Another. Takes aim atn president donald trump. And eight an historic dayay. Signs atransition group piece statementimed at ending 20 years conflict. Venezuelas 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 september. Many in nicolas maduros decree took part in last years failed rebellion that lacked military fort support. It includes the former righthand man of the Opposition Leader juan guaido. It is seen as an attempt to boost participation in the some includingh guaido say they will boycott. Political prisoners are being held in the country. Move is part of a wider plan. Reporter there are two strategies. One of them is the tried and true divide and conquer. If president maduro can get some people in the opposition to back off on their threat to boycott the elections, that would certainly divide the opposition, which would be a plus for his side. As well, the other part of the strategy is to try to get people like his former competitor in the last president ial elections, the first time maduro ran his getidential election, somebody with a big name who is recognized universally around the world as well as in venezuela as an Opposition Leader to take part. That is apparently being negotiated as i speak. A short while ago i understand juan guaido was meeting with someone who has broken with guaidos strategy of unifying the opposition to boycott those poles. He believes it is better to take part even if they dont win or if they lose the majority the opposition once had in the national assembly. He is arguing that not taking part is just handing it all over for free to the government. According to the sources i have in caracas, they believe if somebody like him can take part, there will be further suspicion on the part of the government to try to make this as legitimate as possible under situations that are still considered far from ideal. Lebanons Major Political parties have named Mustapha Adib as Prime Minister designate. He was approved for the french president arrived in beirut. Emmanuel macron is expected to push for more reform in the country which was devastated by last months port explosion. Who is the man in charge of leading the recovery . Mustapha adib is an academic not wellknown among the bennies public. He has been the lebanon ambassador in germany for years. He does have ties to the former Prime Minister, serving as his advisor from 2000 to 2004. It is part of the committee in charge of writing new electoral law in 2005 and 2006, and he acted as chief of cabinet. Reporter he was not wellknown known to the public until now. Mustapha adib has been chosen to form lebanons next government. The former ambassador to germanys promising change at a time of deep crisis. We will choose a Ministerial Team with expertise and competency. We will carry out reforms that will put the country on the path to recovery and end the dangerous Financial Economic and social bleeding. Reporter Mustapha Adib got the majority of votes during parliamentary consultations. From the former Prime Minister, who heads the largest , was essential to unity. Factions from a divided Political Landscape came together before the arrival of men were in emmanuel macron. The french president is working with the International Community to lift lebanon from underneath the rubble. Reporter macron returns to beirut less than a month after visiting the lebanese capital 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 is also support of by france. Clearly the United States has given leeway for frfrance to in lebanon. Reporter the new Prime Minister did what no lebanese official has done. Visited the neighborhoods damaged in the explosion, regaining the trust of the people will not be easy. Many accuse the Political Class who appointed adib for decades of corruption and selling expose of materials at the port. Explosive materials at the port. Like dib, adib could be held hostage by a political establishment that has been written reluctant to threaten their interests. But this time they may have little choice. The state is close to collapse. The International Community says there will not be blank checks. In the words of new Prime Minister, this may be lebanons last opportunity to save itself. Has announced it reached an agreement with israel to end the escalation of violence in the region. The deal follows more than three weeks of crossborder exchanges of fire. Israel has bombed gaza almost daily since august 6 in response to incendiary devices and rockets launched from the palestinian territory. In west jerusalem, more on the wider effects of the deal. Reporter it is all coming from the hamas side, which is typical. Israel tends not to say anything about these announcements. Media,ng to israeli 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 the agreement is that it will stop its incendiary balloon launches and explosive loon launches a balloon launches as well as what it calls nighttime confusion operations where groups go along the border fence and throw explosives and cause disruption and in return, it says israel is undertaking to go back to the preescalation situation, which means allowing fishermen into the mediterranean from gazas ports, easing the restrictions of goods coming in, which had been closed down, just humanitarian goods and food, and also presumably the restoration of fuel supplies to gazas power station, which has been lying idle 10 days now since fuel supplies were cut off, meaning gaza only has three to four hours of electricity per day. They are also battling this coronavirus outbreak, the First Community coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic. 