African heads of state meet for another summit, while the continent's problems only grow.Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Michael Amoah - research associate with the Centre of African Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Thembisa Fakude - researcher at the Al Jazeera centre for studies. Dismas Mokua - deputy president of Africa Axis, a consultancy on doing business in Africa Erastus Mwencha - deputy chairman of the African Union.

Heavy crackdown in Sinai is questioned after repeated attacks by armed groups in region. Sami Zeidan speaks to Aymenn Jawad Al Tamimi, fellow at the Middle East Forum and Specialist on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and armed groups; Mohamed Khairat, founder and editor-in-chief of EgyptianStreets.com; and Maha Yahya, senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

The Ukrainian government has imposed a state of emergency across its embattled eastern region - and placed the entire country on high alert. It follows a new offensive by separatist rebels, who Ukraine says are backed by Russia. Russia and the West are now trading accusations after the worst violence since a September ceasefire in Ukraine. But as the war of words escalates, are the chances of a negotiated settlement drifting further away? Host: Shiulie Ghosh Guests: Petro Burkovskiy, from the Analysis and Information Division at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, in Kiev. Kurt Volker, former US ambassador to NATO and executive director for the McCain Institute for International Leadership, in Washington, DC. Dmitry Babich, a political analyst and journalist for the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow.

Al Jazeera's Shiulie Ghosh talks to Elias Hanna - Military and Security Analyst, and a retired Army General, Lebanese Army, Michael Stephens - Head of the Royal United Services Institute in Qatar, and a Specialist in Gulf security, Nicholas Noe - Co-founder of Mideastwire.com and Author of the Book 'Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.'

Calls to close America's Guantanamo prison seem to be falling on deaf ears. Presenter: Hazem Sika Guests: Moazzam Begg - former Guantanamo Bay detainee and director of Outreach for Cage Prisoners Rob Freer - US researcher for Amnesty International and specialist on the Guantanamo Bay detention centre Lawrence Korb - former assistant secretary of defence and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress

Dozens of world leaders are in the French capital to join at least a million people in a unity March. They're honouring people who were killed in several religiously motivated attacks across Paris over the past week. But as France comes to terms with what happened, questions are being asked about what went wrong? Presenter: Hazem Sika Guests: Alain Gresh - Journalist for Le Monde Diplomatique and Specialist on the Middle East. Khaled Diab - Journalist, Writer and Blogger. Renaud Girard - Chief Foreign Correspondent for Le Figaro. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website http://www.aljazeera.com/

The fallout from the attack on a French newspaper which published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has spread to Yemen, with further implications for France, the US and Britain. An offshoot of al-Qaeda in Yemen says it was behind the shooting of 12 people at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo. Presenter Hazem Sika Guests Anne Guidicelli - founder of Terrorisc, a consultancy firm on security risk. Abdul-Ghani al-Iryani - President of the Democratic Awakening Movement in Yemen. Shashank Joshi - senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website http://www.aljazeera.com/

Long-serving leader Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat to former ally in presidential election. Presenter: Hazem Sika Guests: Charu Lata Hogg - associate fellow with Chatham House, and a researcher on Sri Lankan domestic politics. Jehan Perera - executive director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka. Kumar Kumarendran - a Tamil activist and member of the British Tamils Forum. - Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

World leaders have condemned the killing of 12 people at the office of a satirical magazine that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. Inside Story asks what impact it will have on Islam, security and the far right in Europe?

He may have expected to easily secure a third term in office. But now Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa faces a real and unprecedented challenge, after his former health minister, Mithripala Sirisena, decided to run against him in Thursday's vote. Rajapaksa also stands accused of corruption, nepotism and human rights violations during his country's long civil war. So, will Sri Lankans still give him a third term in office?