Its an example the un is calling shocking airstrikes by the Saudi Led Coalition in northern yemen have killed at least 31. 00 civilians it comes after saudi arabia confirmed one of its war planes crashed in the same region who say they shot down the aircraft reports. This is the Mormon Church yemens who thier robel say they shot down a Saudi Air Force fighter jets the rebels in this video on saturday the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition confirmed one of its planes went down in government in the countrys northeast butties also broadcast vision of what it says is the aftermath saudi led in strikes in the area followed which the rebels claim were retaliate tree attacks the Saudi Coalition released a statement saying there was a possibility of what calls Collateral Damage to civilians this show you that the us and our forces has been able after they have shut down. Several of the. American drones over the skies of yemen in the last 3 months now it seems to be that they are able to slow down those fighter jets and they can say that if they start at this stage this means that we are going to and that a new stage of the war the who these claim the plane was downed with an advanced air to ground missiles some analysts say if thats true it would be a very Significant Development in yemens long running war this is a big deal knowing that already the partners the yemenis sort of the iraqis you know have for all practical purposes withdrawn left another saudis are in there and incapable of finishing the war and settling cable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game changer beginning to lose the war. The conflict in yemen has killed tens of thousands of people and brought millions to the brink of famine its estimated more than 91000 yemenis have been killed and another 3000000 displaced by the fighting theres no sign yet when it will end become a gauge 0. Qatars foreign minister says recent efforts to end the blockade against the country have not succeeded saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates bahrain and egypt all cut political trade and transport ties with qatar in 2017 has this report. For months says been speculation that the blockades of cats are by its neighbors could be nearing an end to the foreign minister announced at the Munich Security Council the talks to ease the tension came to an end last month in 2017 saudi arabia the u. A. E. Behind and egypt cut all diplomatic and economic ties with cats we are open to any genuine intention to resolve this problem and we have been we demonstrated this in fact when there was an opening. Here and november and of last year. And unfortunately these efforts didnt succeed and spears suspended at the beginning of january but. Remain at the same position that we are often the 4 blockading countries accused katz of supporting terrorism which its repeatedly tonight its also rejected a list of 13 demands which include closing a Turkish Military base downgrading ties with iran and shutting down the al jazeera media network. In december cats are sent its highest representation since the blockade then prime ministers shihab dialogue danny to the annual Gulf Cooperation Council summit in saudi arabia at the time capsule had said that been positive talks with sound. His attendance came after the National Football teams of saudi behind and the u. A. E. All took part in the arabian gulf cup in cats on november reversing an earlier decision not to participate. Katz all is home to the largest u. S. Military base in the middle east and gulf region the us has called on its gulf allies in the future fearing it might undermine its efforts to contain seize irans growing influence in the region normally the United States should have been involved in pressing all the countries involved. Saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain egypt and qatar to come to some kind of day talked we have very very extensive relationships with all 4 of these governments all 5 of these governments and really its a failure of u. S. Diplomacy 3 years after the blockade began the 6 nation regional bloc is still struggling for unity so to hide out. The ha. Now the World Health Organization is warning countries against complacency over the corona virus which has now killed more than 1600 people the head of the agency countries to step up efforts to prepare for the virus he says the outbreak is still an emergency in china where the epidemic started and it is hard to tell where it will spread. Its impossible to predict which direction this is a peter mick will take we are concerned about the levels of rumor and misinformation that hampering the response were concerned by the continued increase in the number of cases in china we are concerned by reports from china yesterday about the number of Health Workers who have been infected or died. Well on saturday the virus claimed its 1st victim outside of asia an elderly chinese tourist in france more than 69000 people are infected worldwide most of them in china and an American Woman who was a passenger on a cruise ship that docked in cambodia has tested positive for the virus she flew to malaysia on friday she was one of the 4100 passengers that disembarked from the m. S. Westerdam in cambodia a day earlier. Well wayne hay joins us now from the kind of odium capital phnom penh duane so whats happening now to the rest of the ships passengers now that one of them has tested positive. Yes well this very long and frustrating Journey Continues for many of the passengers off the west the damn who are in various stages of transit some will have reached their final destinations already on board the ship in sihanoukville there are still 236 passengers and according to reports from some