in his 1st campaign event since accepting the democratic nomination joe biden takes aim at president of trump. and a historic day sudan's transitional government and rebel groups signed a peace deal to release 20 years of conflict. venezuela's president is pardoning more than 100 political opponents in what the government is calling a move to further national reconciliation ahead of parliamentary elections in december well many of those included in nicolas maduro is to create took part in last year's failed rebellion which ultimately lacks military support or those pardons include roberta marrero the right hand man and former chief of staff to the opposition leader. it's being seen as an attempt to boost participation in the elections which opponents including. say they will boycott human rights groups in venezuela say around $330.00 palatable prisoners are being held in the country we see in humans in santiago and says madeira as move is part of a wider plan. there are 2 strategies one of them is the old the tried and true divide and conquer if president my little can get some of the people of from the opposition to to back off on their threat to boycott the elections then that would certainly divide the opposition which would be a plus for his side and as well it would try the other part of the strategy is to try to get people alike in the we get that but he lives who is his former competitor in the last presidential elections or the or actually the 1st time. around as a presidential elections because in the last elections the opposition boycotted that that told. him to get somebody with a big name who is recognized universally around the world as well as in venezuela as an opposition leader to take part and that is something that is apparently being negotiated as i speak in fact a short while ago i understand that. there was meeting with and we kick up the list who has broken with why the strategy of unifying the opposition in order to boycott those polls but on the contrary he believes that it's better to take part even if they don't win or rather if they lose the majority that the opposition once had in the national assembly but he is arguing that to stop taking part at all is just handing it all over for free to the government and that in according to the son of the sources i haven't got access to believe that if somebody like that i like that pretty list can take part and then maybe there will be further concessions on the part of the government to try to make this as the image of an election as possible under circumstances that are still considered far from ideal. lebanon's major political parties have named the diplomats mr prime minister designate was appointed hours before the french president arroyo to beirut and model my call is expected to push for more reform in the country which was so devastating. by last month's ports explosion so who is the man now in charge of leading the recovery almost suffer a db is an academic who's not well known among the lebanese public he's been lebanon's ambassador in germany since 2013 he does have close ties to the former prime minister najib mikati serving as his advisor from 2000 to 2004 he was part of the committee in charge of writing lebanon's new electoral law in 20052006 acted as chief of cabinet in 2011 then had reports from beirut. he was not well known to the public until now most of a db has been chosen to form lebanon's next government the former ambassador to germany is promising change at a time of deep crisis where we will choose a ministerial team with expertise and competency will also carry out quick reforms that will put the country on the path to recovery and end the dangerous financial economic and social bleeding. got the majority of votes during parliamentary consultations the post is reserved for a son a muslim and the country secretary and based governing system that is why support from former prime ministers had had 80 who heads the largest sunni bloc was essential to maintain national unity factions from a divided political landscape came together before the arrival of french president a man while mccall. the country needs to embrace the initiative of president macron because the french president is working with the international community to lift lebanon from underneath the rubble mccall returns to beirut less than a month after visiting the lebanese capital 2 days after the devastating port explosion he has become a main power broker in the political crisis leading efforts to persuade politicians to fight state corruption and push through reforms needed for an international monetary fund bailout plan. for the ship or by france. or has. a new role for the next. in his 1st act in office the new prime minister did what no lebanese official has done visited the neighborhoods damaged in the explosion we gaining the trust of the people won't be easy many accuse the political class who. pointed a deep for decades of corruption and unsafely storing explosive material after port . unlike his predecessor has. resigned in the aftermath of the august before explosion has the support from the majority of political forces but like a db could be held hostage by a political establishment that has been reluctant to carry out a state reforms that could threaten their interests but this time they may have little choice the state is close to collapse and the international community says there won't be blank checks in the words of the new prime minister doesn't have time and this may be its last opportunity to save itself. boot amasses announce it has reached an agreement with israel to end the latest escalation of violence in the region the country brokered deal follows more than 3 weeks of cross border exchanges of fire as well as bomb girls almost daily since august the 6th that was in response to airborne incendiary devices rockets launched from the palestinian territory sorry for cities in west jerusalem with more on the wider effects of. well it's all coming from the hamas side which is typical in these sorts of situations israel tends not to say anything about these announcements of the escalations or cease fires but according to israeli media there are israeli defense sources who are confirming what hamas is saying at least to the extent that there is an agreement what hamas says about this agreement is that it will stop its in century balloon launchers and explosive balloon launchers as well as that the what it calls its night time confusion operations were groups go along the border fence and throw explosives and cause disruption and in return it says that israel is undertaking to go back to the previous collation situation which means allowing fisherman out