Secretary of state lands in senegal as the white house tries to convince african countries to take sides in a trade war between the u. S. And china. In china adults as a reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of coronavirus for the 3rd successive day but the World Health Organization says its impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 more infections most of those in the who bay province where the outbreak was 1st reported to dissemble weald wide 1061669 have died of the disease they include an elderly chinese tourist in france the 1st fatality in europe and taiwan has also recorded its 1st death from the virus in hong kong theres anger over a government decision to open treatment clinics in densely packed areas residents say they want consulted and that the clinics may threaten the health. But in Mainland China this controversy over reports the president xi jinping and top leaders knew about the threat of the outbreak weeks before it was revealed to the public. Adrian brown is following that angle from hong kong. Chinas president xi jinping knew about the our break of the corona virus in early january that was 2 weeks before the government confirmed the 1st person to person transmission of the virus and more than a week before dr lee one liang was silenced by the government for alerting colleagues the president delivered a speech to the Politburo Standing Committee chinas most powerful political body that was on february the 3rd but details were only released by state media this weekend those details amount to an official timeline of what the president knew and when on january the 20th she says he issued special instructions to try to contain the outbreak 3 days later the city of woo han was locked down a measure praised by the World Health Organization some analysts say chinas leader appears to be covering his back after mounting criticism that he didnt respond fast enough on one hand. Chinese leaders who would like to demonstrate that it had not the late in reacting in taking action to contain the epidemic that it had not tried to conceal the facts from the puppy but then are obviously the cover up conspiracy is very much in the minds of Chinese People president xi also accused Regional Communist Party leaders of not carrying out orders from the government in beijing and vowed to punish incompetent administrator this is the greatest crisis to come from president xi jinping since he came to power more than 8 years ago because it indicates the top leadership were aware of the potential for verity of a virus weeks before the public were told of of dangers at beijings new International Airport the Economic Impact from the virus is clear with few Airlines Flying to china one of the worlds busiest travel hubs is at a virtual standstill. Desolate scenes too across the border in hong kong on a sunday the citys world famous harborside would normally be teeming with tourists but this weekend just 3000 visitors arrived deepening the sense of isolation here as well adrian brown Al Jazeera Hong Kong in japan hundreds of passengers on board a quarantined cruise ship are preparing to be evacuated the United States canada south korea and hong kong sending aircraft to fly their citizens home thats up to 70 more people aboard the diamond princess tested positive for the corona virus bringing the total number of infections on board to 355 around 3800 passengers and crew have been stuck for 2 weeks since the quarantine was imposed an entitys ia around 300 people have been released after spending 2 weeks in corinth seen a Remote Island theyve previously traveled to 100 in china so far into the sea a hasnt reported any cases of corona virus however the government is investigating the case of a Chinese National who tested positive after visiting the island of bali from there jessica washington explains what indonesians are doing differently the battle the outbreak. As the corona Virus Outbreak spreads around the world indonesia has found itself in an unusual position almost neighboring countries have confirmed cases of the virus in these are is yet to confirm even a single case and many are asking how one of asias most populous country has somehow invaded the lobel outbreak but over here in bali those concerns are particularly pronounced this is a place that draws thousands of tourists from china and up until recently they would dozens of direct flights operating from the epicenter of the virus but indonesian Authorities Say they have the situation under control and the World Health Organization also agrees that in these are its doing everything to their standard. We need 100. Back to have your good there and. Be have already a member of. The proper. Elected more. Rehab 101. 00 were going to. Read her book. And. Bali is quieter than usual thats because tens of thousands of Chinese Tourists have already cancelled their Holiday Plans earlier in the month the indonesian government suspended all flights to and from china but there are at least 3000 Chinese Tourists currently in bali and while some plan on returning home by flying through the country at least 300 have already applied for visa extensions. One of the uns top representatives on libya says the weapons a bugger that has become quote a joke and that those who preach it must be held to account it comes off to Foreign Ministers from around the dozen countries met to discuss the conflict on the sidelines of a Security Summit in the in munich members of the libby. International Committee Reform reaffirmed coles and Foreign Military support for the warring sides and stop the flow of weapons into the country or to cali for half the us forces have been fighting to capture the capital tripoli since april of 0 as diplomatic at the james bays press those attending the the press conference if they thought the arms embargo is working mr foreign minister you talk about a deplorable breach of the. We know who is breaching the arms embargo they were in the room with you what did you say should not one of us give us and those who continue to breach the embargo need to know that they will be detected and they will be named we will discuss that with the e. U. Council on Foreign Affairs tomorrow and we will discuss the contribution the e. U. Can make so that Everybody Knows that if they breach the embargo that they also violate a Security Council resolution and this will have a fix on them. Look as the source he has said i think on numerous occasions the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we all need to step up here and. It is complicated because there are violations that are you know happening on land sea and air and that all needs to be monitored and there needs to be accountability ultimately sudans ousted president Omar Al Bashir has appeared in court for the 1st hearing on allegations of war crimes in the darfur region the conflict that began in 2003 when mainly normal arab rebels rose up against bashir is government accusing it of neglecting the region this hearing is separate from the charges the faces at the International Criminal court in the hague the i. C. C. Has been pursuing him now for more than a decade. Well in 2009 bashir was charged with 2 counts of war crimes and 5 of crimes against humanity a year later International