this week, dancing with the stars, laughing with the stars and... ..skinny—dipping in the himalayas!hoose wi—fi, choose snapchat, choose a pre—ordered macchiato with almond milk, choose likes, choose follows, choose pizza delivered by drone, swipe right, swipe left, follow, follow, follow. we are constantly being bombarded with updates, tweets, information and fake news. we're glued to our phones, addicted to digital status. we're even smashing up our gadgets, obliterating them to pieces in a violent quest to rid ourselves of these virtual assistants. our self—imposed restraints. well, it's time to get away from all that, just for a few minutes. this week, justin rowlatt travelled thousands of miles to a village in the himalayas which is getting electricity for the very first time by enhancing the power of the sun. i'vejoined a team hiking up the frozen zanskar river. we've got an eight day 140 kilometre trek ahead of us. our destination, hanamur village. it has around 50 people, its four houses huddled together under granite cliffs. for hundreds of years the only light after dark wa

after travelling five thousand kilometers from its source in the himalayas this is where the river vents its rate. over time it's carved out the cone fulls one of the widest waterfalls in the world. yet allow fishermen jump into the water without fear. for me before they're right one mile walk. toward god with the rope out there care can't get you you are going to your didn't call are not far from god what if god. is fifty two. he says it's no coincidence he's never had an accident in forty years. oh i don't know if you need but would pull out that about what bob would buy out by a guy that had set up to be why. it would be at that by what the what. the full stretch over nearly ten kilometers. allow call this region see found don't the full thousand on. land just south from the fulls and countless waterways of the mekong. this is a familiar hunting ground for. getting there takes good balance and steady nerves. at work but on. the other. side. but that's about it yeah yeah. i. like the elf. but. if i want them in my life yes but what. fish breed upstream. they eventually become trapped a

my father-in-law is 94 from world war ii who flew over the himalayas from india and is alive today andker and i sit with a very good friend of mine who was 95 years old and went through combat in italy. they are still the 5% and if you have not read the book the greatest generation need to read that it is a wonderful book. >> i appreciate that. [applause] >> in preparation of coming here with your life after the war with that reconciliation i do know if you would take a moment just to share that? it is a long story but i would like everybody to hear that. >> i was a consultant in california with asked me to go to japan to speak so with iwo jima you can replicate the site and the sounds but not the smell of 20000 bodies rotting in the sun i had no use for the japanese people and i said no. i'm too busy so i told my wife when i came home i turned down a trip to go to japan and said jerry you never asked me once if i wanted to go to japan. [laughter] so in 1983 and found myself there i was completely overwhelmed by the culture and education in the food and the scenery and everything they

. ♪ >> nepal is a stunning country, home to the himalaya mountains, bordered by india to the south andibet to the north. but the same beautiful landscape presents a challenge effectively cutting off those who live in rural areas. nepal has a total population of more than 29 million people, but consider this, just over 1 million live in the capital city of kathmandu, and 19% of the total population lives in an urban area. the rest are in rural communities. >> i come from a very remote area, and so i have that understanding of how difficult it is to access the medical care in nepal. >> dr. shankar is a surgeon in nepal. in his training he observed the surgery of a repair of a clef lip on child. >> iatch and at the end of the surgery i could not believe my eyes the transformation of the face from the the cleft to the normal looking child. immediately, i thought, i would like to do this. i would like to become a plastic surgeon. >> reporter: he is now the leading plastic surgeon in nepal nepal. >> so they come from a very remote area. >> reporter: but it is not enough to run a clinic in th

this week, justin rowlatt travelled thousands of miles to a village in the himalayas which is gettingfirst time by harnessing the power of the sun. i'vejoined a team hiking up the frozen zanskar river. we've got an eight—day ilio—kilometre trek ahead of us. our destination — hanamur village. it has around 50 people, its four houses huddled together under granite cliffs. for hundreds of years the only light after dark was the thin flicker from oil lamps. sta nzin chonzom struggles to cook in the dim light. translation: these traditional lights are not portable from one room to another and they don't cover enough area for the children to read. it also causes pollution. if we had solar power it would be much betterfor us. the next morning and the team gets to work. this is the satellite dish and take a look at this. it's taken quite a beating along the way. it will be interesting to see if this works. this is a street light. 0h, you've got street lights! 20 watts. oh my god, it's a complete grid! because you get wild animals in the summers and winters. if you have street lights, no wild

and, click goes skinny— dipping in the himalayas — as a remote village receives electricity for the firste. sensitive viewers may wish to look away. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has urged european union leaders not to put lives at risk by blocking a security deal after brexit because of "deep—seated ideology". the prime minister was speaking at a security conference in munich. mrs may said that that "nothing must get in the way" of britain and the eu helping each other to keep people safe. the prime minister said that real political will is required to safeguard intelligence co—operation which has developed over the decades. people across europe are safer because of this cooperation and the unique arrangements we have developed between the uk and eu institutions in recent years. so it is in all of our interests to find ways to protect the capabilities that underpin this cooperation when the uk becomes a european country outside the eu, but in a new partnership with it. to make this happen will require real political will on b