into the mediterranean again from gaza's ports easing the restrictions of goods coming in which had been closed down just to humanitarian goods and food and medicine and also presumably the recent restoration of fuel supplies to gaza only power station which has been lying idle for some 10 days now since the fuel supplies were cut off meaning that gaza only has about 3 to 4 hours of electricity per day and as you say they are also battling this corona virus outbreak the 1st community coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic so these various things seem to have conspired to try to quell the situation as it stands with the mediation of the qatari envoy in syria israeli strikes have killed 2 soldiers and wounded 7 others according to state media yes trikes damaged a number of military targets south of the capital damascus the military said its air defense system intercepted most of these training missiles. the 1st official flight from israel to the u.a.e. has landed in abu dhabi the trip follows a u.s. brokered deal between the 2 countries a high ranking delegation of american and israeli officials was on board including president trump's advisor and son in law jared kush they'll meet their amorality counterparts to discuss economic trade and cultural cooperation the flight was allowed to cross saudi arabia a space which is normally blocked to israeli air traffic honest indians oppose the pact. joe biden has called donald trump a toxic presence in the u.s. in his 1st campaign event since accepting the democratic nomination for president he urged americans to remove poison from politics of at best election we've arrived in a moment in this campaign we all know including the press in front of me do we get to. the moment when donald trump would be so desperate he'd do anything to hold on to power. dollar trump has been a toxic presence in our nation for 4 years poor as the how we talk to one poison how we treat one another poisoned the values this nation has always held dear poison in our very democracy. now this is a little over 60 days we have a decision to make. will we rid ourselves of this toxin or will we make a permanent part we make it a permanent part of our nation's character let's cross now to mike hanna live for us in washington d.c. some pretty strong words by joe biden on the president. indeed joe biden lacerated the president on a number of issues in particular the president's handling of the pandemic which joe biden described as useless also of course the president's attitude on national protests and joe biden making clear his belief that president trump far from attempting to curb the violence is in fact fermenting it by organizing his followers to come to demonstrate against the anti racism protesters so certainly very strong words from joe biden there he's been rather silent on the issue of president trump for a period of time but now he's getting his campaign underway proper certainly you are going to see attacks like this frequently in the days and weeks leading to the election. all right mike so what response is president trump made. well president trump is holding a news briefing at the moment and he has come up with the predictable response painting joe biden as weak on law and order saying that joe biden at no stage mentioned and teeth burn out this is a far left wing group not even an organization as such who president trump and his spokespeople have insisted are attempting to subvert and infiltrate the democratic party it's a far fetched notion but the president repeatedly made reference to and t.v. and joe biden's lack of condemnation of that particular group he repeated time after time in what was a rambling opening statement that joe biden is attempting to defund the police this is something that is factually incorrect he says that joe biden we can law and order pointing out says president that all the violence is happening in democratic controlled cities saying this was what would happen if joe biden managed to win the presidency so what we're hearing from president trump is what we've seen in tweets it for days now basically arguing against joe biden on a law and order basis president trump would put it like in washington thank you. i still had on the program a hero who story was the basis of the film to tell her why and now prey gene hunt cups are being arrested on terrorism charges. and these men played a song the better a scene authorities didn't like so they had to leave the country. hello there's some pretty nice sunshine across much of australian if i was the i'm pretty warm as well across the southeast also cloud to the south this is taking with us the rain and the stormy conditions and look at is owned by beach in sydney temperatures have been above the average so people not surprised me just follow a king to the shoreline now not quite as well munchies a 18 degrees a little bit of cloud around but it will begin to improve again but the rain really is coming through the great bikes and certainly it limp out the west will straight on tuesday a cool example 17 degrees with those rain showers more rain pushing in on wednesday so it will stay cloudy and a little bit cooler but warming up as a say in sydney 25 degrees and then we shall pull winds across the south sydney across into much of the tasmania that we had up tools asian are really we're focusing on this because this is our typhoon it is a major typhoon this one extremely strong and powerful moving north once again throughout choose a really impact. and continue to head north was that beginning to have an impact as well through much of western japan and also eastern portions of china now and she's day this storm could well have winds sustained at about 220 kilometers an hour as i say this is a powerful storm system will continue to move north throughout wednesday and then is expected full wednesday into thursday and as you can see it's heading towards the korean peninsula so very damaging winds and very heavy rain. from. what is left of the last ditch of this knowledge colonialization again america is assaulted for centuries. to amateur astrologers embark on a journey of discovery and reach a remote village in mexico's dry a region. that who has more to learn about the ways of the world. a roots will mexico's contemporary records and its mystery cost you $5.00 blondes is a decide as you. again a reminder at the top stories here on al-jazeera venezuela's president is part of a more than 100 salute ecole opponents include those involved in last year's failed rebellion are people close to the opposition leader one quite 0. been named lebanon's prime minister designate and tasked with forming a government the former ambassador