Criminal court added 3 additional charges of genocide they all have to do with bushs role in the darfur conflict is of fighting between progovernment forces and ethnic rebels left 300000 people dead a displaced 2 and a half 1000000 earlier i spoke with adams who is the executive director of the Global Center for the responsibility to protect he says the hearing in khartoum could indicate a date with the i. C. C. May be getting close. The sudanese dredges transitional authorities have kind of indicated that they are prepared to hand over the shia to the i. C. C. And thats the 1st time that theyve ever kind of given a hint of that so something is clearly under way and i think you know its amazing to see just how quickly that country has changed in less than a year members only april last year when when bashir was overthrown and now theyre literally talking about potentially handing them over so you can go in handcuffs to the hague but is whats happening in sudan today going to come up to International Standards yeah i think thats a real question and i mean the one thing thats very interesting here is that the International Criminal court hasnt actually said anything at this point and i assume thats because behind the scenes theyre probably talking to the sudanese authorities right now saying what would a domestic process look like what would a process in the hague look like and how could the International Community potentially assist with some domestic process of thats the course they choose to pursue but the Transitional Council in sudan is not excel of itself full of people who are known for being defenders of human rights is far from it in fact there are some people inside the Transitional Council who you know probably belong at the hague as well not least of all humanity who controls the Rapid Support forces which willing to cause to the gender weight in darfur and so whats clear is that theres kind of a debate obviously behind closed doors at the moment inside the Transitional Authority to say what does sudanese democracy look like but also what does justice and accountability look like around 40 people have been killed in a Road Accident in the democratic republic of congo police say the crash happened in the busy districts of the capital kinshasa Emergency Services at the scene. A weather update next here on aljazeera then god was getting away with it and with murder in mexico demonstrators say the epidemic of violence against women must be stopped plus. Im a bride at abbot point in queensland where millions of tonnes of coal a ship out of hysteria every year find out why some communities remain divided by the coal mining and Climate Change. Now the last bell to rains come out of china chinas forecast is a dry one and this japan we need to focus on japan and surrounding countries a bit of a close up then having seen a winter without a great did it snow is all for the about the last 2 weeks of mass is still to come in whole cardew and all these western slopes of honshu right down to the south youll notice its quite a cold wind giving a maximum temperature about minus 4 in seoul now in contrast in china in beijing its well when that should be 8 degrees its obvious about for this time of the year tokyo is also enjoying a bit awards the time being that of course a cold is going to come across the high ground at some point so as it turns into more of a northwesterly tokyo drops thats that he but you are still in the least so youre still in the sunshine now for the south and the showers are drifting slowly nose was now more in borneo more importance than when they see the new scene of late and curving into Southern Thailand that wind which is quite strong around the vietnamese coast will bring rain showers feel some storms through cambodia and into Southern Thailand during tuesday and thats it this is not quite weather proper few showers in the poll and northeast india and sri lanka things are quiet. We will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known United States army was so reliant on the private sector i would call it the tendency we have a mismatch between the way we on the magine to be and the reality of the 21st century enough to join us in a bathing pool for 11 out how many of the persons that youre sending out to should be a child soldiers and i have my child soldiers reloaded on aljazeera. Hello again this is al jazeera lets take them over to a much of the news this hour doctors in china are reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of corona virus for the 3rd day in a row but the World Health Organization chief says its impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take taiwan has reported its 1st deaths from the outbreak. One of the uns top representatives of libya says the weapons embargoed the is a joke and those who preach it must be held to account Foreign Ministers from around a dozen countries met on the sidelines of a Security Summit to discuss libyas conflict there with a free of calls to end Foreign Military support for the warning signs and sudans ousted president Omar Al Bashir has appeared in court for a hearing on war crimes allegations in the darfur region conflict that began in 2003 when minority rebels rose up against the shias go. Gunshots were heard of tear gas filled the streets of central baghdad on sunday dozens of protesters for the police who used smoke bombs to disperse the crowds which as to say that tents were set on fire by Security Forces overnight iraqs Human Rights Commission says that they leave 550 iraqis killed since antigovernment demonstrations began in october earlier 3 missiles landed near the u. S. Embassy in baghdad a 4th facade exploded close to the office of the Popular Mobilization of forces a Paramilitary Group backed by iran no casualties were reporters. Qatars foreign minister says that efforts to end the almost 3 year long blockade against the country have failed but thats remain open to resolving the disputes saudi arabia United Arab Emirates bahrain and egypt are refusing to restore political trade transport links are serious are higher at reports. From un says been speculation that the blockades of cats are 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 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 aljazeera media network. In december cats all since its highest representation since the blockade then prime ministership. There 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 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. 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 in the future fearing it might undermine its f. Containable to 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 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 off to the blockade began the 6 nation regional bloc is still struggling for unity its not a hyena its. The how las vegas is where Democratic Party candidates for the white house hoping to find political fortune think food for a front runner and Vice President joe biden has fallen behind in the race to replace total trump contenders a campaigning in the vada before next weeks nominating contest early voting for the coaxes began on saturday where a president who owned by the n. R. A. 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