and click goes skinny dipping in the himalayas, as a remote village receives electricity for the firstat's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. save the children says the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, resigned from a senior role at the charity in 2015 before an inquiry into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour was completed. brendan cox this morning stepped down from two organisations set up in his wife's memory after admitting he had behaved inappropriately three years ago. but he rejects a separate allegation he assaulted a woman at harvard university in 2015. charlotte gallagher reports. the murder ofjo cox by a far right extremist stunned the nation. the labour mp and mother of two was shot and stabbed in the week before the eu referendum in 2016. in the months after her death, her widower, brendan cox, vowed to campaign in his wife's memory, and set up the jo cox foundation and more in common. now, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour against women, he has stood down from both charities. he was accused of harassing a

and — click goes skinny dipping in the himalayas, as a remote village receives electricity for the firstime. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. lizzy yarnold has won team gb‘s first gold medal at the winter olympics in south korea. she's won the women's skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. she's not alone on the podium as her team mate laura deas got a bronze medal in the event. joe lynskey reports. weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. at these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. this was elise christie's second medal shot. with a lap to go, she had a route to the final. she had to finish in the top two, but this happened. and it's between zhou yang and christie now... and christie has crashed again now! this most brutal sport can have the most painful ending. and for christie, heartbreak also comes with jeopardy, her favourite event starts in three days' time. she now has a race to recover. right now, i'm not bothered about medals, i'm thinking about

right up towards the northwest of india coming in across pakistan to the snow as it moves over the himalayas that there delhi with the top temperature now going up to around twenty nine degrees thirty five in that pool further south maybe go with that wet weather starting to set in across the eastern side of sri lanka colombo with a top temperature of thirty one. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. a unique poor trait of a small gulf nation living under siege maybe this friend was they targeted said. that pain to be forced to leave would be awful and then again it has given us the desire to carry on with our lives and be creative maybe others are in downs but it is not a majority of business. has become movie united. beyond the blockade at this time on al-jazeera. again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories the syrian military bombardment of eastern ghouta looks set to continue with the u.n. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire postponed until saturday all the four hundred and forty civilians have died in six days of heavy attacks on the rebel held and. the u.s. has

great deal of wet weather around of this there just a little bit of snow around the foothills of the himalayas out towards the west and here in doha it's rather windy and it feels quite cold in the wind now fortunately the wind will ease as we head through the next few days so that will allow the temperatures to get a little bit higher so from about twenty two on sunday to about twenty three on monday but twenty three is certainly feeling warm on monday thanks to less wind this area of cloud over a man is moving its way away so no problems for the south coast of oman for monday muscat for twenty three. we have here as if data we know the products of from buying everything that you're doing that's really where the power of the all powerful internet is both a tool for democracy and the threat believe that any of your companies have a den of fide the full scope of russian active measures on your platform in the echo chamber world of fake news in cyberspace the rules of the game left changed there are no precedents people in power investigates this information and democracy at this time. welcome b

not really doing a great deal weather wise that may just squeeze out the old shower there for the himalayas further south and it's over sri lanka where we've seen some particularly wet weather recently might be some rather more shop showers as we head through wednesday and on wednesday it looks like that we pushing a bit further north as well so in the southern parts of india will season showers to. the with sponsored by the time he's. written a little like you source of substance to the country. isn't flows through this thing going on who can lay claim to didn't name isn't going to give them the resources we need but with this comes a destabilizing rivalry the country suspicious of each of those intentions in the battle for control of the river transponding see consultation was not up to me to come to is because of some unknown field struggle a little bit of this time on al jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories the u.s. is accusing russia of blocking a u.n. security council statement condemning the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government u.s. ambassador

swathe of it not a great deal of rain on this system just a little bit there in the foothills of the himalayas but elsewhere is just make going to make the frontrunner all the milky times so lots of cloud there as we head out towards the west though here in doha not a great deal of cloud at the moment but it has been very windy those winds easing off now though so as we head through monday twenty three degrees will be our maximum and it will feel a bit milder than it has been as we've lost that wind there is cloud is working its way steadily towards us but again not a great deal of what weather on this just a fair amount of murky weather towards the south staying dry and fine for many of us twenty three there is a maximum temperature fourth in muscat as usual though it is mild the force insula temperatures will be making it to around twenty seven or twenty eight. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it with every day but the messages simply state you have before playing that good logical rational person trace amounts and misinformation is rife dismissal and denial of w