to germany now faces calls to tackle corruption following the devastating beirut caught explosion. and a mass says it has reached a deal to end the recent escalation in violence with israel the country brokered deal comes after exchanges of bombs rockets on the center of the us. sudan's transitional government has signed a peace deal aimed at ending nearly 20 years of conflict the agreement was reached with various rebel groups neighboring south sudan mediated the deal ever morgan reports from the capital khartoum. a historic day for sadam as its transitional government and the opposition coalition the sudan revolutionary front find a peace deal the agreement was reached after nearly a year of negotiations and aims to end fighting across different regions a goal sudan's government says is its top priority. the deal we signed today is a commitment from us and the armed groups that signed it to the sudanese people who have suffered from the consequences of war such as destruction displacement and then looking for stability and better living it's also a commitment to get through the crucial times the country is currently going through the country is facing times which need real commitment to the post revolution needs and we hope sudan and its people have reaped the benefits of real change in this suffering. various groups that make up the sudan revolutionary front signed the deal each representing a different region the groups some armed had opposed the previous government of ahmed al bashir who was overthrown in april last year they say their regions have long been marginalized the new deal will give the groups 3 seats in the sovereignty council and a quarter of the seats in the executive council of the transitional government it also grants more power to local governments and autonomy to the southern states of blue nile and south kordofan their resources of the states will be shared between the local and federal governments it also paves way for the formation of a transitional legislative assembly with the sudan revolutionary front getting 25 percent of the seats today we presume that rudy is today and he will distinguish i mean. i did receive the roots of the crisis and hopefully you sit down and provide i think decisions and. i was 30. 3 forms and. governance. the war in the western region of darfur has been going on for 17 years it's killed 300000 and displaced 2000000 from their homes amidst reports of burning of villages and human rights atrocities the deal paves way for compensations to those affected mediated by south sudan it will also restart the 39 month transitional period and it will allow for the rebels to be integrated into the sudanese army during this period but some rebel groups have yet to sign a deal with the government we family believe. that military solution. to sudan internal conflict is going to be a viable option. as. the leader of a country that made you know. for i'm going to you. i must have them i was going to go to a country where local. rejection of do not use of force in resolving. it is all been busy of. the deal is not the 1st attempt at peace in sudan's conflict zones but the transitional government and the rebel groups say this time there is political will to make it to work people morgan august 0 khartoum. a man hailed as a hero for saving more than a files and lives during the $994.00 rwanda genocide has been arrested on terror charges for recess a beginner a government critic was arrested after more than 20 years of living in exile he won multiple human rights watch the saving lives during the genocide when an estimated 800000 rwandans were killed in 100 days al-jazeera is marking web reports. paul. was paraded in front of journalists who rely on his investigation bureau in the capital kigali for years it's accused him of trying to attack rwanda through rebel groups something he's consistently denied wanted to answer charges of suggest grown including terrorism financing terrorism and directed at france so as sun could not. find my buck but better to pop the trip to. another innocent random civilian on the run pittodrie. was hailed as a hero for saving more than a 1000 lives during rwanda's genocide in 1904 he was the manager of an international hotel where hundreds of people sheltered from massacring soldiers in militia about 800000 people died in the killings the majority of them ethnic tutsis it is very exciting his role was documented in the 2004 hollywood film hotel rwanda here he's seen attending a screening of the movie in berlin he won multiple humanitarian award. but he became critical of the government of president paul kagame e he said it protects an elite minority of took these marginalizes the hutu majority and failed to bring justice for hutus who also massacred. the hotel room on the narrative was once accepted in kigali but loyalists of president paul kagame e began to criticize it after criticized his government others who have disputed the official account of the genocide have been killed or jailed. the disagreement government a brand of questions questions about a political space and the question of impunity. accuses program elite units crimes committed during the genocide this is the point where they cannot agree he didn't commit any crimes. or begin a lived in exile for more than 20 years it's not clear exactly how he ended up back in garley in handcuffs. the investigation bureau said there was international cooperation but gave no further explanation malcolm webb al-jazeera. lithuania latvia and estonia have imposed sanctions on dozens of belarus senior officials including president alexander lukashenko in total of 30 have been targeted with travel bans all are accused of vote rigging and playing a role in violence against protesters following the disputed election on the 9th look at shanker an ally of russia denies electoral fraud and says the protest as a back from abroad his inclusion on the list sends a message to european countries of the 3 baltic states have led calls for the west to take firm action against the belarussians president who's been in power for 26 years and is described as europe's last dictator. well as those protests against continue many of his critics have had to seek refuge countries. matter group are now in the capital vilnius because of one small acts of resistance a few seconds of defiance against the government of russian president alexander lukashenko cost kirill got a lot of. their jobs and their freedom i thought we'd play the song one of the bosses would come in and say what the hell are you doing and we would turn it off no problem and it would just be something irritating but we would be honest to ourselves and when in the future