Carnival and take some very special pastries. Royal jubilees beatrix a former clean up the netherlands celebrates her immediately birthday. And old fashion sebastian shot up with a technique of a bygone era. Well its that time of year again in venice where the serious streets and canals are filled with a masked revelers an elaborate costumes carnival or kind of volley as the nations call it is in full swing for the next two weeks for visitors its a feast for the eyes and for their taste buds as well special pastries big just for this occasion are on offer all over town and of course your own max was on hand for the Opening Ceremony is that with a view of the action from the water. One of the worlds most famous water parangs the historic boat procession on the rio de connick jr officially opened the carnival in venice around one hundred twenty boats and gondolas flown to deal on the kind of. Every year thousands of visitors from italy and abroad come to see the waterborne spectacle. And
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 im stephanie syamericamany im stephanie sy. And im 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 hes trading fm. Only boax shell one of its coleaders sippy libney, made her party merged from isaac her disogs labor party. Aye Isaac Hertzogs party. No palestinian state if hes 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 thats 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 hes behind Isaac Hertzog. Calling for renew
The last full day of campaigning in israels election. More than 90 of buildings in the island nation have been destroyed, the president calling on the world to help his people. Aid agencies say flights have confirmed their worst fierce of widespread destruction. Heres our correspondent now Andrew Thomas whose managed to reach vanu you atu. The president of atu described the cyclone as a monster that will take many years to recover from. He believes half his countries population has been affected. There isnt information from the Southern Islands yet the ones believed to be most badly hit. 90 of buildings have been damaged, whether its a tree through the roof like this one or totally destroyed. What was it like during the storm . Its really beyond description, but it really was very, very strong. There was a lot of flooding, and there was a lot of rain and the winds so strong that you cant see anything, anything at all. Did you stay you here during it . Yes we stayed and the corner came
And hong kong gets cultural. A multi billion dollars festival indicators to chinas growing obsession with art and an took antiques but first, International Negotiations are resuming in switzerland to reach ideal owe Irans 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 Alassad 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 ever
A new force in israeli politics and we meet the new alliance to play a key role in this weeks election. International negotiations are resuming in switzerland to reach a dial on Iran Nuclear Program and hopes some progress can be made and deadlines to reach a framework deal expires at the end of this month and a resent u. S. Secretary of state john kerry an attending the discussions and diplomatic editor james is there too and the talks are at a crucial stage and need agreement by the end of the month and there are big gaps remaining between the two sides, arent there . Big gaps and the deadline is coming very close, this is the crunch period in many ways and we dont have a running commentary of exactly what is going on in these negotiations but i think some clues being discussed around the table in their meeting right now is some of the participants of the talked and not just secretary kerry and moonez the and the secretary of the United States around that table discussing some of the