>> one day before israeli voters go to the polls prime minister benjamin netanyahu reverses course on the two-state solution. >> i think that whoever moves to establish a palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical islamic for israel. >> secretary of state john kerry takes time tour switzerland during negotiations with iran. and putting an end to rumors, the russian president reappears

after being out of the public eye for ten days. what vladimir putin had to say. good evening and thanks for joining us on al jazeera am i'm stephanie syamericamany i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. at stake the political future of benjamin netanyahu. >> said he would not allow a palestinian state. wanting to give away cpts opinion polls suggest he's trading fm. >> only boax shell one of its co-leaders sippy libney, made her party merged from isaac her

disog's labor party. aye isaac hertzog's party. >> no palestinian state if he's reelected. >> i think whoever moves to establish a palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical islamic terrorist attacks against israel. this is genuine reality that's been created here in the past few years ago. those who do not understand that bury their heads in the stand. >> netanyahu is focused on security in hopes of staying prime minister after six years in power. but suggest he's behind isaac hertzog. calling for renewed talks with

palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >> i believe they are part of the objectives of reaching an agreement with the palestinians by way of settlement blocks under israeli sovereignty a swap of land. >> hertzog's pledge to many cover israeli need. >> unsatisfying, there should be someone to replace him. >> but neither netanyahu nor hertzog will be able to govern israel outright. they will have to broker. polls suggest that hertzog could win as many as 26 seats tomorrow. while netanyahu will win more than 20. shawler political parties will soon become king makers, likely choosing between a government focused on israel's security or its economy.

dana lewis al jazeera jerusalem. >> parties get proportional representation in the knesset. tomorrow more than 5.9 million israelis will be able to vote in the elections and voter turnout is traditionally very high drawing somewhere between 60 and 80%. >> there are 25 party tickets running with 120 seats up for grab in the knesset. 60 seats are needed to run by an outright majority but that has never happened. parties work together to form a majorities. money is pouring out on both sides or at least pouring in, so far $60 million has been spent on these elections. >> we'll have more in a moment but small signs of progress in the latest talks with iran or its nuclear program. negotiations in switzerland did not lead to any break throughs.

as james bays reports from lausanne a deadline is looming. >> u.s. secretary of state relaxing after intense negotiations. >> secretary kerry good afternoon. is that thumbs up from secretary kerry? they were certainly intense negotiations, meetings between the u.s., and the iranians side headed by form minister mohamed zarif, lasting almost four hours. mr. zarif made his most upbeat comments today. cameras had been kept a long way away, we could make out his words, "finally we're getting something." and meetings in brussels, a dploiks meetingdploims isdiplomacy

is underway .1is. >> now he's in the home stretch. we're in the 11th hour and he probably more than anyone else with the possible exception of president obama wants to seal the deal. >> secretary kerry is expected to stay in lausanne all week. are zarif will return in the coming days but the end of the iranian new year or nauruz. time to get the deal is tight. james bays al jazeera lausanne. >> the obama administration is scrapping plans to pull thousands of troops out of afghanistan. the u.s. is planning to reduce its force from 10,000 to nearly 5500. appealing to president obama to keep more service members on the ground to help with training and

counterterrorism efforts. president obama meets with ashraf ghani. >> after the uz u.s. imposed sanction he on venezuela. few now know how the new law will be used. >> sweeping powers for venezuela's president maduro, his general assembly passed the bill on sunday. people in venezuela have woken up to a new law. while some think it's a reason to celebrate others are gravely concerned. antiimperialist law few know what it will mean for country. greetwith gloom on the opposition benches. >> they want an enabling law that allows them to regulate

everything so they can hide the crisis venezuela is going through. because this crisis is internal, fiscal economic, there is no sector that can escape the inincompetence of the government. >> nationalist crusade. ftc. >> translator: either you are with me or you are with the the yang empire. this is not time to be two faced or hypocritical. >> reporter: in a country facing one of the highest inflation rates and shortage of foods and medicines perfect destruction of the country ahead of the parliamentary elections. >> this law is meant to strengthen maduro's internal power. he lacks authority and respect that chavez commanded so he needs and excuse to gain this and he is taking advantage of

this event to strengthen his hands. >> reporter: the government has scheduled two weeks of military rehearsals but few believe an armed attack is underway. seen the government gain more control, venea lopez, al jazeera, caracas. >> in depth look at the elections and what they mean for the future of israel, the palestinians and the u.s. >> plus the rising hunger in south sudan. the weather is preventing food aid from getting to millions of people.

