before you enter the gateway to the himalayas, you better self-medicate.here's snacks on the way!" great. i'll get a bag of peanuts. truth be told, i'm an angry, bitter man when i board. i'm guessing there ain't a shoney's or a p.f. chang on the way. kinda cute, little train. it's so little. it's the universal tours. when do we go on the king kong ride? while my stomach growls, i become the kind of traveler i warn against. gripey, self-absorbed, immune to my surroundings. but as my brightly colored little train heads up into the hills from kalka station, known as the gateway to the himalayas, my worldview starts to improve. ♪ the unnaturally bright colors of india start to pleasurably saturate my brain. the views from the window of ridiculously deep valleys, hundred-year-old bridges -- it's well, breath-taking. [ cheering ] my fellow passengers, too, are irresistibly charming. the school kids in their uniforms cheer in unison every time we pass through one of the tunnels. [ cheering ] >> anthony: i'd pretty much forgotten about my hunger until the whistle

update on a story we've reported on a few days about two trekkers from taiwan who were found in the himalayas and rescue team found them in a canyon in nepal's dhading district. after being rescued a few days ago, doctors are now continuing with treatment. here's the latest from the bbc‘s rahul joglekar. iam i am sorry that everybody had to be concerned about me. in the future, i will be more careful. i am looking forward to going back to taiwan. he survived the initially on potatoes and noodles. then, the ace for days. she has been taking good food. she is happy. a lot of discussions with the nurses and doctors and from today, he also started walking. they had come to nepal to conquer the treacherous peaks had come to nepal to conquer the treacherous pea ks of had come to nepal to conquer the treacherous peaks of the himalayas. now only one of them will return to taiwan after a throw —— miraculous rescue. it was advertised as the ultimate in luxury — but a new festival in the bahamas imploded on the day it was supposed to begin. festival—goers were promised a ‘once in a lifetime experience'

the duo had come to nepal to conquer the treacherous peaks of the himalayas.cue. now, it was advertised as the ultimate in luxury, but a new festival in the bahamas imploded on its first day. festival——goers were promised a once—in—a—lifetime experience of art, food and music, but instead found that they had spent thousands of dollars on tents for accommodation, sandwiches for food, and, the headline act a no—show. harvey biggs has the story on how the island dream turned into a nightmare. the actual experience exceeds all expectations... this is how the festival was billed — a cultural moment, boasting as having some of what it claims are the greatest artists on earth. fyre festival offered a weekend of a private island in the bahamas, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous, with tickets costing up to $12,000 for a four—person package. an event heavily promoted on social media, but one that ended up creating a viral buzz of a different kind. after headline act blink—182 pulled out, festival—goers arrived on friday to find utilitarian, white tents, accommo

more than six-thousand rivers flow from the himalayas into the valleys below. power of the precious resource has been underutilized. this invention, called a "barsha pump" might change that. barsha is the nepali word for rain. >> the barsha pump is a hydro-powered pump. it is a water wheel that is sitting on a floating platform. so you put it on the river, it floats on the river. and the flowing river sort of rotates the wheel. and then we have a connecting output hose, from which you take the water. so basically, the pumping happens just by the river rotating a water wheel. and there is no mechanical action in the pumping. so that's why this pumping principle requires very little maintenance. >> the pumps have changed the lives of the farmers in the region. in the past, they had to carry water to their fields which are often high up in the mountains. that could take as much as six hours a day! >> our main crop is watermelons. before we had the barsha pumps we had to haul water from the river in canisters. when it came time to harvest the melons, they weighed a

a 21—year—old taiwanese trekker has been found alive in the himalayas 47 days after he and his girlfriende pair slid off a slippery trail and became trapped in a cave—like formation. his 19—year—old girlfriend died three days before the rescuers reached them. hollywood directorjonathan demme has died at the age of 73. demee is best known as the director behind the 1991 film silence of the lambs. the film won best picture that year, while demee took the best director award. he'd been suffering from cancer. two english league football clubs have been raided by tax officials over suspected fraud. officials say they've arrested several men from west ham and newcastle united football clubs. they seized documents, computers and mobile phones. the bbc understands the suspected income tax and national insurance fraud amounts to more than $6 million. finally, what you're seeing here is an illustrated depiction of cassini's final dive through the rings of saturn. nasa's probe has been making the first of 22 dives through the narrow gap between saturn and its spectacular rings. scientists are waitin

