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President Bush’s visit to Israel will be watched by Palestinians as they commemorate the Naqba - or catastrophe - on Wednesday. It refers to the end of the British mandate on this day in 1948, which led to the creation of Israel. Since then, Palestinians have become the world’s largest refugee group - the right to return to their ancestral land remains a key sticking point to any peace deal. But despite that the Arab population in the country and the occupied territories is growing. David Chater looks at Israel’s shifting demographics.

Almost any headline these days tells us how the world’s outlook seems gloomy.

Population growth, climate change, poverty: the problems of the world seem insurmountable.

But not everyone agrees.

In his new book, Jeffrey Sachs, a special adviser to the UN secretary general and director of the Earth Institute, claims that with international will and cooperation, all these crises can be averted.

Also, Emily Morris from the Economist Intelligence Unit tells Sir David what the changes in Cuba really mean.

Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie, an aide to Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese president, joins Sir David.

Nafie says that genocide is not taking place and that the number of people killed has been hugely exaggerated.

He also calls on the rebel groups to come to the negotiation table.

Sir David is joined by one of the world’s most popular actors, Michael Caine.

Vuk Jeremic, Serbia’s foreign minister joins Sir David to discuss the upcoming elections.

Jeremic says that the poll is effectively going to be a referendum on Serbia joining the EU.

He warns that victory for the nationalists could isolate the country for another generation; and says Kosovo’s declaration of independence has created uncertainty and instability in the region.

Also, Knox Chitiyo is from the Royal United Sevices Institute thinktank and tells Sir David what is next for Zimbabwe.