i. >> our in context segment we're going to take a look at the israeli elections. >> right wij candidate benjamin netanyahu is hoping for a fourth term as prime minister. but as dana lewis reports isaac

hertzog is leading in the polls. >> isaac hertzog doesn't have the swagger of his political rival but he may have what it takes to beat benjamin netanyahu in the israeli elections this week. he recently told interviewers, when i ran for the leadership of the labor party they said no charisma no chance. they laughed at me. 54 years old he's a lawyer by training but no stranger to politics. he has held a series of posts including housing minister and minister of welfare and housing services. his background is more than notable. his father hyam hertzog was sixth president of israel. his grandfather israel's chief rabbi. military background not only ooh an army major but he served in

the elite corps of 8800. hertzog has formed a left wing alliance called the zionist block with sippy livney. israelis are prepared to vote against the incumbent prime minister out of anger. they're fed up with high cost of living including rampant inflation and housing prices which make buying a home or renting too expensive for most budgets. hertzog described by one columnist as a goodie two-shoes technocrat, has pledged to support the united states in its negotiations with iran. unlike netanyahu who hertzog claims has damaged the negotiations with their best

ally. >> in order to move with the palestinians and have confidence building measures i intend to free settlement outside the blocks. the blocks in my mind are very important and vital for israel's well-being and security. i believe they are part of the objectives of reaching an agreement with the palestinians, over a swap of land. >> polls say hertzog won't been an outright victory on election night. he may garner enough votes to form a coalition government and as he says, just as i surprised everyone in the past i'm going to surprise everyone this time too. danadana lewis, al jazeera jerusalem. >> to discussion what the outcome of the elections would mean we were joined by a former

israeli foreign minister. i asked him if a zionist win would mean benjamin netanyahu would be no longer prime minister. >> not necessarily. the battle is between two potential political alignments and natural allies of neighbor which is now called the zionist camp or whatever the natural allies for a future government are more on the side of lehud than on the side of labor. labor does not have very many national allies to form a establishment. bigger than the one potentially an ally for labor for die onist camp. >> right, he wanted to get rid of some of the people he had formed the government with and thought he would win these elections pretty easily.

what do you think would happened is there a bibi fatigue? >> there is a number of reasons there is an exhaustion the nation feels with this man. i mean people are tired fed up, he has been around for quite a while, and people did not see extraordinary achievements for such a long term in office. this is one reason at reason his focus on security issues. people are more concerned about economic and social issues. he hasn't been able to produce any promising results he believes the strongest asset

that is security against iran et cetera, people are not concerned with these issues. his concern is on the dark side of the moon. >> second longest serving prime minister.israel you have the problem on the other side they don't have a charismatic figure like netanyahu. >> you're right, he is a very good man hertzog is a politician very proficient politician, he knows very well the craft of negotiating within the where the prime minister, he is not a figure that atracks the masses. >> i believe it is fair to say that we have never seen so much met ling in each other lekud pro zinist union and vice versa

including netanyahu's speech on capitol hill. depending on who wins tomorrow? >> these relations between israel and the united states respond to far deeper trends in our common history in the nature of our relations for many years now. if we have a left wing government or left of center government relation might be far easier. between the leaders obviously. so i think that one of the outcomes of these elections might be precisely because of the problems that netanyahu has created for himself and for israel in the international community particularly now in the united states turning the israel issue into a partisan issue whereas it has always been

a bipartisan question. glue also said he believes the zionist, party would not undermine netanyahu's legitimacy. >> the joint list is a political party made up of arab parties. members of fatah urged to vote for the majority party. imtiaz tyab reports. >> a better israel for its citizens that's the message an alliance of israeli-palestine political parties. the first time the parties divided among islamist and nationalist parties have run side by side, potentially make history by becoming the third largest faction after the march