a 21 year—old taiwanese trekker has been found alive in the himalayas, 47 days after he and his girlfriendpair slid off a slippery trail and became trapped in a cave—like formation. sadly, his 19 year—old girlfriend died three days before the rescuers reached them. hollywood directorjonathan demme has died at the age of 73. he is best known as the director behind the 1991 film silence of the lambs. the film won best picture that year, while demee took the best director award. he'd been suffering from cancer. venezuela will withdraw from the organisation of american states saying the group is interfering with the country's domestic affairs. the regional organisation voted to hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers to discuss the crisis in venezuela amid ongoing protests in the country. president nicholas maduro had threatened to pull out of the oas before the meeting took place. two english league football clubs have been raided by tax officials over suspected fraud. officials say they've arrested several men from west ham and newcastle united football clubs. they seized documents, c

he grew up desperately poor in this village with no electricity or running water high in the himalayasepal, the nearest school was miles away. his parents saw the way out with education, but the grip of poverty was too strong to escape. his younger sister, with whom he was very close, died of tuberculosis. >> i saw her pass away in front of me. and then -- it was a very strong determination from inside that maybe this is the profession that i should take and make health care at a level for my countrymen. >> reporter: that determination took him to medical school in india. he came back to nepal an eye doctor, committed to bringing care to remote mountain villages. the documentary "out of the darkness" showed them carrying equipment on their backs. his team hiked for days. his goal, as revolutionary as it was simple. to cure blindness in the third world with a cheap technique to remove cataracts. soon, the medical world took notice and so did a young jeff tabin. >> i improved myself. sanduk ruit and i came to work in nepal. >> what did you think of him when he first showed up? >> you kno

he grew up desperately poor, in this village with no electricity or running water, high in the himalayasl was a 15-day walk away. ruit's illiterate parents saw education as the way out for their children, but the grip of poverty and poor health was too strong to escape. his younger sister, with whom he was very close, died of tuberculosis. >> dr. ruit: i saw her pass away in front of me. and-- then it was a very strong determination from inside-- that maybe this is the profession that i should take and make healthcare available for my countrymen. >> whitaker: that determination took him to medical school in india. he came back to nepal an eye doctor, committed to bringing modern care to remote mountain villages. the documentary "out of the darkness" showed them carrying equipment on their backs. his team hiked for days. his goal, as revolutionary as it was simple: to cure blindness in the third world with a quick, cheap technique to remove cataracts. soon the medical world took notice-- and so did a young geoff tabin. >> dr. tabin: i imposed myself on sanduk and came to work in nepal. >>

one comes from the himalayas and -- they aremes from all in india and they come into pakistan. isnow the prime minister saying we will stop the water. it is an extremely serious threat. i don't think you should do that charge,and if i was in i would have told him that we will go to war if you do that. is that serious. so don't do that. to accept warred with pakistan, then do it. >> one more question. >> good evening, general. as you mentioned earlier, we have a close relationship with the u.s. since 9/11. were like a frontline ally in the war on terror. sustained we have $100 million of lost to the but the world, sees us as a terror sponsoring state rather than terror resisting date. gen. musharraf: i think some people do think we are -- but the majority of countries and leaders do understand that we are fighting terrorism and we are the victims of terrorism. we are not the perpetrators of terrorism. those people who blame us for thisdon't understand where militancy started. religious militancy started in 1979 when afghanistan was occupied by the soviet union. when that happene

a missing hiker from taiwan has been found after being lost for 47 days in the himalayas.im died three days before he was rescued. the two survived by eating snow and salt after their food ran out. 47 days found alive. >>> and stores, yup, a thing of the past. they've been closing across the nation for years, right, but when one man who is living with autism found out that his local blockbuster store was closing he took it pretty hard so his dad came and with a brilliant plan. he built a mini blockbuster at their home. his son who is nonverbal was thrilled when he saw that mini blockbuster store and just in case you were wondering, there are abhandful of blockbusters that survived after the chain filed for bankruptcy in 2010. steve, guess where they are? >> where, a. >> they're in alaska. i just saw a whole report about this. there are about 10 of them and up there it's just -- you know, it's a social place, it's a gathering place and, internet is really expensive and blah, blah, blah. so there are still blockbusters there and for this young man. >> blockbuster in pennsylv

one comes from the himalayas. the others come from punjab. they are all in india and they come into pakistan. modi isme minister saying he will stop the water. it is an extremely serious threat. i don't think you should do that at all, and if i was in charge, i would have told him that we will go to war if you do that. it is that serious. so don't do that. if he is prepared to accept war with pakistan, then do it. >> thank you for answering my question. we are going to go for dinner. good evening, general. , weou mentioned earlier have a roller coaster relationship with the u.s. when 9/11 happened, the u.s. needed us and we responded. we were like a frontline ally in the war on terror. since then, we have sustained almost a $118 billion loss to our infrastructure. the world sees us as a terrorist state. how would you clarify pakistan's position? >> well, i think some people do ofnk that, but the majority countries and leaders understand that we are fighting terrorism, and that we are the victims of terrorism. we are not the perpetuated is ter