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 is really strikes killed two soldiers and wounded others supporting state media. The airstrikes targeted military establishments sup the capital. Air defenses intercepted most missiles. The First Official flight from israel to the uae has landed in abu dhabi. The trip follows a u. S. Brokered deal between the countries. A highranking delegation of american and israeli officials was on board including President Trumps advisor and soninlaw jared kushner. They will meet their Emma Roddy Emirati counterparts. The flight was allowed to cross saudi arabia airspace which is normally blocked. Palestinians oppose the pact. Joe biden has called donald trump a toxic presence in the u. S. In his First Campaign event since accepting the democratic nomination, he urged americans to remove poison from politics at novembers election. We have arrived at a moment we all know including the press in front of me it would get too. The moment were donald trump would be so desperate he would do anything to hold onto power. A toxicrump has been presence in our nation for four years. Poisoning how we talk to one another, poisoning how we treat one another, poisoning the values this nation has always held dear. Poisoning our very democracy. In a little over 60 days, we have a decision to make. Will we rid ourselves of this toxin . Or will we make a permanent make it a permanent part of our nations character . Now headed live to washington, d. C. , strong words by joe biden on the president. Reporter indeed. Joe biden lacerated the president on a number of issues. In particular his handling of the pandemic, to which joe biden described as useless. Also of course the president s attitude on National Protest and joe biden making clear his belief that President Trump, far from attempting to curve the factthe violence is in fomenting it by encouraging his followers to counter demonstrate against antiracism protesters. Strong words from joe biden. He has been silent on the issue of President Trump for a period of time, but now he is giving underway, we will see attacks like this frequently in the days and weeks leading to the election. What response has President Trump made . President trump is holding a news briefing at the moment. A predicablep with response Peyton Joe Biden as week on law order. They are saying joe biden at no stage mentioned antifa, a far left group, not even an organization as such, who donald trump says are attempting to subvert and infiltrate the democratic party. It is a farfetched notion, but President Trump repeatedly made and joe bidens lack of condemnation of that particular group. He repeated time after time in a rambling Opening Statement that joe biden is attempting to defund the police, something that is factually incorrect. Out Joe Biden Donald trump points out all the violence is happening in democratic controlled cities, saying this is what would happen if joe biden managed to win the presidency. What we are hearing from President Trump is what we are seeing in tweets, basically arguing against joe biden on a law order basis as President Trump would put it. Thank you. Still ahead on the program, a hero whose story was the basis inthe film hotel rwanda handcuffs after being arrested on terrorism charges. These people played a song the belarusian authorities did not l like, so theyey had to lee the country. Nice sunshine across much of australia. Warm across the southeast. Lots of clouds to the south, taking with it the rain and stormy conditions. Temperatures have been above the average. These people are not flocking to the shoreline. 18 degrees, clouds around, but it will improve. Theainly it will impact west of australia on tuesday. 17 degrees with rain chance. It will stay cloudy and a little bit cool, but warming up. 25 degrees. Sharper wins across the south and across into much of tasmania. Toward asia, we are focusing on this. This is our typhoon, a major typhoon. Strong and powerful, moving northward again, tuesday, impacting the islands and continuing to head northward to have an impact through western japan and eastern portions of china. Tuesday, sustained winds at 220 kilometers per hour. The storm continues to move north wednesday and is expected to make landfall wednesday into thursday. You can see it is heading toward the korean peninsula. Damaging winds and heavy rain. A reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. Venezuelas president is pardoning more than 100 political opponents. Include those involved in last years failed rebellion and those close to Opposition Leader juan guaido. Mustapha adib has been named lebanons Prime Minister designate. Germany faces calls to tackle corruption. Hamas says it has reached a deal to end the recent escalation of violence in israel. The deal comes after exchanges of bombs, rockets, and balloons. Governmentnsitional has signed a peace deal aimed at ending 20 years of conflict. The agreement was reached with various rebel groups. Neighboring south sudan mediated the deal. An historic day for sudan. His Transitional Government and the Opposition Coalition signed a peace deal. The agreement was reached after nearly a year of negotiation and infighting across different regions. The deal we signed today is for the sudanese people who have suffered from the consequences of war, such as destruction, displacement, who are looking for stability. It is a commitment to get through what the country is going through. The country is facing times which need commitment. We hope sudan and its people will bring real change that will end the suffering. Make up groups that the Sudan Revolutionary front signed the group, each preventing a different region. They say their regions have long been marginalized. The news you will give the groups seats in the council and a quarter of the seats in the Transitional Government. It gives autonomy to the southern states. The resources of the states will be shared between the local and federal governments. It also makes way for the formation of a transitional legislative assembly. The Sudan Revolutionary front getting 25 of the seats. The crisis on the conflict in reconciliationg and powersharing. Reform and a system of governance. The war has been going on for 17 years. It has called killed 300,000 amidst reports of burning of villages. The deal makes way for compensation. Sudan, it willth allow for the rebels to be integrated into the Sudanese Army during this period. Some rebel groups have yet to