17th vote. henny zoabi is one of the list's most known politicians. an outspoken speaker defense the government,. >> this unity for the palestinians citizens of israel is an indication of power and is political to empower ourselves facing racism, facing racist laws facing a state which define itself, not for all the citizens. >> reporter: palestinians make up 20% of israel's population of 8 million. many of those voters believe the political alliances predicting success in the poll will be the

greatest step torts equality. to dramatically change israelis's preliminary map but the parties have 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 parties have been overshadowed to what led to the union in the first place. when lieberman helped pass the so-called governability law which sets the 3.25% threshold his rhetoric has become even more heated. including abdicating for the beheading of those who are quote disloil to israel. it is comments like that -- disloyal to israel. why it is expected to do so well on election day. >> translator: we should thank lieberman, thanks to his racism

we have reached unity a dream which people have been waiting for, nor a long time. we now hope this unity continues. >> reporter: a hope shared by many israeli palestinian voters as they prepare to make history at the polls. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera jerusalem. >> i asked how the leadership in the west bank sees the israeli election. >> well, unfortunately there isn't much expectations from these elections mainly because the differences between mr. netanyahu's camp and the hertzog camp really isn't big when it comes to the palestinian issue. in reality the palestinian issue and the need to end this conflict and to allow palestinians to have an independent state was almost absent from this election campaign. on the contrary, both camps have been advocating more annexation

of palestinian land, more settlement expansion, and both of them are denying the palestinians the right to have jerusalem as their capital as part of an independent state. so there isn't much excitement about which of these two camps would win. on the other hand, the only exciting thing for us is the fact the parties manage to unify in one block the palestinians inside israel would be able to have a bigger representation in the knesset and bigger ability to defend their rights against description. >> so how will that unity party make any kind of a difference even if expected it could become possibly the third largest vote getter? >> it will make a big difference because it is the true peace example israel. especially there are some jewish people on this list who are running on the arab list and

that shows the proper relationship that should exist between the palestinians and israelis, if they really believe in peace. i think this block will have an important -- an important role in supporting the palestinian struggle for independence and freedom and the occupied territories but also it will have a bigger power in terms of protecting the rights of the palestinians who are subjected to racial discrimination in israel itself. and defending their right. the fact they all managed or the unified in one list, regardless of the fact they have ideologic differences, is an example for us to follow to end the internal division between west bank and gaza and also have a unified palestinian front in the occupied palestinian territories. >> what kind of relationship exists between the palestinian leadership and the parties of the joint list? are you holding discussions? have you held discussions all along? >> all the time.

we have good relations we are in solidarity with them, they are in solidarity with us. of course the palestinian official side avoids interfering directly in the elections in israel as much as we expect the israelis not to interfere in our affairs although they do on a daily basis. the relations on both parties are very good relations because they are part of our people, they are part of the palestinian people which is subjected to the same kind of discrimination whether you're in israel the west bank or gaza or refugee that has been displaced from your country with force we are unified in one thing our right as palestinians to return to our home land, our right as palestinians to be free and our right as palestinians to be free specifically from the system of

apartheid, make it a much worse system than apartheid system in south africa at one point in time. >> that was the secretary general of the palestinian initiative moustafa barguti. >> up next why what he said raised eye browse from damascus to europe about. >> plus the dramatic return of russian president vladimir putin after being awol. crimea, marks the one year anniversary of f being annexed by russia.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, israeli artifacts smuggled into america.

>> and typhoon pam in vanuatu. >> trying to strike a deal before the summit of the americas in panama next month. normalizing relations with cuba for the first time in 50 years. outrage following the rape of a nun. broke into a confit in west bengal. protestors l took to the street calling for justice. india has a weak history of prosecuting sex crimes. >> the united nations is opening an investigation into a plane crash from 1961 that killed a then u.n. secretary general. the pleanlthe plane went down eight miles from an airport.

set to begin work on march 30th. >> syrian president bashar al-assad is calling for peace negotiations, wants to restart diplomacy four years after the war began. rosalyn jordan has the story. >> the u.s. is clear, bashar al-assad has to go if there is to be peace. but now secretary of state john kerry appears to be changing the obama administration's position. >> to get bashar al-assad to negotiate we're going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating. that's underway right now. >> aids say kerry was not called for direct talks with assad. >> he was using assad as a

shorthand, representatives of the regime. we've made it clear that was not a policy or a process that's ongoing. >> with i.s.i.l. in control of large areas of syria and rebels in disarray, some say washington has really no choice to make some accommodations of the regime. kerry got ahead of the administration. >> to utter those words of negotiating with assad not to make the distinction between assad and the regime was taken as a real slap in the face and it's really hard i think to get the opposition which is unfortunately divided to the negotiating table in the first place. and unfortunately that's america's job. >> secretary kerry's comments may not be generating much applause but they are restarting a debate on how to end one of

