I suppose next extremely important myself or her older people are known. And the english translator angry over the jailing of a husband who has become the biggest threat to Alexander Lukashenko is 26 year old and valerie. Im wayne carey in bangkok where the government is facing the double threats of a collapsing economy at a protest movement thats valin to intensify. Right now wild leaders are trying to work out ways to help rebuild lebanons capital but in beiruts there is a growing clamor to reshape the political system as well the information minister became the 1st Senior Member of government to resign since tuesdays port blast but ill bill simon says theres little hope for change 6 m. P. s have now quit and there are reports that more may soon follow and maronite. The whole cabinet to quest in 130 this is the point of no return people are starving the economy has deteriorated the economic crisis is heightening our families children friends have just been left behind fear and disappointments lives within them in this fateful moments we cannot just sit behind we have to stand in dignity together as a nation i feel that i need to send an apology to the libyan people because we failed to achieve their ambitions due to the difficulties. At least 158. 00 people were killed when Ammonium Nitrate exploded causing billions of dollars worth of damage around 300000. 00 people were also left homeless a Video Conference of donors hosted by the un and france is currently underway with president emanuel back on calling for efficient action to get aid to the lebanese people as quickly as possible. Todays objective is to quickly and effectively coordinate all actions on the ground so that the aid can get to the lebanese people as efficiently as possible this offer of assistance includes support for an impartial credible and independent inquiry into the cause of the disaster on august 4th thats a strong of the cheetah mcclymont of the lebanese people its a question of confidence this after mass demonstrations on saturday denouncing government corruption and demanding regime change well thats now speak to Bennett Smith our correspondent who is on the ground for us in beirut but i mean were now hearing about a 2nd cabinet resignation. Yeah the more significant want to send. Cats are hes the environment minister and whats significant about this it is resignation is he really is 1st of all respected technocratic member of the cabinet and an hour i of the Prime Minister has been the speculation was today that the reason weve been hearing of rumors of his resignation before it was confirmed was in the intervening hours the Prime Minister was trying to persuade environmentalist and not to go but he has gone a 2nd minister to go and a lot of pressure on the Prime Minister hes already said that when the cabinet meets on monday hes going to ask them to agree to call elections if the cabinet agrees to that theyll make a draft law and that will be presented to parliament and it will be up to parliament to pass that laurie could decide not to and try and appoint a new cabinets and a Prime Minister or he could agree with the cabinets requests and go ahead and agree to early elections and they would be held within 2 months in state then and were seeing the people now gathering behind you after the huge demonstrations that we saw yesterday Security Forces out barricades being a wrecked as well can you give us a sense of the mood there at the moment. I have to say that the crowds are much less than they were on saturday much thinner than they were at this at the same time the have been a couple of confrontations small confrontations and tear gas fired Near Parliament but crowds a lot lower but we have seen today as weve been seeing every day since since tuesdays explosion of thousands of people mainly young lebanese out on the streets cleaning up with brushes and pickaxes and shovels cleaning up the mess and giving out giving out food aid giving out Emergency Assistance giving out clothing because there is a real need for that at the moment and as weve said in these past few days what these the lebanese people are doing is filling in the gaps left by the state so that is where weve seen most activity today although there is a small protests he was speaking of the gap span and we are seeing all of this happen as this Donor Conference takes place online but surely the challenge is going to be about how to roll out that aid in lebanon. Well emanuel macron whos chaired this stone of conference hes said that lebanons future is at stake he said we must act quickly and efficiently so that this aid goes directly to where it is needed and the challenge for the donors is how do they make sure that there is nobody skimming anything off the top of the aid when the administration they must deal with in lebanon the political elite they must deal with has been in the lap of power for the last 304050 years has been doing just that skimming off they control the political elites the main utilities electricity the water the Telephone Networks the ports was for one particular grouping a major cash cow in terms of the money taken off in customs excise and jew cheese so that is the problem the matter is why there is so much anger and despondent despondency here amongst the protesters because they know how difficult it is going to be to rest but control away from these entrenched elites Bernard Smith there on the ground for us and the lebanese capital beirut thank you very much bennett well ybor him whole army is a member of the Opposition Group and f. T. Hes also a Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway University of london and he says its time for an overhaul of the whole of lebanons political