A day after most of the biz named the new Prime Minister. On kong launches a mass covert Testing Program but many are staying away because theyre worried china may use it to crackdown on activists. Plus we talked to 2 belorussian sound engineers forced to flee their country because of a song they played at a rally. Tears in jubilation in venezuela dozens of opposition politicians of walked free from prison after being pardoned by president Nicolas Maduro some have been accused of attempting to overthrow the government critics say its all down to the elections in december a latin america at its embassy in yemen has more. After months and in many cases years of imprisonment opponents of president last month were reunited with loved ones to receiving an unexpected pardon lawyer in greek in a deal would had a stroke in jail thanked the government for letting him be reunited with his family while and by argued shed been unjustly imprisoned. I told him until i was blue in the face that i had nothing to do with me of that my only crime was being the neighbor of someone of interest pardons before elections arent new but the magnitude of these were. The main clue did scores of prominent government foes like program tonight a little Opposition Leader idles chief of staff. For any give out whos been in the Chilean Embassy for nearly 2 years was revealed to be several hed been battling all Political Prisoners or opposition deputies in hiding or in exile all of them accused of treason and more. As a warm up to the pardons venezuelas most emblematic political prisoner of one click a sense was released late friday and put under house arrest still accused of plotting to kill president Nicolas Maduro which he denies that the list of pardons is long but excludes Opposition Leader one by the all and mill blogger llopis both of whom a little has vowed to put behind bars for alleged crimes against the state the Government Strategy is obvious the school that he will middle. Number one objective is to gain legitimacy for decembers parliamentary elections its essential even his russian and chinese eleazer demanding some sort of recognition of the polls so for that to happen there has to be participation in the elections from at least part of the internationally recognized opposition feliks a has says the pardons may be just a 1st major step. Another concession could be to allow major parties and candidates barred from taking part in elections to run after all that could include twice president ial candidate and a good capitalist who believes that boycotting the poll would be even worse the competing in an uneven Playing Field was won by the whos recognized by more than 50. Countrys has been israel as interim president has given opposition parties until the end of the week to publicly join him in a united front to boycott an election that is widely considered uncompetitive not to be outdone the government has extended the period for registering candidates until fridays compromise than israel into waiting to see what more concessions mughal may be willing to make to try to solve the general election that he may win at the polls but not in the gym isee unless his foes take part to see in human aljazeera. French president emanuel microland says lebanon needs to form a new government quickly to get out of his deep political and economic crisis is on the 2nd day of a visit to lebanon last if i did was named Prime Minister just hours before my car landed in beirut before he met said even my own visit. Shes one of the out of the worlds most famous singers and a rare symbol of unity in lebanon its his 2nd trip to the city since an explosion killed almost 200. 00 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless lets go live to algiers it is in the heart of whos in beirut for us so 2nd visit by Emmanuel Michael what do you think the message is this time. Well france really has been projecting power and influence since mccrum became the 1st official to visit lebanon since the port explosion on august 4th just 2 days later he arrived in beirut hes now in a helicopter over the so over the bay report we understand hes going to visit beirut port shortly french teams have been helping in the investigations theyve been helping in the in the initial days and rescue operations as well as in relief efforts so a lot of symbolism here because mccrone chose to return on on a day where lebannon marks 100 years since the declaration of the state of greater lebanon on that declaration was proclaimed by france the french mandate authorities have to remember lebanon was a French Colonial france france was living on the former colonial power so this is france reviving its influence in lebanon saying that you know we we are we hold we hold keys to to find a political solution theres also another message france is saying that it can be a mediator between the rivalry between the United States and iran the u. S. And iran have local allies. In lebanon and france is standing in the middle so really a lot of symbolism in the very fact that the french official mccrone chose not to meet political players before visiting pharaohs who is the unifying figure in lebanon before planting a tree to mark the 100 years of lebanons nationhood and visiting the port really sends a lot of messages on who is who is the main power broker today in the country so it is just as you were talking were just seeing pictures now of what we believe to be a helicopter landing on an Aircraft Carrier i think and we also saw pictures of the fly pass that was made in his honor the last time that Emmanuel Mccomb was here he was greeted by crowds of people he was