the bloodiest civil wars in recent times and on how to get a leader who few like out of power. rosalyn jordan, al jazeera the state department. >> richard murphy former u.s. ambassador to syria joins us, mr. ambassador did to have you on the program. what do you make of secretary kerry's comments is he leaving an opening that sood that assad was making amaketo remain as president after four years of war? >> i think he was making an opening, that we are ready to talk to assad. that was quickly pulled back by the state department a day or so afterwards and the position hasn't changed we don't think he can survive as president. >> in the meantime, the turkish prime minister saying this in response to kerry's statement he

said you are going to have what negotiation with a regime that has killed over 200,000 people and has used chemical weapons unquote. how can these equivocations if we can call them, to making like turkey who wants assad out of power. >> we don't disagree with the turks about the long term prospects of assad. we did try in geneva a couple of years ago there has to be a transitional regime and at the end of the day he isn't going to be there. that wasn't accepted by assad first of all he's not about to commit political suicide. wasn't accepted by the russians and on the side by the iranians. they see in assad the best of the alternatives that's presented themselves. >> the assad the best of the alternatives given that i.s.i.l. is now part of the opposition? you had the u.n. envoy to syria

stefan de masturek describing assad as part of the solution, is there a realistic solution without limb in the picture? >> no, i don't think there is. but that doesn't mean we're predicting he will be the long term leader of syria. he is the leader of the giambi, regime, he has long term supporters, how do you get one over the other? they are quick to say he's responsible for 220,000 now dead, millions displaced refugees in their country refugees in the neighborhood. they just don't see how they can accept him as the future leader. >> is u.s. foreign policy on syria right now clear to you? is it coherent and is it working? >> no, in a word no. it is -- we're muddling through

we're reacting and we haven't put the resources into making a position strong enough to change the direction of events. >> meanwhile you have assad who met with the iranian ministry of economy today, there is a picture that came out of those two. you mentioned iran, russia also another ally with assad you have iran negotiating a nuclear deal, and iran playing a large role in iraq. i think the question has to be asked, is u.s. policy allowing iran fill a power vacuum in this part of the world? >> iran is a major power in that part of the world and as we see it most clearly in iraq today. the iranian support for the leadership in iraq, in combating i.s.i.s, is key. >> is that a good thing? i mean obviously when it comes to combating i.s.i.l. it is but to have iran also have influence in syria to this degree?

>> well, it's a dilemma. we're in the original marsh and up to our knees in the muck and we don't have a clear policy to get out of the present situation. >> ambassador richard murphy, thank you so much for your insights this evening. >> thank you. >> antonio. >> thank you stephanie. human rights group says the 2014 attacks on the city of raga, gives everying indication.being terrorist. nobody military spots including a mosque and a market. now the coalition against i.s.i.l. in iraq. the closing government troops and shia forces stormed into the city of tikrit, taking a series of pauses in the fighting. officials say the town is booby

trapped. i.s.i.l. made bomb which they say is one of several that exposed them to chlorine gas. the fighting in tikrit has leveled the tomb of saddam hussein. the tomb is now just rebel. shia militia blame the destruction on i.s.i.l. antiquities dealer based in dubai has been selling looted pieces. federal foicials officials learned about the theft in 2008 and returned the items. david petraeus and how to respond to i.s.i.l. acting as a military expert, petraeus recently struck a plea

deal for sharing classified information with his mistress. >> the referendum was condemned by ukraine and the u.s. aas rory challands reports it's been a year of difficult transition. >> reporter: the transition of the crimean spring is just days away, in simferopol, the patriotic jubilation has begun. on the wind-buffeted steppe land these vineyards have struggled through winter profits. but with the director it has come with upsides. >> the ukrainian market is considerably smaller than the russian. since crimea became part of russia we had the status of domestic producers and can easily sell our produce plus we

have good government support. >> ukraine provided 85% of crimea's water down this pipe. now canal it fed is dry. the ukraine shut the water off last april. for other kinds of businesses the problems have been financial. elena's company sells. >> all the money in our current account, for a small business like us, the sum was considerable. we needed the money for taxes salaries, bill to supplies, developing our business, the money is irretrievable now. >> with crimea now off limits for most international banks the peninsula has become predominantly cash only. even getting cash out could be difficult. shortly after crimea rejoined russia visa and mastercard pulled out their services in the region. here is my visa card. the only thing can i do is