of those passengers they have been told by the captain that disembarkation have stopped there will be no people leaving that ship until they know the results of a 2nd of the woman in malaysia there are people stuck here in the capital phnom penh as well because this is where they have been coming to before boarding charter flights out of cambodia to other destinations like k. L. A tweet from one of those passengers says that they have been told by Cambodian Health authorities that they should stay inside their hotel rooms pending further medical examinations and then reports from malaysia say that around 11 passengers were prevented boarding a flight bound for amsterdam a. K. L. Am flight out of concern that they may have been in contact with the 83 year old American Woman or the Health Ministry here in cambodia has sent a letter to its counterparts in malaysia seeking further and now assists of that test and weve also heard from Holland America line that is the operator of the. That and cruise ship they are stressing that this is a preliminary positive result from the American Woman in malaysia and that further analysis a secondary test needs to be conducted before any conclusions can be drawn are right away and hey there in the cambodian capital wayne thank you for that lets cross over now to adrian brown whos in the Hong Kong Adrian so were hearing reports that chinese authorities have acknowledged that president xi knew about the virus much earlier than previously thought could that lead you think to more accusations that the chinese response has been perhaps too little too late. Daryn whats been happening this weekend is that state controlled media has been publishing details of a speech that president xi jinping gave on february 3rd almost 2 weeks ago now this speech was delivered to the Politburo Standing Committee thats like chinas cabinet the most powerful political body in the land and jury in that speech president xi jinping concedes that he knew about the virus as early as january the 7th this is 2 weeks of course before the 1st cases of human to human transmission were confirmed then on january the 20th the president said that he issued special instructions to try to contain the virus and we now know that 3 days later the city of hand was put into lockdown measures that were lauded by the World Health Organization now analysts say what seems to be happening is that the leadership is trying to cover its back in response to all the flak its taken over its handling of this crisis now a lot of people have called this sort of chinas show noble moment referring to the Nuclear Accident in the former soviet union in the mid eightys im not sure weve reached that Tipping Point quite yet its still possible of course that the party will control this virus will contain it and that way it can spin it as you know a victory for the party for the people but i think its too soon to say that at the moment whether the party is going to be able to do that the suit as it wants right adrian brown there in hong kong agent thank you know environmental campaigners say balis beaches are getting cleaner but more progress needs to be made last july the island became the 1st province in indonesia to ban plastic bags jesco washington has the story. Its only morning but these volunteers are braving the heat and spending their weekend picking up plastic for years balis beaches have attracted millions of tourists but plastic pollution has spoiled the Natural Beauty oh to chain age sistas up behind the push to cut down the islands waist its the 4th year theyve organized this annual mass clean out this is to say the beaches are clean assumes a ban on many Single Use Plastics began but theres more work to do we saw a definite overnight shift change in modern retailers and bigger businesses but when it comes to you know smaller family owned businesses or you know the traditional markets its definitely a longer process the ban applies to plastic bags straws and some packaging but theres no penalty for businesses that breach it food wrapping and bottles make up most of these Plastic Waste at this market try to start their day early selling fruit vegetables and traditional sweets all of it is still covered in plastic. And sometimes people forget to bring bags so we have to get them out we also need plastic to repost. A lot myself and i think thats what ive noticed bali is cleaner since the band started but sometimes i differ get to bring a bag but its still new here. Away from the tourist hot spots locals come to this speech on the islands south east coast to fish and cool off the situation on the beaches can change from day to day when theres heavy rain the incoming tide often washes in a deluge of Plastic Waste the local government here has set an ambitious target of reducing Marine Plastic by 70 percent by the end of the year but not all of balis plastic comes from bali itself a large proportion comes from other internation islands indonesia is one of the worlds worst marine pollution is one recent study found around 15. Scent of Marine Plastic around the world is thrown away in indonesia bali is the 1st province in indonesia to introduce anti plastic regulations but environmentalist here hope it wont be the last bali was definitely i think the Pioneer Island in any ship going past a bag free but we did see commitments crap from jakarta you know wanting to go plastic bag free as well in the next 6 months in other places as well and we definitely see a ripple chain effect its a message even balis youngest are getting behind just to washington aljazeera. Time for a short break here on aljazeera when we come back the gruesome murder of a woman in mexico is drawing attention to the countrys rising summerside went