hugging them they were cheering him but how do lebanese people feel about the fact that france now has such a firm grip in lebanese politics. Well there are mixed feelings you mention how he was welcomed in disaster stricken neighborhoods he was seen as the savior he did what no lebanese official has since done and that is meet the people talk to those who survived the blast and many believed after the International Community is stepping in to force the lebanese Political Class who have been governing this country for decades to change to leave power to carry out much needed reforms but now there is some are blaming him for agreeing or backing the appointment of a new Prime Minister who many believe is just the product of the system and that he is no different than the Political Class and that he will be held hostage but mccrone has been trying to explain to the lebanese people theres only so much france can do those in power were elected and france cannot intervene but he is promising in an interview with the politico that in 3 months if there is no fundamental change france and the International Community have tools that they can use and that is impose sanctions on politic. Who are not engaging in the process of reform as well as withhold much needed Financial Assistance to revive the economy so the french president using the carrot and the stick mixed feelings with some who believe that you know change can be brought about with International Pressure while others believe that this is interference in the internal affairs of levanon they were mentioning before course that most of the idea has now become the Prime Minister designate of lebanon he is determined he said yesterday in statements that he was determined to move the country ahead that there had to be an interim government of these 2 technocrats and. Officials who were specialists in this particular areas to be able to try and get lebanon out of the situation in which it finds itself particularly in the economic crisis its facing but one of the key issues that has always been faced by governments is allegations of corruption is there any indication of what most of us. Will have to do to prove to the people of lebanon that his government is free from those allegations. Like you mentioned many believe he is a hostage of the political establishment who appointed him the different parliamentary blocs that nominated him is announcement really came as a surprise hes a little known figure which leads many in lebanon to believe that there was some sort of Deal International and local deal to bring him to power many are skeptical that he can bring about change youre going to need the parliament for example to adopt a anticorruption laws and those anticorruption laws will be used to go after corrupt officials so many believe how will those officials ratify a law that would threaten their own interests and ministers some Political Parties will have to agree not to be in control of state institutions because the state is so weak that Political Parties control state institutions and they exploit these resources for example they absorb. Employment by giving jobs government jobs to their supporters when you know there is no need theres a bloated a Public Sector which these Political Parties use to ensure that their supporters stay loyal to them so its a difficult difficult challenges ahead but if the International Community is going to maintain the pressure to tell them that if you dont reform youre not getting money then these politicians will be left with little little choice because how can they rule theyre going to roll over what a collapsed state how will they continue to provide their supporters with salaries at the end of the month so lebanon really is at a critical crossroads but clearly what we have seen from the Political Class protests have been happening for almost a year now is that theyre refusing to give up power as in a just as youre talking were seeing french president in my own mock wrong step down from the helicopter he was greeted by military officials. What appeared to be social distancing hes now appears to be inspecting. Guards of i believe naval and military troops who are on guard let me ask you about the level of influence that the public in lebanon has in all of this because at the moment were talking about france were talking about the lebanese politicians were not talking yet about whether or not the people in lebanon are going to stand for lebanese politicians who fail to deliver what they are promising to deliver is there a sense from where you are that there is a growing anger and fury over and above what there already is amongst lebanese people to make sure that these politicians do what they say that theyre going to do to hold them accountable. Youre right theres anger there is rage many people would like to see change but they have little tools to bring about the change back in. October we saw mass demonstrations across the country but at least the same number of people remained in their homes remained loyal to the different sectarian Political Parties for many reasons some of them logical some of them they were benefiting from these Political Parties i mentioned earlier how they get positions in government when they belong to a certain Political Party and you have others who are afraid of the alternative and who believe the rhetoric that sectarian parties have been using stay with us we will protect you from them so this is how sectarian parties stay in power they create this divide among among the different communities in lebanon yes today levanon commemorates 100 years since the declaration of the