one that comes from himalayas. and the other. they are in indiana coming to pakistan. so they now prime ministers and we will stop the waters. an extremely serious threat. i do not think he should do that at all. and if i was in charge i would have told him that we will go to war if you do that. it is that serious. so don't do that. if he is prepared to accept what it would pakistan then do it. [inaudible] >> thank you. >> good evening. as you mentioned earlier we have like a roller coaster relationship and when 9/11 happened waiting when needed and we responded. we were like the front line outlined in the war on terror. since then we have sustained almost $118 billion loss to an infrastructure in the taliban retaliating. and they cs as a terrorist authoring state by the world. how would you explain pakistan -- >> i think some people do think that we are terrorist sponsoring. but many countries and leaders do understand that we are fighting the terrorism and that we are the victim's of terrorism. those people who blame us for that do not understand where this started.

one comes from himalayas. one comes from a range in india. they are all in india and they come into pakistan. so they -- now prime minister modi saying that we stop the powers is an extremely serious threat. i don't think he should do that at all. and if i was in charge, i would have told him that we'll go to war if you do that. it is that serious. >> yes, it is serious. >> so don't do that. if he is prepared to accept war with pakistan, then do it. >> thank you for answering my question. just one more person and we going to go for lunch -- dinner. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> good evening, general. as you mentioned earlier, we have like a roller coaster relationship with u.s. and since 9/11 -- in fact, when 9/11 happened, u.s. needed us and we responded. we not only provided them more bases, but also we were like a front line ally in the war on terror. and since then we have sustained almost $118 billion of loss to our infrastructure and the taliban are retaliating by conducting suicide attacks and other terrorist activity across pakistan.

but in 2009 i had moved from mainland china to teach english abroad and was hiding in the himalayas and apply to graduate school. was accepted to nyu to study poetry, and when i came back to the states my mom advised that a get back on my parents health-insurance and that i go see a cardiologist. it'd been a number of years since i'd seen one. i had fallen out of care at the age of 18 or 19 thinking i was an adult living in new york city, and as a sick person didn't necessarily need to see a cardiologist and more. i am really grateful for my mom because she needs to go see cardiologist because at that time in 2009 i was diagnosed with luminary hypertension, and i was told i would need a surgery -- pulmonary -- surgery relatively soon to repair the shot and repair the valve because i didn't have much of a valve in my heart had a large so much that is about six months shy of heart failure. i was in california when i received the news i had pulmonary hypertension and i was advised to go see a surgeon and a cardiologist in europe when i got back to school. in early 2010 the direct of my wri

we are in the outer himalayas of speculation land.speculation? i think that is doubtful. if you look at conflicts where we might deploy. syria, the government has been clear we are not putting boots on the ground. parliament voted against air strikes in syria. following the recent cruise missile attack on president assad, michael fannon and eve ryo ne president assad, michael fannon and everyone went out of their way to look for a political solution. i do not get a sense there is an appetite to be involved in a military solution. north korea is on the other side of the world and not what we would get involved with. some sort of renewed operation against is in iraq? i do not know that would need a statement here, surely it would be a house of commons statement. our colleague laura kuenssberg is saying one source, not confirmed, speculation that a general election will be called on june the 8th. ok. that is quite conceivable. june the 8th, am i right in thinking it was the day of the referendum last year? no, that wasjune the referendum

said i had never seen them this small, they were brought over and artificially produced from the himalayasmore work to do, there will also be more of a variety of plants, that could be good or bad depending on your point of view. and more and more pests. win know the warm, wet winters are liked by things like ticks and slugs —— we know. at the this stir at wisley, looking glorious, i'm joined by a couple of expert gardeners —— look at this. have we seen much change in the last 15 years? we are looking back 20 or 30 years and in that time the growing season has got longer and average temperatures have gone up, the warmest years and winters have become more common as time has gone on. in the 15 years since the la st gone on. in the 15 years since the last report the science has moved on and we can take a more nuanced view of it, 15 years ago we thought it would be mediterranean in the summer and wet and warm winters but now because of the climate being more variable we will have more downpours in summerand more heavy variable we will have more downpours in summer and more heavy rainfall in t