bust. Brian it at that point in queensland where millions of tonnes of coal a ship out of australia every year find out why some communities remain divided a coal mining and Climate Change. Hello again its time for a look at the weather conditions across the americas look at north america weve got some cold air across parts of canada in particular still some rain from where the system is cable of flooding across parts of the south extending across the Florida Panhandle so its going to be wet here certainly conditions across parts of the rockies looking quite snowy at times that south weather system beginning to come more fragmented drive for los angeles their highs of 22 degrees moving the forecast on them through into monday you see some snow developing across the upper midwest through towards the great lakes and also going to see that rain moving away from southeast there is an improvement expected across florida moving down into the caribbean region jerry weather conditions here arent too bad we got one or 2 showers affecting the island of hispaniola but otherwise weather conditions looking pretty good weve got a few showers there for costa rica fuchsia southern parts of mexico extending into billys and probably guatemala at times now southward into south america weve got jerry fine conditions for many areas usual russia showers across central northern parts the amazon basin but you notice this area of cloud this is giving some heavy rain across parts of argentina in particular and it will be a wet day when its aires. On counting the cost the corona virus and its impact on the gas market spending billions of dollars to save trillions later from new york to chicago and so we look at the cost of rising sea levels the oceans warm up divers improve our risk here to. Come to the gulf on al jazeera. A diverse range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of our networks journalists on aljazeera. Welcome back im out of the top stories here on aljazeera air strikes by the Saudi Led Coalition in northern yemen have killed at least 31 civilians it comes after saudi arabia confirmed one of its war planes crashed in the same region 23. 00 rebels say they shot down the aircraft qatars foreign minister says recent efforts to end the blockade against the country have not succeeded in saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates buffering and egypt cut all political trade and transport ties with qatar and 2017. But the head of the World Health Organization has warned the International Community its impossible to know which direction the coronavirus that were going to take earlier europe recalled its 1st death but an elderly Chinese Tourists died in france. To the u. S. Now where democrats are costing early votes in nevada as president ial caucuses the crowded field of contenders has been campaigning in las vegas ahead of the nominating contests next weekend but after the chaos of the iowa caucus results pressure is on nevada to do better so the 1st test of candidates appeal in a state with a more diverse population has more from washington d. C. Its about a 30 percent latino population here 9 percent africanamerican or an 8 percent Asian American that might help explain some of the figures were looking out in the 1st poll weve had for ages from from nevada but the soul is in the lead 25 percent he has a really strong latino base in nevada and now actually by the way that all that leave the house right now does that is reflected in the National Polls were going to last National Poll we had on thursday had a double digit lead over joe biden he was at 29 percent joe biden at 19 percent of but he started looking very good at the moment joe biden 18 percent in nevada he has to do well now after his disastrous performance is in New Hampshire and iowa where hes going to continue to say that hes the electable one he has to start winning or at least vaguely doing well in elections hes hoping that the africanamerican base that hes always hoped for will come out with as evidence in the polls that even that is declining now as what we were told in the pose of the main reason why the Africanamerican Community is. Coalescing around him is that you know maybe they do prefer other policies from money some of those someone else but they feel that he can beat trump but if that is the priority and if you call and win elections its not good for him and its a bit more inferred 13 percent told him start now this is the really interesting one as well make or break for him perhaps as well so when we havent heard off much before. Is another 1000000000 a businessman and his pitch is i can beat trump because i can be the sort of centrist trying to win and i can beat him on his own on his own ground and so on. Hes put huge amounts of money in about if he doesnt do well here hes probably going to be out of it and then peter amy close to 10 percent this is their opportunity these are on the on the right of the Democratic Party and their opportunity to perhaps through that they have any support whatsoever amongst ethnic minorities because certainly if they dont then it doesnt look good for them moving forward some of the evidence right now is that they have minimal support amongst the democrats diverse banks. Now ending almost 2 decades of violence in afghanistan has been high on the agenda at a security conference in munich and now a provisional agreement between the u. S. And the taliban and aims to reduce violence for a week aljazeera is diplomatic editor james bays has more. Of them on the war in afghanistan continues to claim lives here villages prepare to bury those killed in the u. S. Airstrike the u. N. Only started counting civilian casualties in 2008 years into the conflict but in the decade