The coal mining and Climate Change. A series of strikes in northern yemen by the Saudi Led Coalition has killed at least 31 civilians the attacks brought a rebuke from the uns humanitarian chief for yemen whose call it shocking well it strikes happened off to saudi arabia confirmed one of us will planes crashed in the same region who the rebels say they shot it down on a dollar top reports. This is the moment yemens say they shot down a Saudi Air Force fighter jet the group this video on saturday the saudi u. A. E. Lit qualis and confirmed to one of its planes it went down you know jove governorates in the countrys north east with these also broadcast the vision of what it says is the aftermath so how did it it was strikes in the area full of which the who these claim were retaliatory that the saudi quality released the statement saying there was a possibility of what it calls Collateral Damage to civilians this show you that the assad forces has been now able after they have shut down. Several of the. American drones over the skies of yemen in the last 50 months now it seems to be that they are able to slow down this fight that they can say that if they start at this stage this means that were going to end that a new stage of the war the who these claims the plane was downed with then to ground missile some another say that if thats true it would be a very Significant Development and yemens long running war this is a big deal knowing that already their partners the iraqis you know have for all practical purposes withdrawn left and now the saudis are there and incapable of finishing the war and settling cable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game changer beginning to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. More than 9001000 people are being killed and another 3000000 displaced by the fighting millions more have been brutes to the brain to famine struck only grim until 20000 raised troops for peaceful settlement suppose there is been news sign of that. If its confirmed now these have new weapon theyre very that could change the direction. Whatever happens its billions whos in the middle who continue to pay the price. So no. 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 cut all political trade and transport ties with qatar and 2017 so how does this report. From un says been speculation that the blockade of cattle by its neighbors could be nearing an end the foreign minister announced at the Munich Security Council that 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 are 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 katsav 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 aljazeera media network. In december cats are sent its highest representation since the blockade then prime ministership. Any to the annual Gulf Cooperation Council summit in saudi arabia at the time capsule had said theyd been positive talks with saudi leaders his attendance came after the National Football teams of saudi bihari and the u. A. E. All took part in the arabian gulf cup in cats on november reversing an earlier decision not to participate. Cattle is home to the largest u. S. Military base in the middle east and gulf region the u. S. Has called on its gulf allies to end the feud fearing it might undermine its efforts to contain what it sees is 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 detente 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 block is still struggling for unity so hideouts al jazeera the hot bed of the World Health Organization has worn countries against complacency over the corona virus which is now killed more than 600 people more than 69000 the now infected mostly in china on saturday virus claimed its 1st victim outside asia an elderly chinese tourist in france. Its impossible to predict which direction this week will take we are concerned about the levels of rumor and misinformation that hampering the response with concern that by the continued increase in the number of cases in china we are concerned by reports from china yesterday both the number of those workers who have been infected or dont. An American Woman from a cruise ship the docks in cambodia has now tested positive for the virus the 83 year old woman threw to malaysia on friday along with 144 other passengers from the ship then miss west had been turned away from 4 countries before docking in time boudia when he is in the cambodian capital with more. Very long and frustrating Journey Continues for many of the passengers off the west the damn who in various stages of transit some will have reached the 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 this have stopped there will be no people leaving that ship until they know the results of a 2nd test 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 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 that m a k l m flight out of concern that they may have been in contact with the 83 year old American Woman over 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 west that i am crew 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. Meanwhile the chinese Authorities Say president xi shouldnt ping knew about the corona Virus Outbreak much earlier than previously thought adrian brown has more on that now small call. 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 new 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 flack its taken over its handling of this crisis now a lot of people have called this sort of chinas sure 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 soon as it wants now as much of the developed world moves away from fossil fuels australia is pressing ahead with expansion of its coal industry but after a catastrophic bushfire season raise concerns over Climate Change opposition is drawing to a controversial new mind alexa brand reports. Claremont population 3001 of australias mining heartlands most of the work here is a cult following and they keep all wilkes Motel Business going as well possibly 70 percent of their business would be call related in one way or another whether it be the shoe salesman all of the shampoo sidles men feel salzman claremonts the closest town to the controversial kamaka mine and its still 160 kilometers away. The mines are owned by the Indian Company adani and got the go ahead from the government last year after more than a decade theyve been holed up so the environmental approvals and funding problems for the mines be scaled back from its initial plans however it will still be among a strain his biggest exposing at least 10000000. 