President assad and bashir is due in court this hour for a hearing on dar for war crimes allegations the former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden battles for a much needed victory if you hope to keep this race for the white house alive. Hello the number of new cases of coronavirus in china has slowed for the 3rd day in a row more than 2000 new cases were reported on sunday thats down by more than 600 on the previous day but there are still serious concerns over the spread of the owners the World Health Organization is warning that other countries must step up their preparations to fight corona virus thats now killed more than 1600 people. Its impossible to predict which direction this week will take we are concerned about the level of rumor and misinformation that. The response will concern it by the continued increase in the number of cases in china we are concerned by reports from china used to be above the number of those workers who have been infected or done well the virus has claimed its 1st victim outside asia an elderly chinese tourist over in france more than 69000 people are infected worldwide most are in china and a female american passenger on a cruise ship docks in cambodia has now tested positive for the virus she was one of the 1400. 00 passengers that disembarked there from the m. S. Westerdam a day earlier and china theres more controversy over reports that president xi jinping knew about the corona Virus Outbreak much earlier than previously thought so heres ajor and brown with more on that from hong kong. Whats been happening this weekend is that state controlled media has been publishing details of a speech that president xi jinping gave on feb 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 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 it 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 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. While the number of cases on board a cruise ship thats now been quarantined in japan has jumped again and theres father said i mean hes joining us from yokohama for an update on that and what the latest numbers youre hearing are fadi. As today you have minister announced the new cases are 70 so this brings the total number on board of the ship to 355 cases and this also brings the total number of infections in jump. Of course including the ones on the ship to around 400. 00 this is a new stage and he also mentioned in programming today that japan is entering a new phase in facing this crisis because some of the infections on. Soil were not connected directly to patients coming from. Chinese even Chinese Tourists so if they couldnt establish the. Way or the thought this infections back to the situation on this ship. Announced that its going to evacuate 380. 00 passengers and crew members. Of citizens to the United States but this will be done to morrow by plane that is arriving today to the airport its just an hour drive from where i am here in oklahoma they would be transported by buses tomorrow to the airplane and then they would be screened and of course they would be tested in the United States but that interesting thing is that driving to. A base in california in the United States they will be guaranteed for another 14 days and this gives a big question and raises eyebrows why the United States is doing this. While. It is ending 19th of this month this is the announced date that. Health ministry has announced it beautifully so. This causes some questions about the possibility to extend the current teen on the ship itself so maybe the bus injures on the ship maybe they were not to be able to get out of the ship very soon also canada and hong kong that for doing also suit hong kong is of evacuating 330. 00 passengers and sundays evacuating 225 percent of all right thats the situation over any of the homicidal salameh thank you very. For that lets now go over to hong kong because there are protests there are underway right now against government plans to set up coronavirus treatment clinics for a lot that story well speak to sarah clarke so what kind of turnout are you seeing and what are people protesting mostly concerned about right now. Weve got a couple of 100 people in the calhoun area which is where we are now this is a protest openness by the community against the governments decision to set up these coronavirus treatment clinics across hong kong now weve had quite tests on saturday weve had protests again on sunday weve got 5 across the city today you know this particular one the complaint is that this sign that the government failed to consult the local community before they announce this decision kerry land made this announcement this week they werent aware of this particular decision until that announcement was made theyre also saying that setting up these coronavirus clinics in these areas such high density aries theres a risk of a potential Community Outbreak as a result there where we are weve got schools weve got markets weve got a large number of high rise buildings thats quite a lot of product for district and so a lot of these buildings are filled with elderly people and the concern with the neighborhood here in the people here at this protest this as a result i believe the risk of an outbreak macwrite a virus infection is high now also weve had a number of flags prodemocracy flags and hong kong independence flags being right used at this particular rally at the soft unknown it appears the prodemocracy groups movement and the Antigovernment Movement seem to be moving also the joining hands with these communities to try and push back the government on the decision to set up these coronavirus clinics across the city all right sara clark thank you for that update from hong kong. Well in indonesia almost 300 people have been released after spending 2 weeks in quarantine on a Remote Island theyd previously been in in china and so far indonesia hasnt recorded any coronavirus cases investigations are under way after a Chinese National did test positive after visiting the island of bali saddams ousted president bashir is due to appear in court for a hearing on crimes allegations in the door for the region the conflict there began in 2003 when minority rebels rose up against this years government will this hearing is a separate process from charges he faces with the International Criminal court in the hague the i. C. C. Has been pursuing bashir for more than a decade in 2009 he was charged with 2 counts of war crimes and 5 of crimes against humanity a year later the i. C. C. Added 3 charges of genocide or all have to do with bashir as role in the darfur conflict years of fighting between progovernment forces an ethnic minority rebels left 300000 people dead displaced 2 and a half 1000000 lets speak to a. Joining us here hes the founder of the president s of the Sudan Policy Forum thanks very much for joining us. This is just the 1st of several hearings that are to take place in sudan from what we understand when you saw my goodness year and crimes and our 4 how significant is this particular hearing. I think the whole trial is totally irrelevant why it goes so than penal code that over 99. 00 to 1. 