state of greater lebanon but there is no state there are sectarian states if you like in this country and that is why building a nation state is quite difficult and it doesnt serve the interest of the Political Parties in power because they automatically become weaker when the state to become stronger but every time people took to the streets they were faced with the militarized state Security Forces used Excessive Force the last time just a few weeks ago live ammunition over hughes so that is why people are so afraid to return to the streets sometimes they dont bring their children with them anymore because of this Excessive Force that the authorities use and theyre not just up against the militarized state theyre up against dogs who belong to the sectarian Political Parties who have beaten up Peaceful Protesters in the streets over the years so it is a very difficult battle even the judiciary is controlled by politicians judges are appointed by politicians so one of the reforms the International Community has been demanding is for an independent judiciary so this dish judiciary can go after a corrupt officials so big challenges lay ahead the people on the street really do not have the tools to bring about that change and that is why theyre clinging on to the into. National community hoping that its the International Community that will exert pressure on the politicians to change we also understand that france in that interview with politico talked about early elections but then again if you have an election tomorrow the torah law is tailored to serve the sectarian traditional parties in power as an independent because of this threshold system its very hard to break that barrier zenith thanks very much indeed obviously well be coming back to you as emmanuel markdowns visit carries on through today but for now thank you very much indeed. Still ahead on aljazeera plus why i 10 year old brazilian child has reignited the debate on abortion. Hello there are warnings today of violent potential thunderstorms in parts of Eastern Europe you can see more or less where thats light debates around this area of low pressure this is where cooler as being pushed into the warmth which still exists over a mania so an area of rain some of its andries some of it potentially torn not icky and is likely here is moving northward into poland by the end of today the air behind is much colder than it really should be to be honest for september 19th birthday 17 in vienna nice warm sunshine still throughout the mediterranean and this is the hot bit grease as i say up through gary and into remain here and thats shown by this color overlay but where we back into the yellow is new your inches thats below where it should be for this time the small window run coming to the British Isles for wednesday and still plenty of thunderstorms or these showers in the east in august and in slovenia but you know the story south of that well we still got pretty hot weather throughout the southern mediterranean the onshore breeze keeps it in rick cooler on the coast of morocco the big rains are showing themselves where you might expect to be in southern mali and drifting slowly west woods towards the gambia or senate go on this is a frequently repeated thing. Jump into the stream and julian on Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on and will online be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic arlins that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he gets human way be it business if were going to adapt to climate breakout this street on aljazeera. More to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour opposition politicians are among more than 100. 00 venezuelans freed from prison after being pardoned by president Nicolas Maduro their release is being seen as an attempt to boost participation in decembers parliamentary election. French president Emmanuel Mcconnell says lebanon needs to form a new government quickly to get out of its deep political and economic crisis hes on the 2nd day of a visit to lebanon most of whose name is Prime Minister just hours before mcconnells arrival. China has warned india over rising tensions at the disputed border both countries accuse each others troops of crossing the line of actual control as its called india says it disrupted what it calls provocative military movements by chinese troops in the eastern love that krege in overnight on sunday china is countering that Indian Forces violated its territorial sovereignty juergen operation on monday centered on the southern shore of punk long lake between a used following developments from beijing. We have had a more aggressive response from Chinese State media got here the global news the global times which is the english language newspaper of the global times and the headline is about india saying that indian troops have made in a legal crossing in the area and quite aggressive editorial in this paper today on tuesday saying that india should. Withdraw its troops to to make sure that these tensions are escalating saying that china will not hesitate to protect its sovereignty and will do everything to repel india and attacks if there is any agitation made by new delhi and also saying that india should be under no illusion that the Chinese Military is not willing and ready to take on india that china india simply nor much for the chinese side and according to the global timetables undertaken a survey of its readers saying the vast majority of chinese readers say that theyre tired of what its called hostile behavior from the indian side and that 90 percent would support military action should the Chinese