A main crossing. Pardoned by the president Venezuelas Nicolas Maduro friens dozens of political opponents but critics say its only to legitimize the next election. Plus hong kong launches a mass covert Testing Program but many are staying away because theyre worried china may use it to crackdown on activists. French president emanuel not home is urging the quick formation of a new lebanese government to steer the country out of its deep political and economic crisis hes calling it the last chance for lebanons system visiting the beirut port for the 2nd time since that explosion killed almost 200 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless well somebody was named Prime Minister just hours before home landed on monday lets go live to aljazeera xina holder in beirut this is a very good 2nd visit by in my own back home as we saying very quickly after the 1st one what message is he sending here. Well fronts and mccrone really is the protecting power projecting influence the political message is that we are the main power brokers in this crisis he landed in beirut just 2 days after that massive explosion at beirut airport he offered support to the lebanese people and he scolded the Political Leadership telling them there is a need for radical change and i will return to follow this up to push for the much needed reforms in order for levanon to be eligible for much needed foreign aid and mccraw himself chose the date that he chose to return to levon on september 1 hundredth anniversary of the declaration of the state of greater lebanon a state that was declared by france back in 1920 frances the former colonial power in love with so you can see the symbolism here he wasnt invited to return on september 1 he chose to return on this day so the message he is giving to those in power is that france is now calling the shots hes also giving a message to 2 countries which hold much more influence than france and lebanon and that is the United States and iran those 2 countries have local allies their rivalry on the International Scale on the International Stage excuse me is being played out in lebanon what mccraw is saying is that i can mediate zain when we saw Michael Michael on his 1st visit shortly after the explosion he was greeted very warmly by many people in beirut but all our people in lebanon prepared to have gone so deeply involved in their politics. Mixed feelings it depends who you speak to yes for many he came as a he was a savior when he 1st arrived on august the 6th he did what no lebanese officials did really or do is that visit that this disaster stricken neighborhoods talk to the people who were affected by this explosion promise them that he will work for change following the appointment of the new Prime Minister yesterday a lot of people feel that there was some sort of an International Deal that france appointed the new Prime Minister that france is ready to work with the Political Class that people have been demanding that they leave office that they are toppled because theyre responsible for so much corruption and mismanagement in the country but macross response to them has been is we cannot interfere in lebanons Political Affairs these people were elected officials but what we can do is demand for fundamental change tell them that theyre not getting billions of dollars to revive the economy if they dont carry out much needed reforms to the states and fight corruption and as well mccrone pointing out to the possibility of sanctions so a crime using the carrot and stick but mixed reactions in lebanon on what he can do although of course as emmanuel mocking his visit continues in the next few hours we will be checking in with you but for now as it is in a hotel in beirut thank you very much indeed. Hamas says its reached an agreement with israel to end the latest escalation of violence along the border with gaza the deal was brokered by qatar and this comes as people in Gaza Continue to struggle under severe coronavirus restrictions a ban on fuel deliveries and lengthy power cuts are a force that is live for us in west jerusalem what more do we know about this deal 1st of all. Well certainly it seems to be a confluence of interests on both sides obviously israel want to see an end to the in century and explosive balloons being launched across into israeli territory in the night time socalled disturbances along the border fence as well as some rocket fire thats been going on the last few weeks israel also occupied with its you a deal in that the current delegation in abu dhabi and at the same time as youre saying inside gaza there is a very serious situation with this community coded 19 outbreak nearly 300 active cases so far and a very restrictive lockdown even inside individual neighborhoods with cement barriers being put up and people being stopped by police on the streets to check that they do have a real reason to be moving and that the sort of time as you say with various letter just an extremely high temperatures so it was an opportunity that was exploited it seems by the qatari envoy mohamed armande to try to broker this deal under the terms of which in the short term at least things go back to how they were before this round of escalation the fishings own is extended to 15 miles the restrictions on goods being imported are returned to how they were and importantly fuel will be coming in for the power station and as part of all this there will be 27000000. 00 of qatari money we understand 7000000. 00 families affected by the covert outbreak 10000000. 00 for poor families 100. 00 to each poor family in that round of money and another 10000000. 00 to purchase the fuel that will be restoring the power station from a situation where theres been maybe 3 or 4 hours of electricity per day or at least over a large part of the day to no more planned timetable at least of 8 hours on 8 hours off how he thanks very much has harry force at in the west or islam giving us the update on that agreement between hamas and israel. Tears and jubilation in venezuela dozens of opposition politicians have 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 his house in yemen has more. After months and in many cases years of imprisonment opponents of president Nicolas Maduro were reunited with loved ones after receiving an unexpected pardon neuer in league 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. Yakker i told him until i was blue in the face that i had nothing to do with the cues to 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 from there tonight a little Opposition Leader idols chief of staff. For any give out whos been in the Chilean Embassy for nearly 2 years was going to be several hed been battle 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 you do rose number one objective is to gain legitimacy for disk. Parliamentary elections its essential even as russian and chinese emmas are demanding some sort of recognition of the poles 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 one why though who is recognized by more than 50 countries 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 friday is completely the news waylands are 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 legitimacy unless his foes take part you see in human aljazeera. China is warning india over rising tensions there disputed borders saying it could inflict severe military losses if pushed both countries accuse each others troops of crossing the socalled line of actual control and it is says it disrupted what it calls provocative military movements by chinese troops in the eastern leduc region overnight on sunday china is accusing Indian Forces of violating its territorial sovereignty during an operation on monday centered on the southern shore of punggol lake from the scene as he enjoyed some family trips into going across the line you know him provocation causing or any attention and violent to chinas target our sovereignty and the 2 sides agreements and consensus and im no mind peace and tranquillity on the border it goes against the 2 size efforts for some time to ease the situation return to use 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 timetable for 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 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 the start is government says theres no closer to finding out why one of the citizens has been detained in china works as a Television Presenter of state on channel c g 2 yet shes not been charged which is being held under whats called residential surveillance they certainly members say it was able to speak with churn through a video link last week it comes at a time of growing tension between china and australia over the coronavirus pandemic. Still ahead an aljazeera playing the blame game the 2 u. S. President ial candidates point fingers at each other over the violent protests across the country and. Why a 10 year old brazilian child has reignited the debate on abortion. 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China is warning india over rising tensions at the disputed border indias says its disrupted what it calls provocative military movements by chinese troops in the eastern ludacris region china accuses Indian Forces of violating its territorial sovereignty joining an operation. A massacre on a Virus Testing campaign has begun in hong kong despite activists and some Health Workers urging a boycott many skeptical because chinas government is paying for the Testing Campaign using the some mainland doctors is also concerned that china will use testing as a way of collecting d. N. A. And for the crackdown on the prodemocracy movement said a clock has more from hong kong. Well one of the 114 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 out 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 like i was being led by a team of medical staff 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 i cried of 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 and certainly do expect look at the registration numbers that will be an indication certainly a barometer of anti and sentiment. The us president ial candidates are blaming each other for violence at protests across the country donald trump is accused left wing protesters on the democrats for creating the rest but his rival joe biden says trump is poisoning the nations values and creating an atmosphere of hate and division my kind of reports from washington. Should action to the nationwide protests has defined the massive gap between the policies of President Trump and his democratic opponent. The president has described elements among the protesters of the black lives Matter Movement as looters and. Has and has encouraged his supporters to hold counted demonstrations in a mob contrast joe biden tweeted a picture of himself taking a me with those protesting Police Brutality and racism and at a Campaign Meeting in pittsburgh by didnt painted a picture of an incumbent president seeking to foment violence for political game rather than exp