al jazeera america presents "motherhood on ice". next sunday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america international talks on iran's nuclear program resume in switzerland. with the clock ticking to reach a framework deal. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to al jazerra live from doha. i am martin dennis. also to come on the program. the double displacement. we report on the palestinian families who fled to damascus only to be forced out again by the war in syria. discovering the damage, residents of the pacific island nation of vanuatu count the cost of the deadly cyclone.

and hong kong gets cultural. a multi billion dollars festival indicators to china's growing obsession with art and an took antiques ♪ ♪ but first, international negotiations are resuming in switzerland to reach ideal owe iran's nuclear program. there are hope that his some progress can be made, although the deadline to reach a framework deal expires at the end of the month. both eight rain vinnie foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrived in kits lands on sunday. also on sunday john kerry indicated that the u.s. is now willing to negotiate with bashar al-assad for a resolution to the conflict in syria. our diplomatic editor james bays reports now lousanne. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry in egypt where he called for a fresh start to peace efforts to end four years

of bloodshed in syria. he spoke in an interview with the u.s. tv network cbs. >> we are working very hard to other interested parties to see if we can reignite a diplomatic outcome. why? because everybody agrees there is no military solution. only a political solution. but to get the assad practice jim to negotiate. we have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to to seek that political kuyt come. that's underway right now. and i am convinced with the efforts of our allies and others, there will be increased pressure on assad. >> and you would be willing to negotiate with him? >> well, we have to negotiate in the end. >> reporter: the u.s. had a role in previous peace talks with former u.n. negotiator brought the syrian government and members of the on the since for

talks at the u.n. head quarters in geneva last year. u.n. acted as guarantors with the process but the u.s. has not had direct negotiations with the syrian government before. why is it being proposed now? because stefan's effort to his bring a freeze or ceasefire to aleppo have stalled. at this time ma'ams say the program seems dead. from egypt secretary kerry traveled to luzon in switzerland for the latest nuclear talks which is now at a crunch stage. the deadline is at the end of the month. what happens at the ongoing talks could not only have a bearing on the big issue of iran's nuclear program diplomats tell me if there is a knew push to restart a syrian peace process then all international and regional players need to be involved. and iran remains syria's closest ally and has key influence. on monday the iranian foreign minister will travel to brussel to his meet european ministers

among them will be frederico the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs she recently told me an iran deal would be an historic opportunity to create a new framework for the middle east, james bays, al jazerra lousanne. in the syrian city of aleppo people cautiously welcomed john kerry's comments. >> translator: john kerry's comments pressuring assad to be removed from power is something we didn't object but won't accept without conditions. i am sure the people that suffered directly will reject any dialogue with assad. he needs to be held accountable so that he can be tried for his crimes. three british teenagers who were detained when trying to travel to syria are now being questioned in london. the three boys, two 17 year olds ask a 19 year old were stopped

by turkish authorities at istanbul airport. they were returned to the u.k. on saturday night. they are planning to join the conflict in syria and british police say they were arrested on saucesuspicion of preparing terror eight attacks. many pal stun yell palestinian refugees forced out again. zeina khodr reports tight restrictions are being replace odd the new arrivals as they join the 10s of thousands already there. >> reporter: she is too hold to care for his disabled and mentally challenged daughters. but she has no other choice. there are other refugees who came to lebanon when their neighborhood in damascus became a battle ground two years ago. they say they are barely coping with the little help they get. but they were alone which the eldest daughter died from lung infection.

no one was next to me to help her. she died in my arms, no one came in time to bring her a doctor. the large even refugees camp in lebanon is overcrowded and people are poor. now they are sharing the space with thousands of palestinians who escaped the war in syria. >> translator: we have been under pressure since the arrival of syrian palestinians. they are our brothers, but we are already finding it hard to survive. >> reporter: there is competition for jobs and aid provided by the united nations. this has caused tensions. serious palestinian -- syria's palestinians enjoyed the same rights and benefits as syrian nationals, rights to schools universities healthcare. this is not the case here, accord to this united nations relief and works agency, 75% of the 45,000 palestinian we have gees from syria cannot survive without handouts. and for many this camp is a

prison. the lebanese government which has had a history of conflict with its own palestinian population has imposed tight restrictions. >> one of the biggest problems that the palestine refugees from syria have, is the fact that their visas have expired and that puts them -- that makes them much more vulnerable about restrictions of movement, they can't come in and out of the camps as often as they want. they can be stopped and their documents can be confiscated they could be detained. >> reporter: this is just one of the reasons why many of them tried to find a way out. and at times it has cost them their lives. this palestinian family was hosting the relatives from syria before they were lured by smugglers to take a boat to reach europe. >> translator: my cousins and friends were on the boat when it sanction. one is missing. they were highly educated but had no future here. there was no other way but to go on the journey of death. >> reporter: it has been a difficult journey for

