Inside Story

February 4 is World Cancer day, so we ask: could this disease be eradicated? Adrian Finigan speaks to Jane Maher: the joint chief medical officer for Macmillan Cancer Support; Christopher Wild: director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer; Jessica Kirby: a senior health information manager for Cancer Research UK.

As campaigning begins for a landmark presidential poll, we ask if Afghanistan is ready to go it alone.

How will a 'breakthrough' in stem cell research affect the controversy around the use of human embryos?

As Quebec debates euthanasia, we ask if people should have a choice over the timing and manner of their death.

As regional leaders meet in Havana, we examine how they can challenge Washington's influence in their bloc.

On the offensive against renegade rebels after a pact for peace we ask is this the start of a deadly new phase of unrest

We ask if a comprehensive deal is possible to get aid into Syria and how would it be implemented on the ground.

Three years after the fall of Hosni Mubarak we analyse what Egyptians have achieved and where the country is headed. Adrian Finighan talks to Naomi Ramirez Diaz, a researcher at Autonoma University in Madrid, who specialises in political Islam; Zakariyya Abdel-Hady, an associate professor of Islamic Thought and Culture at Qatar University, who studies Egyptian politics; Omar Ashour, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and an author of, among other things, 'The De-Radicalisation of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements.'

We look at the issues that led to the deadly protests in Kiev and if outside influences are at play. David Foster Valentin Yakushik, a professor at Kiev Mohyla Academy; Lilit Gevorgyan, an analyst at IHS Global Insight; and joining on Skype is Alexander Korman, from the Ukrainian ministry of foreign relations.

As Spain shakes free from its bailout, we ask if Europe is on the road to economic recovery.

As the opposing sides meet ahead of the Geneva II peace talks, we ask if a political solution is still possible. To discuss this Inside Story presenter Shiulie Ghosh is joined by guests: Anas Al Abdeh, a leading member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, who has been attending the talks in Montreux; Ammar Waqqaf, a member of the Syrian Social Club - a pro government group which supports reform; and Ghassan Shabaneh, a political analyst and a professor at Marymount Manhattan College.

As Barack Obama says the drug is no more dangerous than alcohol, we ask if American society is ready for legalisation.

Can intervention from the European Union bolster African efforts to bring an end to sectarian violence. Adrian Finigan talks to Sylvain Touati, an Africa analyst at FIKRA - a Doha-based political think tank; Louis Keumayou, the president of the Pan-African Press Association; and Vincent Darracq, a global security analyst specialising on Africa.

As tensions escalate between rival militias, we ask if the government is capable of restoring law and order.

As the UN condemns the Vatican's handling of the child abuse scandal, we ask if reforms can bring about real change. After accusations of gross negligence and complicity, how damaging is this scandal to its image? Laura Kyle discusses with Keith Porteous Wood, the executive director of the National Secular Society in the UK; Gerard O'Connell, a journalist who has covered the Vatican for 25 years; Philip Willan, the author of the book Vatican at War.