Government think about it is fair to do so but of course theres also been an acknowledgement from china that media is also a very important neighbor a lot of trade is done with india and they would like to maintain peace and analysts say india and china have been conducting talks for the last few months for every week almost but these talks seem to have been very limited in the amount of progress theyve been able to achieve so far hong kong restored or must coronavirus Testing Campaign but activists and some Health Workers are calling for a boycott many people say theyre skeptical because firms of doctors from Mainland China are involved theres also concern that china will use it as a way to collect d. N. A. As it cracks down on the citys prodemocracy movement so to clog has more from hong kong. Where one of the 114 as centers that have been set up across an 18 districts in hong kong where one child is a Queens CollegeTesting Center we do know that at least 100 of those centers are fully booked up on the 1st day of mass testing the government had hoped to get around 5000000 people registered 600000 people have signed up so far but the testing will continue for about 2 or so weeks this is a bicycling to deal with a 3rd wave of infections of the krajina bias that weve had here in Hong Kong Program is being led by a team of medical stuff and Mainland China around 60 stop a come down from the Guangdong Province to drive this particular campaign in the specimen collection the processing will be done by 3 mainland based and thats where some concerns have been rice the critics some healthcare workers have suggested that the dean i could be transferred to Mainland China theyve also said it could be used for other purposes not just for identifying a coronavirus cases and its also some criticism that this concern that this increased fees of surveillance by beijing own hong kong as was a breach in your privacy no government has defended this program and theyve said its voluntary its a one off and kerry land says its peoples civic duty to go and get tested while this mass Screening Program is on the way up it certainly do expect look at the numbers that will be an indication certainly a barometer of anti in that sentiment russia says it will not send troops into battle because it believes the political crisis is under control thats despite protests against the president s words were not in their 4th week. Because accused are rigging elections and demonstrators are calling for him to resign run and smith reports from neighboring lithuania where he met some protesters who sought refuge there. A few seconds of defiance against the government of russian president Alexander Lukashenko cost kirill got a lot of lost their jobs and their freedom i thought wed play the song 1. 00 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 wouldnt feel any shame for taking part in this event. State sound engineers have been forced to play music at a government concert just before the president ial election. But they slipped in a famous song from 1986 used by anti soviet groups. I still have them then youre super want to do that the next moment there was this explosion of emotions people were singing along and i realized it would have risen and i knew id be arrested one journalist ran up to me and said give me the number of one of your relatives because you know now youll be arrested one has to measure the 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 if thats all there. Was 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 didnt sleep at all now theyve been given visas by neighboring lithuania and theyre here with their girlfriends who wanted to come with them and yeah yeah im happy that my friends and family can sleep well knowing that i was safe and no longer in danger i left the country because they didnt have any other way out somewhere. All of them say they want to go back home to belarus but not while Alexander Lukashenko is there these are activists or politicians just 4 of the hundreds of thousands of people who. Dared to dispute the president s claim that he want 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 aljazeera vilnius. An investigation into witness tampering by colombias former president. Is being handed over to the Attorney Generals Office the 68 year old is suspected of trying to silence allegations he had links to part of military groups libby resigned from his senate seat this month after becoming the 1st former president to be put under house arrest his defense Team Successfully argued his case shouldnt be handled by the Supreme Court alessandro amputee has more from bogota. Once for ali confirmed this will be another surprising twist in the legal saga of colombias most powerful divisive and until recently seemingly untouchable politician former president would even the countrys Supreme Court is expected to transfer a case involving hes being investigated for with a mistrial tampering and fraud to the countrys Attorney Generals Office and thats because earlier in the man who is currently under home detention has resigned from his senate seat to the Supreme Court here in vestey gates criminal cases that involve lawmakers being the fact that the who he was not any more a lawmaker then hes saying the case has to move to the Attorney Generals Office to critics over even though this is a ploy for trying to move this case to what they perceive as a friendlier court thats because the current attorney general francisco better bowser is a very close ally even a childhood friend of current president a protege would you be as it may theres no doubt that this case will continue