palestinian refugees. it has ended for her daughter. for those left behind, it is a daily struggle just to survive. zeina khodr, al jazerra southern lebanon. iraqi forces are continuing the battle for control of tikrit. the ancestral home of the former president sadam hussein and the location of his tomb. but it's been severely damaged in the fighting. the support columns that once held the roof and a pile are rubble are all that remain. the tomb are just south of ca treat. last year it was reported his body had been removed from the site. fighters loyal to isil have claimed responsibility for an tack in tripoli on sunday. five policemen were injured when explosives were detonated at a checkpoint next to a security building follows a similar attack on a police station in the western city.

afghanistan's president ghani has arrived in saudi arabia for a two-day visit. he was received by the king in the capital. the issue you of the peace process with the taliban was one of the issued excuse by the two leaders. the president's forthcoming visits to the u.s. was also on the agenda. vanuatu's president has described a cyclone which ripped through the island nation on saturday as a monster. he says 90% of the buildings in the capital port villa are damaged or destroyed. forcing the country to start anew. andrew thomas reports now from port villa. >> reporter: our team was on the first nonmilitary flight to be able to land in port villa since this monster cyclone. and first impressions of the capital city port villa is that it is a town that has been very, very badly damaged. but not quite devastated. the vast majority of buildings have sustains some sort of damage whether it's a tree

falling on top of them like this one behind me, or whether they have been totally flattened. and there is a major repair operation already going underway. from the bottom up it must be said because most people here don't have insurance and there isn't much sign yet of a coordinated effort. but people are not let that go hold them back, they are get on the ground with it. the real concern though, is the outlying islands the cyclone really tracks right across all the islands of vanuatu and it hit those in the south south of where i am right now particularly hard. aid agencies haven't been able to land there. they certainly haven't been able get there any other way so far. they have done reconnaissance flights over and anecdotallyally what i have been told is from the air it does look like total destruction on the island, what isn't known until boots are on the ground and people can see up close is whether it is just damage to buildings and infra instruction door or whether there has been significant loss of life or injuries as well. the president of vanuatu was at a disaster preparedness conference in japan ironically

when the cyclone hit. he's called it a monster and one that will take vanuatu many, many years to recover from. now, hundreds of thousands of protesters have marched in cities across brazil many are calling for the impeachment of the president. the government is facing growing anger over a stalling economy buckets skates deepening scandal at the state oil company. adam raney reports from sao paulo. >> reporter: a sea of people. all squeezed onto saw mall owe's sao paulo's main avenue that lies at the heart of the financial is sector. one of their demands the impeachment of democratically elected president only two months in to her second term. protesters are seething over a corruption scandal at the state oil company and worried about an economy that seems weaker every

day. >> the feeling that the brazilian people have is that they are taking our money and we don't have anything back. you know. only we pay taxes and taxes and taxes and they don't -- we don't have anything back. >> just support poor people living everything else rising taxes, you know, nothing equal rights for everyone. >> reporter: 10s of thousands marched in other cities too. along rio de janeiro's iconic copa cabana beach and across the massive country their calls were the same. they want the president out. hundreds of thousands of people have come out to march here on sunday and ironically it's the 30 agent anniversary of the return of december any in brazil when after a 20-year military rule there were finally free elections the people marching say their opponents in government think this is an attack on that very democracy. there were conservative strains

visible. signs calling for military intervention and rejections of communism. an ideology opponents of the president often accuse her and the party of following. while the protests carried on, the justice minister announced that the president is listening to their demands and will act on them. it's a response by a president from whom it seems many no longer want to hear. adam raney, al jazerra sow paolo. still to come on the program. could this new alliance change israel's political landscape? plus the world's largest arms importer says it needs more military hardware.