i look back i wouldn't feel any shame for taking part in this event with. state sound engineers who'd been forced to play music at a government concert just before the presidential election. but they slipped in a famous song from 1986 used by the soviet groups. i still have them in your soup or more to the next moment there was this explosion of emotions people were singing along and i realized it would have risen and i knew i'd be arrested and one journalist ran up to me and said give me the number of one of your relatives because you know now you'll be arrested as the measure of the devil kirill and vladislav were tried and found guilty of resisting arrest despite video released by minsk police showing engineers complying with the arresting officers they were jailed for 10 days they have a deal of credit for it and for all that sort of. a spent 5 days in jail in the small cell that stank of chlorine made your eyes water it was so strong it was really hard to breathe properly and i didn't sleep at all now they've been given visas by neighboring lithuania and they're here with their girlfriends who wanted to come with them yeah yeah. i'm happy that my friends and family can sleep well knowing that i was safe and no longer in danger i left the country because it's. didn't have any other way out some members of california all of them say they want to go back home to belarus but not while xander is there these aren't activists or politicians just 4 of the hundreds of thousands of people who have dared to dispute the president's claim that he wanted 80 percent of the vote in the election in early august the baltic states of introduce largely symbolic travel bans on alexander lukashenko and other senior members of his administration the 66 year old leader is continuing to resist calls to step down and he seems to have the backing of the kremlin which on monday said the situation in belarus seems to be under control bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. supporters of exiled former ivorian president laurent gbagbo have submitted his candidacy for october us presidential election along with the former rebel leader sorrow he's taking on the current president ouattara and his fate for a controversial 3rd term reports. for the supporters of former president laurent gbagbo nothing short of his candidacy will do. dozens of the my job defying a bangle party gathering to prevent coverage now. inside the headquarters of the election commission was the opposition figure submitted an application on his behalf. lacuna would all go with. what we have done today signifies our will to project the exclusion of our candidate in the next election the election commission has a historic responsibility to the people of ivory coast to make it stand clear and make sure that whatever it does doesn't negate the constitution of our country. the clinton presidential election to incumbent president alassane ouattara but his refusal to leave office led to a civil war that killed more than 3000 ivorians without a valid passport to return who is still stuck in belgium after he was acquitted of war crimes by the international criminal court. the other candidate is. a formidable leader and parliament speaker was a close ally and coalition partner of president ouattara until the 2 fell apart of a succession plans he's now in europe after his plane was denied landing rights in ivory coast. there is. on august 6th president ouattara announced he's running for 30. his decision followed the sudden death of his chosen successor former prime minister i want to conclude by the opposition says it's unconstitutional his supporters say a 2016 constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of the population of the way for his candidacy in this election this. one. is allowed. to be needed because. of the fact of. the union of 8. and. a lot. want to be an easy. creature area because. that's already made 2 men did do in the next. 2 to shall do so. now is that a lot of what they. are is a lecture dozens of people have died in protest across ivory coast since that constitutional amendment of pretty 16 and there are fears of more violence as to what the 21 presidential election draws near a comedy al-jazeera. and reminder the top stories on al-jazeera venezuela's president is pardoning more than 100 political opponents thankfully those involved in last year's failed rebellion and people close to the opposition leader. the government is calling it a move to further national reconciliation ahead of parliamentary elections in december is being seen as an attempt to boost participation in the fight they say and even have more. we actually were not expecting anything of this magnitude i spoke a short while ago to an analyst in that act as you said that everybody was expecting some kind of a concession to the opposition on the part of the government but nothing this this broad and in fact the people who are being released effective immediately according to the statement issued by the guardian occasions minister include not only those right hand man or of the man who was his right hand man but about 25 deputies from the national assembly many of them were living in exile at this point others who have been staying in embassies and lebanese diplomats has been named the country's prime minister designate and task forming a government with stuff deaves appointment comes at the end of a month when the country's capital city was devastated by a massive explosion prompting the entire government to resign the former ambassador to germany now faces calls to tackle corruption and make a deal with the international monetary fund the desperately needed support. from our says it has reached a deal to end the recent escalation of violence with israel because brokered deal follows more than 3 weeks of cross border exchanges of fire israel has bombed garceau almost daily since august the 6th in response to airborne incendiary devices and rockets launched from the palestinian territories u.s. democratic presidential nominee joe biden has called donald trump a toxic presence in the country he said his opponent was poisoning political debate as protests over police brutality towards black people continue trying to hit back saying biden's often vandals. ate and most of the nation's headlines here on al-jazeera if you find a latin america is coming next there's more news in 25 minutes. we understand the differences around similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take a al-jazeera bringing you the news and current affairs that matter to you. down to 0. viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the 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