to provoke control over seeing the country deeply divided on the legacy of. Brazil has imposed new rules for rape victims seeking an abortion requiring them to look at the fetus before the procedure doctors also have to report their cases to the police misc is coming 2 weeks after anti abortion activists surrounded a hospital to stop a 10 Year Old Girl from tom an 8 in her pregnancy well can you not hear reports from rio de janeiro. Images of anti abortion activists trying to barge into this hospital in the Northeastern State of phantom boko still sparking outrage in brazil inside a pregnant 10 Year Old Girl who had been raped by her uncle since she was 6 was having an abortion the hospital in the girls home state refused to take her in forcing the child to travel more than 1400 kilometers to get medical help that was why this week. We have several units in the country that do not have the capacity to take care of woman in these circumstances so the situation is dire in brazil. After finding a clinic the girl had to be smuggled into the building in the trunk of a car to avoid a near riot the girls name and the place where she was having the procedure were revealed on social media by an antiabortion activist who encouraged her followers to surround a hospital and call the child murder. 2 weeks after the girls ordeal the government of jailable so now to which opposes abortion has adopted a new protocol critics say the ministerial ordinance makes it more difficult for rape victims to come forward and legally terminate their pregnancies especially those of young age brazil allows women to terminate pregnancies resulting from rape which put their lives at risk the new norm forces doctors to inform the police about the rape or before starting the procedure it also states that they should offer the victim the chance to see the life fetus before its removal. Womens organizations are mobilizing the International Community and congress to have it and no. The Health Ministry says the protocol was introduced to protect rape victims by denouncing their abusers but congresswoman gabby whos leading a movement to overturn the ordinance says the governments real intention is to curb womens rights of them. Are made. On the new norm violates the medical code of ethics because it forces the doctor to reveal information about the patient to the police it also violates the victims right to privacy she may not want to report the abuse and it also inflicts further distress on the rape victim by ingesting doctors to show the women images of the fetus in her womb to me that amounts to torture but another women activists have just made that argument in the letter to the United NationsHuman Rights Commission denouncing the new protocol the debate has just been brazils stark Reality Center stage every hour for girls up to 13 years are raped and Domestic Violence has been on the rise with the pandemic monica aljazeera rio de janeiro. This is all just everythings at the top stories while position politicians are among more than 100 venezuelans freed from prison after being pardoned by president Nicolas Maduro someone accused of attempting to overthrow the government their release is being seen as an attempt to boost participation in decembers parliamentary election french president emmanuel mackerels says lebanon needs to form a new government quickly to get out of its deep political and economic crisis is on the 2nd day of a visit to lebanon west of id was named as Prime Minister just hours before michaels arrival. Chinese state media is warning india over rising tensions there disputed border india says its destructed what it calls provocative military movements by chinese troops in the eastern ludacris region china accuses Indian Forces of violating its territorial sovereignty joining in operation hong kong has begun a mass coronavirus Testing Campaign but activists and some Health Workers are calling for a boycott many people are skeptical about the initiative because it involves chinese firms and doctors the 2 u. S. President ial candidates blaming each other for protest violence president of trump accuses his democratic rival joe biden of what he calls a left wing civil unrest biden says trump is poisoning u. S. Values this is a rioters these are dangerous people these are killers they kill a lot of people and they dont even think about it they wake up the next morning there or even think about it this is the extreme left agenda for america they want to appoint radical prosecutors judges and verrall of a shows who will sit criminals freed russia says it will not send troops into battle is because it believes the political crisis is under control and thats despite protests against the president which are now in their 4th week Alexander Lukashenko is accused of rigging elections and demonstrators are calling for him to resign an investigation into witness tampering by colombias former president of otto rigby is being handed over to the Attorney Generals Office the 68 year old is suspected of trying to silence allegations he had links to part a military groups and those are the headlines news continues here on aljazeera after the stream goodbye. Talk to aljazeera. Is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. I am for the ok welcome to the stream home with dish in the upcoming us and at u. S. Elections both republicans and democrats democrats have set the sights and securing intriguing Diverse CommunityIndian Americans he is being. Senator kamel harris will be the 1st person of the indian era to to be nominated for Vice President on a Major Party Ticket my grandparents were phenomenal we were going