♪ ♪ hello again. here are the top stories here at al jazerra. talks are resuming in switzerland to reach ideal on iran's nuclear program. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the iranian foreign minister have arrived in lousanne. they did on sunday. 90% of the buildings have been damageed in vanuatu: aid agencies are trying hoping to gain access to the outer island today where it's feared the worst damage will be found. and hundreds of thousands of brazilians have been protesting against the sluggish economy and corruption. many have also called for the impeachment of president are.

to venezuela now. where poll tippings have given president nicholas maduro new powers which allow them on rule by decree. last week u.s. pruz barack obama imposed now sanction on his mr. ma dory option government calling venezuela a threat to u.s. security. >> reporter: venezuela's government ruled assembly have given president nicholas maduro swing powers, the right to pass laws without conga previous to him fist pumps in the air the national anthem and cries of yankee go home. the president spoke to the crowds in crack us, the national sent. was clear, what was missing was a clear idea of what his new powers meant. >> the american government has committed the most embarrassing repugnant and aggressive act that we can remember in our 200-year history. since venezuela was called venezuela and sin simon

boulevard liberated us, that's why went to the national assembly. >> reporter: the move comes days after the u.s. branded venezuela a national threat and sanctioned seven government officials. as the head of the parliament hands delivered the law thousands outside the palace roared in support of what they say will allow president maduro to protect the oil-rich nation from a u.s. invasion. the mood here was festive. hardly the signs of a country under siege. >> translator: i am here because as venezuelans we need to unite in front of this threat we are confronting. what obama said is no small matter. we need to support maduro proposal wholeheartedly. >> reporter: the day before military and civilians across the country rehearsed military maneuver to his fight foreign invasion. president maduro has a little over 20% approval rate and parliamentary elections loom ahead. in these streets people are more worried about the country's soaring crime rate than they are about a possible air strike.

>> translator: our domestic problems are more real and serious than some foreign enemy. i have been the victim of violent crime three files. they need to consent thought on that. we are being robbed and killed everywhere. >> reporter: president anything nicholas maduro has successfully turned the issue you have sanctionssanctions in to a matter of national is off identity. it's brought international support. but whether the support extend to his own backyard will only be known at the upcoming polls, al jazerra, caracas. the haitian government has announced it will hold elections after years of delays. presidential and local polls will be held in late october. the president was left in charge when the mandate of the parliament expired in january. the government has laid holding elections for three years. now a day before israelis head to the polls. for the first time an alliance between israeli and palestinian

parties are running together. some analysts claim the joint list as it's called could play a keyhole rolle in the next government. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a better israel for its palestinian citizens. that's the mess anyone this electricitiesment for the joint list. an lines of israeli-palestinian political parties. it's the first time that the parties divided along islamists socialists and nationalistic lines have run together in israel's general election. the ticket is expected to win a record 13 or more seats in the 120 seat parliament. potentially making history by becoming the third largest faction after the march 17th vote. she is one of the joints lists' best known politicians, she's also the most hated by many israelis. she is an outspoken critic of the government. and has campaigned against what she says is widespread and

systematic discrimination against palestinian citizens of israel. >> this unity for the palestinians. the citizens of israel is an indication of power. and is a political attempt to empower ourselves. [ inaudible ] fating racist poll tests and a state that defines itself as an. [ inaudible ] state. that's for all the citizens. >> reporter: palestinians make up 20% of israel's population of 8 million. many of those voters believe the political alliance's predicted success in the poll will be the first stepped toward gator he wall tim the joint his has the potential to dramatically change the played cal map and improve the lives of israeli pantsil vinnies, but the paste have his little in common and those divisions are already starting to show. but the internal disputes, which include whether to share votes with leftist israeli jewish party have his been overshadowed

by what led to the union in the first place when lieberman the right wing foreign minister, help pass the so-called governability law which sets a minimum 3.25% vote threshold for party to his enter parliament. it was seen as a an attempt to disen chan fran choice palestinian parties since then his rhetoric has become even more heated including advocating for the beheading of those who are, quote, disloyal to israel. it's comments like that which has not only led to the reaction of the joint lists but also why it's expected to do so well on on election day. >> we should thank lieberman whose racist views made the unity happen. thanks to his racism we have a dream of unity which we have been waiting for for a long time. now we hope the unity continues. >> reporter: a hope shared by many other israeli-palestinian voters as they prepare to make history at the polls. al jazerra nazareth, in northern israel. farmers from gaza have been

allowed to export their produce to israel for the first time in eight years. israel imposed a blockade on the palestinian territory in 2006. last week israel announced that it would allow gaza to resume the exports. the farmers have understandably welcomed the move. >> translator: we want more crossings and services to the farm, he for example, one kilo of tomatoes is sold to two she canless here which is the right price, exporting them for five for instance will benefit the farmers. >> translator: within a month they will export 250-tons of tomatoes and hope to increase the quantity. severe weather has destroyed vast stretches of apartment land in india's western state. unseasonable rain and hail storms have damaged an football fields and devastating standing crops like wheat and grain. a new report suggests india has emerged as the world's