system. We do believe early elections is not really the answer because the regime the power sharing arrangement which kept the sectarian parties in power for decades they are the ones the authority in the taking the rules of the elections and therefore they haue bit realty to devise they look for a law that would ensure their reproduction of the same regime so elections itself is not an answer when i would assessment is the state itself has collapsed and therefore what we believe is the answer is to continue to decide together with the ruling parties on a transitional process that can save society when we are in the midst of overlapping and emerging and urgent. Crisis be it fiscal or economic or now as we can see also human turning on one hand we do need help at large needs help and it is very much commendable that states that would be providing this help are suggesting that this can be done directly to society rather than going through the channels the vertical up channels of the states this is something that at least on the short term is much needed however we cannot really rely on and on states be it regional to national to give us that sort of sustainable solution which is the formation of a civil state which every society really needs at the under and the end of the way and thats why we think that the solution has to come from the people unfortunately the site at largest still very much divided and sectarian parties are a large stake in how communities perceive the crisis and where the blame game basically. How is it strange how the blame game is right. On moving on now and afghanistans president is backing the release of 400. 00 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani made his decision after the loya jirgah consultative body approved freeing the socalled hardcore prisoners their release has been a precondition for the armed group to hold peace talks with the government. As well. For centuries of understands traditional ground assemblies known as jurors solve problems by consultation within 3000. 00 elders and Community Leaders joint politicians to decide on the final stumbling block for the negotiations with the taliban with some reluctance president danny has honored the agreement between the Us Government and the armed group decided 5000 prisoners must be released before incra of one dialogue can begin most inmates have been released the ago was called to decide about the final 400 prisoners your time government says these 400 are wanted for major crimes and some even face the Death Penalty they want to ensure that these men do not return to the battlefield the been. Today i will sign the decree that i did not have the authority to sign before now i will sign the decree to authorize the release of the 400 taliban prisoners by saw the request of the loya jirga and they will be released. In a complex power sharing structure is the chairman of the loya jirga as he leads the high council for national reconciliation. Hi sally. The declaration of the loya jirga has removed all the obstacles to start the interim afghan talks and we are on the cusp of starting the negotiation we do have respect for all your decisions and the Afghan Government will be committed to implementing all of them. Despite temporary ceasefire as one in 3 and a half 1000 Afghan Security personnel have been killed since february thats when the landmark deal was signed between dollar man leaders and the Us Government us troops are supposed to leave of want to stand by april 2021 and it will. Remain divided over the u. S. Could draw. It would be better that the u. S. Does stay here that will also help our security and reconstruction of our country. The withdrawal of foreign troops is good for us as they were against our culture. It will definitely have a positive impact. For almost all of the security remains there for most concern but. Regarding the release of prisoners we need peace in afghanistan and we will need to pay a price for that therefore we are obliged to release the taliban prisoners of them and say their rights and safety is nonnegotiable regardless of who wields power there did it. I continued my University Studies despite losing many of my classmates to suicide attacks we still have faith in a stance government will need to bring security in all the places where we do not have security at the moment. The Us Government has acknowledged the release of prisoners isnt popular but leaning president danis government to hold direct talks to facilitate a Peace Agreement the release of prisoners is a 1st step for all of them factions to sit across the table but they remain multiple challenges and wide ranging differences to overcome for peace can be achieved. That there. Is an afghan journalist based in kabul he says the loya Jirga Assembly gave voice to people suffering from the ongoing war. Every day you hear about your strikes night raids suicide attacks indiscriminate mortar attacks killing entire families of roadside bombs the country really needs respond from violence and then youre talking about a process where a future government will be discussed amendments in the constitution is something that we expect will be brought up so no one actually thinks that this is a Peace Process that will be done in an overnight youre looking at a number of sticking points from now on for example what happens to the powers and thousands of taliban fighters do they become parts of the Afghan NationalSecurity Forces where does afghanistan go from here does it become a republic what happens to the rights a woman to the several society to media because afghanistan today is a changed country from the one that the taliban were ruling well still ahead here on aljazeera and move thats inflaming