part of pakistan and bring some rather wet weather to it to the fall north of india up towards the himalayas tends to snow with the high ground of course elsewhere this fall and dry hot in that pool thirty five celsius already over the next couple of days it's also want to show is just creeping into sri lanka as we go through sunday and a chance to some rather heavy rain pushing across in all the possibilities down into the northwest of in the end that cloud of rain that's in the process of moving across northern parts of the middle east not even see some wet weather across northern parts of saudi arabia and sad state maybe even here in a more right possible on sunday. paint the scene for us where they're online which is a very nice sign in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there. choosing between. this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. it's good to hav

great deal of wet weather around of this there just a little bit of snow around the foothills of the himalayas out towards the west and here in doha it's rather windy and it feels quite cold in the wind now fortunately the wind will ease as we head through the next few days so that will allow the temperatures to get a little bit higher so from about twenty two on sunday to about twenty three on monday but twenty three certainly feeling warm on monday thanks to less wind this area of cloud over a month is moving its way away so no problems for the south coast of oman for monday muscat at twenty three. what makes this movie this period we're living through so you need to know this is really an attack on itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion is that of what free speech is supposed to be about the context it's hugely important we have a right to publish if you have a duty to be offensive or provoked or whatever it is people did setting the stage for a serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera a confidential united nations re

developing more widely with snow on its leading edge as it pushed up through the hindu kush and into the himalayas but otherwise fine conditions the most part again sri lanka still seeing some showers here the arabian peninsula is looking to a bit more unsettling to more cloud around here in the course of wednesday across the gulf states generally in the risk of want to show as temperatures just twenty five degrees here in doha on the other side the potential is looking fine for the top temperature of thirty four in mecca. from satellite technology to three d. printing. called waste to solar powered classrooms africa is transforming young innovators are propelling change building communities creating your point and solving problems challenging systems and shaping. creative thinkers sure continents future. africa. back without a zero recap of the top stories aerial bombardment of the besieged syrian neighborhood of eastern ghouta has resumed after the day a five hour humanitarian truce was called for. south africa's parliament has overwhelmingly passed a motion allowing the government to take priva

do notice a good deal more cloud of it that cloud is stretching up towards the foothills of the himalayas we will see some snow here but elsewhere largely dry. the weather sponsored by qatar peace. twenty years of china's transformation. told through one young girl's journey. from birth to adult hood each. two decades following the development of a life and nation. five years on rewind returns to the story of k.k. the girl from joe. on al-jazeera. you're watching all jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour russian jets being shot down by rebels over syria's northwestern province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to eject but he was later killed near the town of. italy's prime minister has condemned a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people police arrested a man who'd been making a fascist salute up to six people were shot and. at least eleven soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in northern pakistan the soldiers were playing volleyball in the town in the swat valley thirteen others h

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developing more widely with snow on its leading edge as it pushed up through the hindu kush and into the himalayas but otherwise fine conditions the most part again sri lanka still seeing some showers here the right being potentially looking to a bit more unsettling to more cloud around here in the course of wednesday across the gulf states generally in the risk of one or two showers temperatures just twenty five degrees here on the other side the potential is looking fine for the top temperature of thirty four in mecca. the scene for us where on line what is american sign you meant the piece is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people there are choosing between buying medication eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story join a global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera france has appealed to russia to ensure that aid is allowed into the syrian

(man) the himalayas, the ganges.. (man) i have breath in their calm. ♪ music up ♪ (man) yoga has taught me the truth about life... (man) and motorcycles. ♪ music up (man) that the more still you are... (man) the further you can go. (female singing) ♪ incredible india kpix 5's sandra osborne is live at a chevron near the airport in san jose with a look at the numbers. and unfortunately for drivers in san francisco, aaa lists the city as the highest gas cost in the contiguous united states with an average price of $3.44 per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline....the national average is 92-cents cheaper at $2.52. oakland is paying an average of $3.33 per gallon. here in san jose, gas prices are an average of $3.32. still, triple-a says overall they seen an improvement ac he country with an average price that' . >> reporter: the national average price for gas dipped slightly across the country but here in california, we're paying extensionive prices at the gas pump. triple a and unfortunately for traffic in san francisco,

on endangered coastlines clients from abroad who ask me if they can bring a similar suit for the himalayas but it won't be the last case of its kind because people can see the damage being caused by a lot of the must see. some people might find the case absurd a peruvian farmer sues a german power company because of climate change. but lawyers in the us are also investigating energy companies over their role in climate change one of the highest profile cases is in new york it's not about twenty thousand euros it's about billions of dollars. the findings of carol moffat and others provided the impetus. for. attorney general eric schneiderman who's currently investigating exxon and its former c.e.o. rex tillerson trump secretary of state. are. pretty much they have told the public for years that there were no competent models was this specific term used by an exxon executive not so long ago no competent models to project climate patterns and we know that they paid millions of dollars to support organizations that put out propaganda denying. then we can predict or measure the effects of fossi