largest arms importer. in the last decade the country has been replacing its so soviet-era to stock bile, but as the defense system grows it may need to buy even more weapons. faiz jamil explains. >> reporter: india's military is on a shopping spree. the past decade has seen the country rise to become the number one arms importer. since independence, india relied heavily on the soviet union and later russia, for most of its armorments. because both gave india a line of credit. >> there is no such policy to go east or any such thing. it's what we need at the affordable price and who is willing to give. >> reporter: some military analysts say india imports arms because it has no choice. >> we do not have a very robust downs industry base in the country. the defense industry policy opened only in 2001 to private sector. so that's the reason why we are the number one importers.

>> reporter: india's arms imports have risen stead liver the past 10 years. despite that, some defense analysts believe that as india's military responsibilities grow the country needs to buy more weapons. >> it isn't enough. the threats and challenges to india's nation the security are growing by the day. we have unresolved territorial and boundary disputes with pakistan and we are not -- and china. and we are not spending enough on defense to be able to cope with the growing threats and challenges. >> reporter: india has recently become closer to u.s., and may soon be able to procure american arms that have long been embargoed. at the same time, under prime minister my, the country's intention may well be to become a destination for arms manufacturers and buyers as well. india intend to spends $120 billion over the next five years to fill critical deficiencies and upgrade obsolete military equipment. the long-term plan is to

domestically produce most of its military hardware. since that could take years india is in the short-term expected to remain within of the largest arms importers in the world. faiz jamil, al jazerra new delhi. over 2,000 displaced pakistani families are making their way back home. years of fighting between the military and armed groups forced more than a million people from their homes in the country's tribal areas. but a new government initiative will see many of them return by the end of the month. kamal hyde he hyder has more now from islambad. >> reporter: although the government of pakistan says it is determined to help with the repatriation of almost 1.5 million tribal displaced by the ongoing conflict in the federally administered tribal areas along the border, it will face huge challenges, the initial ty step will be to allow the people to go back to south villages that were vacated in to

thousand nine when the military launched a major offensive think but last year the military launch ahead offensively in the tribal areas as well as other areas which led to the largest displacement. these people will now be allowed to go back if phases the government will have to be ready to provide them security and to help them rebuild their lives when they go back to their areas. however, they are going to be challenges and the country will certainly need foreign assistance to help overcome this challenge. a fire has broken out at one of russia's well known attractions the bell tower of the convents was engulfed in flames on sunday. the cause. blaze is being investigated but witnesses say it started in the wooden scaffolded surrounding the built. the unesco world heritage site has been undergoing renovation work. china accounts for nearly a quarter of all global sales in the art and antiques market.

so galleries around the world are eager to showcase their pieces at hong kong's art week. divya reports on a new art fair that's promising to turn the spotlight back onto local artists. >> reporter: for a couple of million dollars this two-meter bronze pumpkin is yours. or takes all forms here from, a golden bridge to a stack of colorful cakes along with well-known iconic pieces like this one from pop artist andy warhol. more than $3 billion is expected to change hands at this year's art show. it has put hong kong firmly on the art investors circuit but critics say the glitz is a events has done had for local artists . >> hong kong people are just not so outgoing. we don't love to go to event or meet new clients or meet people. they are a bit shy. for us a lot of the artists we approach them. >> reporter: so that's what hong kong's newest art fair set out

to do under big white tent by the harbor, 20% of the artists are local. you don't need a pile of money to buy a piece of art here, it's being billed as the more affordable and edgy art fair with mostly asian galleries featuring lesser-known talents. like vivian, whose work for the first time will be seen by those people and top collectors. >> it's a really mixed feeling. that i talked toike my friend and say, doou think my work is good enough? will i will be embarrassing myself? i am really worried and nervous. >> reporter: her creations stands alongside more flamboyant piece likes a chinese mona lisa, colorful buddhist statutes behind eye life sized sr rhino and t-story paintings by mainlands artists. vian creations exploring the theme of news and creation moved to be popular. >> i saw a simplistic but to the point message. i think today with all the technology and all of the busyness busyness i am very drawn to more minimalist colorful work which brings about

a feeling of i didn't and happiness. >> reporter: by the last day of the art fair, almost all of vivian's pieces have sold. showing that the international art scene has plenty of room for local artists and there is demand for it. divya, al jazerra, hong kong. now i know you won't forget but here is the website again aljazerra.com.