tensions between washington and beijing atop a transitional arrives in taiwan. And in sync with social distancing the Opera Company that found a way to keep performing during private 19. And other conditions still remain very unpleasant across much of the Korean Peninsula in particular towards the south more cloud is being streaming in and there is more very heavy rain in the forecast but this is the conditions in the southwest this huge and deadly landslide a mudslide occurred of course because as a result of these continuing heavy rains there is more of this in the forecast on monday in fact some very heavy amounts of rain to the east of there across into japan we got want to see like its got a chance and then reached. Much of central and western china again we have these areas of scottish and some thunderstorms through cheeze say that rain will continue across the Korean Peninsula eventually late in the day it should begin to ease that all the while back into china those rains again fairly heavy but also some heavy rain across into the south as well and the rains very widespread across much of south asia the next couple of days are going to see much more in the way of rain across much of these coastal areas you can see the waynes just really pushing across the bay of bengal so really pushing those rain showers in but also some very heavy downpours across pradesh and eventually send your cross into raja stan as well similar story really on cheese day and all the while the rains very heavy across the north extensive through much of the pole boutin to the much of the northeast but again the western gas really picking up some heavier downpours as we head into tuesday. In russia nonchalant didnt. It bring the same coaching and power on top of that one when he investigated on aljazeera. Every generation has a higher purpose. Hours straight. Hello there im just audio tape and don thats remind you of our top stories this hour a 2nd minister has resigned from lebanons government as the fallout from tuesdays port explosion grows environment minister. Qatar has confirmed his ouster following information minister. And. Afghanistans president is backing the release of 400. 00 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani says he respects the decision of the loya jirga consultative body to approve freeing socalled hardcore taliban fighters. Voters and bellerose have less than an hour left to cast their ballots in one of the countrys most hotly contested president ial elections Alexander Lukashenko is facing a tough challenge to clinch a 6th consecutive term his main challenger to kind of skier has versus after reports that she went into hiding overnight when her top aides were detained step bassam reports from the capital minsk. Cheers for start line up the kind of guy who went into hiding on the eve of the election because she feared arrest that was after 8 members of her Team Including her Campaign Manager were reportedly detained at 1st reluctant president ial candidate she has grown into the biggest hope many belorussians have for change i know you were in the fight for safety so im sure everybody would. Be kind of guy at election rallies attracted the largest crowds velo is high seen in decades with 2 other women on her site the wife and complain manager of 2 other jailed opposition figures she can paint across the country on the eve of the election one of them fled abroad and the other Maria Kolesnik over was briefly detained shes undeterred by her for great hopes that all dreams are. Today. Moral or day after tomorrow this is the beginning of the end its a beginning of a new life she came out of hiding to cast her vote the main opposition candidates but. Its whats going to rest on election day the election that has been dominated by accusations of fraud and the rest after casting his vote president Alexander Lukashenko called the opposition weak. Yes if youre going to go against our country or even in the smallest way tries to plunge the country into chaos and stabilize it you will receive an Immediate Response from me. For decades hes enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately hes faced criticism for downplaying the cold with 19 crisis and worsening economy hes attracted voters by accusing the opposition of planning to create chaos. Criminalists of us to i want to vote for peace and the well being of the roots and every family here and have no crazy crowds in the city. As rallies have been prohibited in the past week supporters of the kind of guy you found creative ways to protest against us rule but even that led to more arrests more than 800 people have been detained during this Heated Campaign stop fast and aljazeera minsk now the Us Health Secretary has arrived in taipei for a visit thats anger in china its the highest level u. S. Delegation to visit taiwan in 4 decades beijing has warned President Donald Trump that the visit threatens peace and stability in the region sarah clarke reports. Its a much anticipated visit Us Health Secretary alex as i was leading a delegation to taiwan to learn from the island success in fighting the coronavirus the United States has recorded 5000000 cases taiwan has fewer than 500 but analysts say the trip is not just about the pandemic its definitely more the the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u. S. Wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the Health Secretary dr learned much during a 3 day visit china claim sovereignty over taiwan and the island is a main irritant in the troubled relationship between the worlds 2 largest economies is due to made taiwanese president clinton during his 3 day visit thats and get chinas leaders who object to all official contact between