cancel. this has been annoying for individuals and businesses. there is no sign when the services will come back. near the airport children's murals proclaim the barren barrenness. is people like pavel and elena may be unwise to toast a prosperous future yet. rory challands are al jazeera crimea. >> sham referendum in crimea, the united states reiterates its condemnation of a vote that wasn't voluntary transparent or democratic. we do not nor will we recognize russia's attempted annexation, calling for putin to recall his annexation of crimea. >> today was the russian

president's first public meeting since march 5th. are he foiled rumors that he was in switzerland with his girlfriend for the birth of their child. he said things would be boring without gossip. >> death of russian politician boris nemtsov one suspect lawyer says the man had an alibi on the night nemtsov was killed. the charges have been changed the accusation of ever murder, based on political or ideologic hatred. nemtsov was gunned down late last month near the kremlin. >> coming up devastation in the island nation of vanuatu. >> the category 5 storm leaves hundreds dead. we still don't know the extent of the damage.

>> the billion dollar art fair. in hong kong, also artful for those with smaller wallets.

>> today in our off the radar segment we focus on hunger in south sudan. aid workers are struggling to deliver aid supplies to more than 2 million people before the rainy season begins. katherine soy last the story. >> rainy season starts in april. most of these supplies have to be delivered in areas that are hard to reach because of poor roads and poor security. the civil war that started a little over a year ago still control large areas. these food rations are being repackaged for air drops in places that cannot be accessed by road and mainly controlled by rebels. we're in a situation where 2.5 million are facing acute hunger and with no peace deal,

and the peak hunger season coming we can only see that number swelling. >> reporter: in many parts of the oil rich but troubled upper nile state food is transported by boats using the river nile. it is faster and less dangerous. we are now heading to kodok a center holding about 7,000 displaced people. it's difficult to reach by road and the needs are many. >> because of logistics and government bureaucracy the aid is only arriving now. they are given 15 days of rations to last them a month. >> when the crisis happened we couldn't harvest and the displaced people who came were more than us so we had to feed them. >> reporter: last february when the village was overrun by rebels. >> translator: sometimes we get food. sometimes it's delayed. but we have to eat because we

don't work. >> reporter: donor countries have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to assist valuable people here but money to help quickly move the aid to where it's supposed to be is needed now. katherine soy, al jazeera kodok in south sudan. streets of lahor to call for security at churches. police used tear gas to clear protesters who blocked a major highway. on sunday at least 14 people were killed on attacks outside that city, pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for those attacks. in brazil, president dilma rousseff spoke. the protesters called for her to

leave office, in light of the scandal over petrobras the state owned oil company. >> reporter: the day after protesters, everyone is taking stock of what the impact of those protests may be. you have people who support the impeachment of president rousseff feeling it will build momentum to help her step down, meanwhile she and the top level cabinet members are trying decide what the best move is, they would address issues of corruption and also tackle political reform in this country. two big issues but issues they promised to address before. we have been speaking to people and this is what they had to say. >> politicians will respond only if people take action. >> translator: in my opinion there is no basis for impeachment legally speaking,.

>> translator: brazillians don't want corruption, this doesn't represent who we are. we need to change that situation, the only way we have to do this is the voice of the people taking to the street. >> dilma rousseff has been elected and can govern, but she has to decide to govern and onot disappear because the people have already come out. >> reporter: such sentiments perhaps an open door, from people who are upset with the president that perhaps impeachment isn't the only annals. perhaps there is a way for dilma rousseff to change course and to respond to this massive movement and make them belief that she -- believe that she is a president for all brazilns. >> that's adam rainey reporting. cyclone pam the monster

cyclone to arrive at vanuatu over the weekend. andrew thomas is in van juan tu with more. >> from the air you get glimpses of the destruction. but it's up close that you can see the full impact cyclone pam had on port villa. aid agencies said 90% of the buildings in the area capital have been damaged many beyond repair. rain and floodwaters played what the wind did worse. thankfully though few people died in port villa and injuries too were light. at the hospital was colin who hurt his foot near the storm. back at his house he showed us how he got the injury, saving his garage and car. it was futile. >> the metal of the garage sliced your foot? >> yes.