00 tonnes of coal a year this is the workers camp for the mine which is under construction just a few kilometers away we werent allowed to film inside and wouldnt talk to us on camera for this story the mine lies here in the galilee basin which is home to one of the biggest coal deposits in the world there are fears the mine could push an endangered bird species towards extinction while the land also holds spiritual significance to some indigenous groups adani will be the 1st mine in the basin and thats made it a flashpoint for protests its madness to actually lead it to that its got this far in the stein i mean what we know about Climate Change and. One of the biggest you call deposits because it is shouldnt happen the Mining Industry and the role of fossil fuels in the Climate Crisis have been in the spotlight in australia after months of devastating bushfires and he has a drought as straightly is the worlds biggest exposures call and the governments being accused of not doing enough to reduce emissions or protect the planet. Their generation called mana and local union chief steve smyth says he. Open to change but its got to be realistic if they expect mourners in a family and Community Come along on this journey and ive got to provide something more than what they were born now which is rhetoric and words and the fact that people are not convinced that renewing the renewable sector can be avoid the sign of employment so im going job security and a future for about them and they could be down the mine could be exporting its 1st call as soon as next year in the meantime astray remains deeply divided over where the mines are purely sources of money and opportunity all scars on the landscape that take more than i provide. Aljazeera queensland australia. Coming on aljazeera including courting the minority vote Us Democratic president ial hopeful and stand there attention to the state of nevada and. On turning back the tide of plastic from the tourist board is giving away the image on the status. Of. Welcome back well stop by looking at weather conditions across the Arabian Peninsula and heres our largely fine pictures most of the cloud is further towards the north and to this area of low pressure its been given some pretty nasty weather across eastern parts of syria weve had snow weve had freezing rain still the risk of snow across these areas but thats also going to move into iran and iraq over the next 24 hours here in doha weve lost the wind which is blowing down through the gulf a couple days previous it was really quite cold here but looking at sundays forecast 23 degrees with light winds it should be a very pleasant day indeed heading on into monday you can see the area of snow really developing across northern parts of iran once again baghdad to also see the risk of snow that should clear later on and then coming south was fine conditions from mecca with a high of 32 degrees lets head on into central parts of africa here you can see this circulation moving in towards parts of kenya and tanzania it should weaken it does so but for coastal parts of tons it could be quite wet at times heavy showers elsewhere much as youd expect well look at the also looking quite wet across parts of the angola and about 6 back to to continue as we head on through into monday for the south as a largely fine picture for southern parts of africa highs of 27 in capetown. The politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning im afraid because i know on the 100000000 great where do these ideas come from the tragedy of more lives and how much you try to send it. To school a happy family or the only people to join me on this town see you on the final part of my journey when i want to become a target of the hindu flounced policy in search of indias soul on aljazeera. Oh. Welcome back im out of the top stories here on the aljazeera air strikes by the Saudi Led Coalition in northern yemen that killed at least 31 civilians saudi arabia confirmed one of its war planes crashed in the same region but the rebels say that he shot at them. As foreign minister says recent efforts to end the blockade against the country have not succeeded saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates must rein and egypt cut off political trade and transport ties with qatar and 2017. Chinas government says the death toll from corona virus has exceeded 1600 head of the World Health Organization has warned the International Community its impossible to know which direction the epidemic will take. Not a publication of graphic pictures of the body of a young woman murdered in mexico has drawn attention to what activists say is an epidemic of gender based violence as there was none a rap and i reports now from the mexican capital that. Hundreds of women continue to demonstrate on the streets of mexico city. I know their anger ignited by the case a 25 year old indeed is kmita brutally murdered by her boyfriend on february 9th. The National Palace was one of the targets of the crowns they said the government hasnt done enough to address the issue of violence against women its estimated that 10 women are killed in mexico every day. So when im in there were going to im sure people will say look at these crazy women spray painting this historic door from there who lucian but what they should do is read what weve written how many women have been killed how many have been raped how many are being discriminated thats what really matters. Theres also been a backlash against mexican media after photos of mutilated body be published. And. Im asking the members of the press before you publish a fight before you write a story think think this could have been your sister this could have been your daughter that this could be your mother. More than 1000 cases of femicide were recorded across mexico in 2900. Womens rights advocates are demanding that all murders of women be automatically investigated as femicide when the to investigate something when you see the oh when a murder is investigated as a femicide it automatically sets off a series of protocols recognized internationally through this documentation a statistic is generated making it possible to recognize the scope of the problem so Public Policy can be developed. Outside the Apartment Building where indeed ischemia was killed neighbors joined demonstrators in a vigil for all victims of gender based violence while it was the death of anybody that has come to you that support these latest demonstrations protests against gender based violence are becoming louder and more frequent in mexico more than 20 different organizations have signed an open letter against gender violence in mexico. With emotions still running high more demonstrations are expected when. Mexico city. To the u. S. Now where democrats are casting early votes in nevadas president ial caucuses the crowded field of contenders has been campaigning in las vegas ahead of the 3rd nominating contest next week and a lot of the chaos of the iowa caucus results pressures on the vada to do better so its the 1st test of its appeal in a state with a more diverse population you have the towns hes in washington d. C. He describes the significance of the ethnic minority voters in nevada. 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 he saw in his in the lead 25 percent he has a really strong latino base in nevada and now actually by the way that all that leave that he has right now does that is reflected in the National Polls were going to last National Poll we had on thursday he had a double digit lead over joe biden he was at 29 percent joe biden at 19 percent but he sounds looking very good at the moment joe biden 18 percent in nevada he has to do well now after his disastrous perf