(man) the himalayas, the ganges.. (man) i have breath in their calm. ♪ music up ♪ (man) yoga has taught me the truth about life... (man) and motorcycles. ♪ music up (man) that the more still you are... (man) the further you can go. (female singing) ♪ incredible india >>> the sharks are so excited about trading for evander kane that when kane arrived in san jose at midnight joe thornton was there to pick him up. >> joe picked me up last night. that was nice of him especially with his injury. so it's good to see a familiar face and nice. >> less than 20 after arriving, kane made his sharks debut against edmonton. second period san jose trailing 1-0 but then his pass tipped in. later in the game couture with the shark's fourth goal of the period and san jose snaps a three-game losing streak. they win, 5-2. >>> tuesday april 3 the texas rangers come to the oakland oakland. you may see tim lincecum. he has reportedly agreed to a deal with the rangers. he hasn't pitched in the majors since 2016 with the angels. texas will l

not really doing a great deal weather wise but may just squeeze out the odd shower there for the himalayas further south and it's over sri lanka where we've seen some particularly wet weather recently might be some rather more shop showers as we head through wednesday and on wednesday it looks like that we pushing a bit further north as well so in the southern parts of india will season showers to. the with sponsored by qatar race. the palestine national locust was first founded in the one nine hundred thirty s. but it's had to be revived in twenty ten all was very important for me to sing in palestine no musicians from all over the world come together to perform in the occupied territories. it's like every palestinian living in the us felt it was the first time they performed using their identity al-jazeera world hears music as a force for unity the diaspora orchestra at this time. in a very short time to be a trusted news source wherever you are in the world if you really want to know what's going on there and find out very quickly. no look even you saw some nation's prison. we are proba

right up towards the northwest of india coming in across pakistan tony snow as it moves over the himalayas that there delhi with the top temperature now going up to around twenty nine degrees thirty five and that pool further south maybe go with that wet weather starting to set in across the eastern side of sri lanka colombo with a top temperature of thirty one. the weather sponsored by qatar and nice. discover a willful would winning programming from around the world. you can't deny your challenge your perception if you were to design a propaganda system if you could not build a better platform then faced. documentaries debate and discussion this country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point algeria. on the streets. are victims but a new force. female police officers are combative sexual assault and domestic abuse. is a challenge and so is life behind the badge. at this time. of our top stories this hour the syrian military. continue. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire postponed until today more than four hundred forty civilians have di

do notice a good deal more cloud on it that cloud is stretching up towards the foothills of the himalayas we will see some snow here but elsewhere largely dry. the weather sponsored by cats are always. we have here as if data we know the products of from buying everything that you're doing that's really where the power of the all powerful internet is both a tool for democracy and the threat do you believe that any of your companies have adana fide the full scope of russian active measures on your platform in the echo chamber world of fake news in cyberspace the rules of the game left changed there are no precedents people in power investigates this information and democracy at this time. more than seven decades ago a country was split into rebated but didn't get in and now the time. to demarcation all it took was a pan a map and a collapsing empire and when the british had to draw a line they pulled it in six seven two hundred have been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders o

he was one of those brave pilots who navigated military aircraft over the himalayas, colloquially known as the hump. coincidentally, another significant figure in alaska's history flew those same routes during the war. that guy's name was ted stevens. after the war, george and peggy returned briefly to the midwest. they bought a share in a restaurant. in 1951 they sold their share. they took off for alaska. and in 1949, nash. it was a bumpy, dusty two-week journey we're told. upon arrival george worked construction on elmendorf air force base and helped build a home for his family. they moved to arizona for a short time in the 1950's and tried out another restaurant. at that time it was in tucson. it didn't work. it was a flop. they returned to alaska to try again, and this time it was no flop. on the occasion of the wish bone's 50th anniversary in 2005, george recalled the wish bone's first week in business. he shared this with a reporter of the anchorage daily news, and he said as follows, the first day we took in $80. the second day, $125. then we went to $300 on saturday, i believe

(man) the himalayas, the ganges..lm. ♪ music up ♪ (man) yoga has taught me the truth about life... (man) and motorcycles. ♪ music up (man) that the more still you are... (man) the further you can go. (female singing) ♪ incredible india >>> pop star demi lovato kicked off her tour with a message. she invited survivors from the school shooting on stage to her. la vot tow has been a mental health advocate since 2010. and only on "cbs this morning" she spoke to lovato about her mission behind her music. >> demi la vot tow hit a personal note in front of more than 7,000 fans at the debut night of her tell me you love me tour. opening up about her own struggles with depression and addiction. i want to share my journey with people and my story so it can open peoples minds and see there's nothing wrong with you just because you have a mental illness. >> reporter: and providing me with a place that was safe and believing in me. >> reporter: now business partners they use the concert tours to inspire others suffering from menta

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