>> his partner pleaded with him not to go out in the storm. >> i was crying. i was panicked. i thought i'm going to lose him. >> is he a builder there will be plenty of work coming his way, within meters of his house is destruction. houses crushed by trees. boats. thrown from the floirl idealic idyllic lagoon. >> the house has been destroyed. the house had been in annie's family for generations. >> emotion. you know, it's really sad when the roof just came off. we just can't do anything. >> similar stories are everywhere. help is arriving into port villa

but a lot of help will be needed here and many outlying islands haven't been heard from since the storm. andrew thomas, al jazeera, port villa, vanuatu. emergency drill to prospective citizens from threats. >> up next why so few people are responding.

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on "the stream". >> "the stream". tomorrow, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> al jazeera america international news. shining a light on the untold stories. >> believe in yourself and you'll get there. >> making the connections to the bigger picture. >> shouldn't you have been tougher? >> get the international news you need to know. al jazeera america. >> the american civil liberties union is suing the white house. the white house has acknowledged the secretive program in which it targets with drone strikes. the aclu says the public should have all the information about the white house criteria for the list in order to debate the program's merits. coming up at 11:00 p.m. eastern a conversation with the aclu's deputy legal director, we'll find out why the group is going to court now and what's

different about this lawsuit. >> in chile life lifeguards are hoping that drone technology can help to save lives testing them out on beaches drones are able to reach people in danger faster than they can giving people a chance to hang onto something while they're waiting for hope to arrive. >> sounds like a great idea. >> yeah it does. >> in south korea, the government is running a 20 minute emergency defense drill. >> in the case of a mill tray tack or defense drill few people seem concerned about the alarm drills. >> when the sirens blare everyone knows the drill. and that seems to be the problem. they know it so well relatively few people respond. around seoul city hall, civil defense teams go through their emergency responses. turning the subway into a

shelter. in the nearby meong dong district people start to listen to these civil defense marshals then leave the shelter for the stop. but they're not stopping they keep coming. two years ago when north-south tensions had reached near fever pitch the atmosphere was different. even some south koreans seemed concerned. today the mood is verging on the apathetic. on the heavily fortified border between north and south korea everything is idyllic. people had to be reminded a drill was taking place. >> when they hear, the siren people think oh that must be a drill but i never give much thought to it. >> it doesn't matter if the

siren is going. there's still many tourists. it's not an issue for us. >> back in seoul this drill finished without many knowing there was a drill at all. >> they know what they are supposed to do. they have education from whatever school they have but i mean knowing what to do and doing that is two different things. >> and everyone here is hoping it is never put to the test. rob mcbride, al jazeera seoul. >> now our global view segment where we look at how local news segments are reacting. in current the the economist bibi's a bad deal. failed to pursue a two state solution with the palestinians, that could cost the jews or its moral standing. >> assad has lit up a lot of opinion pages many criticizing

u.s. policy flip flops but the abu dhabi based newspaper said an absent u.s. is the worst of all possible worlds. when america considering leaving, others fill the gap. >> the destruction of archaeological sites by i.s.i.l he calls i.s.i.l. more ontic. johnson a history buff writes if someone are formed an antiquities protection force he would be very temped to sign up. local are artists have been overshadowed by bigger names divya gopalan takes us through the exhibits. >> for a couple of million dollars this two meter bronze pumpkin is yours. all forms from a golden brim to

a stack of colorful cakes along with well-known pop artist andy warhol. this year's art basil has put hong kong firmly on the art investor's circuit. but little for local artists. >> hong kong people are just not so outgoing and they don't really love to go to events or meet -- meet like new clients or meet people. they're a bit shy. for us a lot of these artists we approach them. >> that is what hong kong's newest art show sought out to do. 20% of the artists are local. you don't need a pile of money to buy a piece of art here. edgy art fair with mostly asian artists, like vivian poon.

>> this makes people like i talk to like my friend, do you think my work is good enough, am i embarrassing myself? i'm really worried. >> her creations stand up to other piece like a chinese mona lisa a silver rhino and vivian's creations which proved to be popular. >> i saw a simplistic but to the point message i think today with all the technology and busyness busyness i'm drawn to minimalist colorful work which brings on joy and happiness. >> all of vivian's pieces have sold showing the international art scene has plenty of room for new artists. divya gopalan, al jazeera, hong kong.

tomorrow the are outbreak's effect on children. fault lines is up next, i'll see you again in an hour. >> every day across america military-style raids are taking place. local police dressed like soldiers break down doors in the hunt for drugs. >> this is not what we think of as police in a democratic society. this is way out of proportion.