sign a group with the government a deal with the government. We firmly believe military to sudans internal not survivable. I must reaffirm our rejection of the use of force in resolving this. Reporter the deal is not the first attempt at peace, but the Transitional Government and the rebel groups say there is political will to make it work. A man hailed as a hero for saving more than 1000 lives during the 1994 rwanda genocide has been arrested on terror charges. Paul rusesabagina, a government critic, was arrested after more than 20 years of living in exile. He won multiple human rights awards for saving lives during the genocide with an estimated 800,000 rwandans killed in 100 days. Wasrter Paul Rusesabagina paraded in front of journalists in the capital. For years it has accused him of trying to attack rwanda through rebel groups, something he has consistently denied. Answer charges of serious crime including terrorism. Against innocent rwandan civilians. Reporter Paul Rusesabagina was hailed as a hero for saving more than 1000 lives during the rwandan genocide in 1994. He was the manager of an International Hotel where hundreds of people sheltered from massacring soldiers and militia. About 800,000 people died in the killings. Was document it in the 2004 hollywood film hotel rwanda. Here he is seen attending a screening of the movie in berlin. He won multiple humanitarian awards. He became critical of the government, saying it protects sis,lite minority of tut marginalizes the hutu majority, and fails to bring justice for those massacred. President of the became critics after Paul Rusesabagina criticized his government. Others who dispute the official count of the genocide have been killed or jailed. Collect the disagreement between him and the government of rwanda , the question of impunity, Paul Rusesabagina accuses him of impunity of crimes during the genocide. This is the point they cannot agree. Reporter Paul Rusesabagina lived in exile for more than 20 years. It is not clear how he ended up back in handcuffs. The Investigation Bureau said there was international cooperation, but gave no further information. Lithuania, latvia, and estonia have imposed sanctions on belarusian officials including Alexander Lukashenko. 30 belarusians have been targeted with travel bans. All are accused of playing a role in violence against protesters following the disputed election on august 9. Lukashenko, an ally of russia, denies electoral fraud and says the protesters are backed from abroad. His inclusion on the list sends a message to european countries. Baltic states have led calls for the west to take action against the belarusian president who has been in power for 26 years, described as europes last dictator. Protests against lukashenko continue. Many critics have had to seek refuge in neighboring countries. A group in the lithuanian capital because of one small active resistance. Reporter a few seconds of defiance against the government of Alexander Lukashenko cost their jobs and their freedom. I thought we would play this song, one of the bosses would say, what are you doing . And we would turn it off. It would just be something irritating, but we would be honest and when in the future i look back, i would not feel shame for taking part. Was state sound engineers have been forced to play music at a government concert before the president ial election. They slept in a famous songg frm 1986 used by antisoviet groups. The next moment, there was this explosion of emotion. People singing along. I realized it would have resonance and i would be arrested. A journalist ran up and said give me the number of one of your relatives because you know now you will be arrested. Tried andthey were found guilty of resisting arrest despite video showing them complying with officers. Spent five days in jail in a small cell. It was really hard to breathe properly and i did not sleep at all. Reporter they have been giving and friendshuania wanted to come with them. Im happy my friends and family can sleep well knowing i am no longer in danger. I left the country because i did not have any way out. Want to go home to belarus, but not while lukashenko is there. Hundreds of thousands of people who have dared to dispute their president s claim that he won 80 of the vote in august. The Baltic States have introduced largely symbolic travel bans on Alexander Lukashenko and other senior members of his administration. The 66yearold leader is continuing to resist calls to step down. He seems to have the backing of the kremlin, which on monday said the situation in belarus seems to be under control. Supporters of an exiled president have submitted his candidacy for octobers president ial election. Along with a former rebel leader, he is taking on the bident president and his for a controversial third term. For these supporters gbo,ormer president gba nothing short of will do. Inside the headquarters of the election commission, the opposition figures submit an application. What we have done today signifies our will to reject the exclusion of our candidate in the next election. Has anction commissioner historic responsibility to make its stance clear and make sure whatever it does does not negate the constitution of our country. Gbagbo lost the election but his refusal to leave office led to a civil war that killed 300,000. Killed 3000. Candidate, sor a until the tworo. Fell apart over secession plans. His planeurope after was denied landing rights in ivory coast. The president announced he is running for a third term. The opposition says it is unconstitutional. Supporters say a 2016 constitutional amendment approved by 60 of the population paved the way for his candidacy in the selection. This new one allowed him to be a candidate because for the ,ffect of this new constitution and that is the same stitution which allowed theuse it has already met next government. In the case that outtara, the constitution gives him the right to participate. Dozens of people have died in protests in the ivory coast since the constitutional amendment and there