00 does not have any provisions to charge i mean to put charges again is that bashir for having committed genocide or crimes against humanity so its more political than a process bashir has been to the fair by the decision of the Un Security Council 1593 to the i. C. C. Even though that sudan signed on. Signed on the i. C. C. Romy status article 16 but it wasnt that i defied by the sudanese parliament. And pushed the Un Security Council because sudan is a member of the you in a sea of. Security i mean the Un General Assembly so it was to be fair to the i. C. C. And the Sudanese Government doesnt have any option but to submit their own letter bashir to the i. C. C. I think theyre just wasting their time they are just trying to exploit the emotions of the sudanese public and we think it will only help idealogies paula is the sudanese. Political community so why do you think that theyre pushing to conduct this trial in sudan could they be under pressure from they certainly as public some of whom say well no matter bashir should be tried in sudan rather than the i. C. C. Because that way victims can get justice in their own country. The victims themselves they have one single demand is for the Sudanese Government i mean this is a unanimous decision among political activists and intending to displace community and almost all of that 40 instead on what it bashir should be should be handed to the i. C. C. To be to. Because to be tried in the hague because they simply dont believe that the sudanese dishes system as of now have any has any integrity or intellectual capability to handed this kind of a situation so the 40 years they have a unanimous agreement amongst themselves though he should be handed to the i. C. C. And i think they believe that this is one of very important is to to dismantling the racists interest. That has been going i mean these kind of crimes have been going on since 1821 but this is just common it is here at the time of war but of bush you ok well leave it there we thank you very much for giving us your analysis thank you now 3 missiles have landed near the u. S. Embassy in iraqs capital no casualties have been reported in baghdad a 4th miss alixe floated close to the office of the Popular Mobilisation forces that a Paramilitary Group backed by iran and a series of air strikes in northern yemen has killed at least 31 civilians the u. N. Humanitarian chief for yemen says the attacks by the Saudi Led Coalition are shocking the strikes happened after quote the rebels said they shot down a saudi warplanes mohamed reports in the yemeni capital sanaa this is the moment yemens say they shot down a Saudi Air Force fighter jet the group this video on saturday the saudi. Confirmed to one of its planes it went down you know drove governorates in the countrys north east. The what these also broadcast 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 a statement saying there was a possibility of what it 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 day 3 months now it seems to me that they are able to slow down despite that get on they can say that if they start at this stage this means that were going to and that i knew stage of the war the who these claims the plane was downed with then still missile some another say that of thats true it would be a very Significant Development and yemens a 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 certainly capable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game changer beginning to lose the war. More than 191000 people are being killed and another 3000000 displaced by the fighting millions more have been brutes to the brain to famine struck room agreement of 20000 raised troops for peaceful settlement suppose there is been news sign of that. If its confirmed no these have new weapon in there that could change the direction. Whatever happens its billions whos in the middle who continue to pay the price. And so on are still ahead on aljazeera the u. S. Secretary of state arrives in senegal with a war. Knowing about chinas influence from us. Turning back the tide of austin now a popular tourist spot is leading the way for indonesia. Hallow storm dennis is on its way through the u. K. Its always going to be a windy affair from north to south and the cloud shows the back edge to the winds felt anywhere this happens to be on the south coast of india but the rain was like to be the thing that caused no more destruction and the river is k. One above where it should be this is no North Yorkshire if hes not alone there the rain is out of the way by the end is sunday will be gone but the winds keep going still potentially destructive but in a minor way rather than a major way i would hope for at least now a consequence of this frontal system moving through is drawing up a lot of warmth to the south of it near record valley temperatures in crowd a few places in Northern Europe so yes wet and windy but thats all clear has come from a relatively warm source the Atlantic Ocean so if overlay the colors you can see that germany for example and france woman they should be now equally as you push it all south was the temps will drop goodness knows heading for the out spot the way so rain today in u. K. Snow on monday in the alps possibly too much too wet but there you go and the warmth is also pushed out of the way still there though in poland further sayas the cold wind out of europe has kept north africa chilly. To aljazeera let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and we listen so if you replace chinas enemy of the with and thats really then yours we meet with global news makers and tweek about the stories that matter just 0 context these are the 3 storytelling around the biggest issues but had to do you should do it again. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera. The number of new cases of coronavirus in china lowered for the 1st day in a row more than 2000 new cases were reported on sunday thats down by more than 600 from the previous day but the World Health Organization chief says its impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take. Sudans i was the president on one of bashir is due to appear in court for hearing on war crimes allegations and those are for rejoined the conflict there began in 2003 when minority rebels rose up against the government. The u. N. Humanitarian chief for yemen says hes shocked by the killing of 31 civilians in airstrikes they happened after pulling the rebels said they shot down a Saudi Air Force warplanes. Foreign minister and other officials are set to meet in munich to discuss the progress made in ending the conflict in libya its following up on outcomes made during a january summit in berlin those talks led to kidman to end all outside interference in the conflict to uphold a weapons of bargo but fighting continues and the uns envoy says its believed both sides have violated the arms embargo lets bring in our diplomatic editor james rays whos following the meeting taking place in munich so what do we expect when it comes to talks happening on libya. If you dont succeed try again that is what is happening this morning 4 weeks ago World Leaders met him in 4 weeks ago to the day to try and send an International Signal on the way forward in libya and that was to stop the supply of alms to both sides to get a cease fire in place to back the un led process to have u. N. Led talks among the libyan parties and eventually to have a u. N. Broke could elections that has been the plan in libya for a long time but the plan is not working because some of those who even attended that summit 4 weeks ago in berlin have not being doing what they said they do so they are trying again this time rather than leaders its Foreign Ministers from the same countries that gathered for weeks ago who are going to try and re emphasize the efforts they are arriving at the meeting as i speak right now in fact several of them a walk past me just saw the egyptian foreign minister so the Turkish Foreign minister who told me they would try very hard to see if they could get peace efforts back on track but of course turkey one of those accused of still supplying weapons to the gypsum a government in libya in tripoli and others notably egypt and the u. A. E. Are accused of sending planeloads of weapons to the other side in benghazi we have had one Important Development in recent days in new york on thursday finally after 3 off weeks of negotiation the u. N. Security council backed formally what was decided in berlin 4 weeks ago so certainly the International Community is lining up in that woods in support of the Peace Process but we still dont have a cease fire in place on the ground in libya and thats the next step as talks resume between the 2 sides in gen