last year more than 25,000 people came to watch films during the festival in kathman kathmandu.he only mountain festival in asia. ever since it started, it has inspired many youngster to his make their own films, some have even gone onto start their own film fes festivals. hhe is he is one of them. he quit his job as a public relations officer and is now a filmmaker now he runs once upon a time a short film festival. >> translator: i think i do a better job as ex-pressing myself through my films rather than talking. it's interesting to see how this new generation of filmmakers are good as expressions, we have the gadgets and cameras but young people need to focus on the content too. >> reporter: economy the king prize in 2009 and his films have been screened all over the world. and thanks for this ever-more popular festival. audiences here can see how people in other countries deal with the challenges of living in the mountains. al jazerra, kathmandu. >>> all the headlines, back grounds, too, and many interesting features there on our website. that's aljazerra.com. >> the argume

her older husband and four children are all in kathmandu.re is just too much work for the couple, and they have had to hire people to help them. and their children show no sign of coming back. >> translator: we worked hard to educate our children. now that they are educated they don't have to go to the highlands to work and find food or go to the low lands. wherever they go they find jobs and buy food. they will marry and stay there. >> reporter: they have sold most of the cattle. land has gone to scare croppers, and they wonder where they will end up. >>> now a knew planet has been discovered, or more accurately an exoplanet, a planet that orbitz a star rather than the sun. the space telescope spotted it 180 million light years away from earth. the telescope has discovered close to a thousand planets since its launch in 2009. >>> and you can get more new on our website, aljazeera.com. ♪ >> i'm mei-ling mcnamara in canada here to discover how the great bear rainforest is being protected. >> i'm amanda burrell. i'm in london to find out how t

and the older husband and her four children are all in kathmandu and there is just too much work forand they had to hire people to help them. and their children show no sign of coming back. >> translator: we work hard to educate our children, now they are educated and they don't have to go to the highlands to work or find food or go to the low lands and where they go they find jobs and will buy food with that money and will marry. >> reporter: they have sold most of the cattle. land has gone to share croppers and the couple often wonder where they will end up when they can no longer manage to work, and i'm with al jazeera, northwestern napal. >>> time for sport. >> thank you very much. friday we will see fifa decide if the full transcription is to be public and meeting in morocco divided on the issue and also having to deal with the resignation of the author of that report, michael garcia, the u.s. lawyer was employed by fifa to investigate the legitimacy of the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups and garcia quit on wednesday saying he lost faith in fifa's leadership and

al jazerra, kathmandu. >>> all the headlines, back grounds, too, and many interesting features there on our website. that's aljazerra.com. >> the argument about whether to release the so-called torture report is over. it's now moving to what we do with the information now that it's public. to prosecute or not. it's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the senate intelligence committee's majority has received a massive report detailing the torture of prisoners held in the years after the terrorist attacks in new york and washington. even as the public was being assured that terrorist suspects were not being tortured the report says they were. the catalog of abuse visited on the detainees including men who turned out to know nothing makes distressing reading. the debate now has moved to what happens once of interrogation program has been made public. does the u.s. move to prosecute those responsible for the torture it is, for the cover up and lies that kept it from the white house and congress. >> on the eve of international human rights day u.n. special ist scolded over the intelli

younger husband have a charge farm to manage, her older husband and her four children are all in kathmanduis just too much work for the couple. and they have had to hire people to help them. and their children show no sign of coming back. >> translator: we worked hard to educate our children. now that they are educated, they don't have to go to the highland to his work and find food or go to the lelands. wherever they go, they find jobs and will buy food with that money. they will mayor and i sta marry. >> reporter: they have sold most of their cattle. land has gone to share croppers and the couple often wonder where they will end up when they can no longer manage to work. al jazerra, northwestern nepal. >>> a reminder for you that you can keep up-to-date we all of the news on our website there you will find the story that his we have been covering in this program and throughout the day, aljazerra.com. is the address for that. you'll find all the latest comment, analysis, and video on demand. al jazerra.com. did they just win the battle of the interview, it is "inside story." assassinate n

for though of you who enjoy the high life, the kathmandu film festival is starting next week in nepalter: it's international mountain day, and the capitol is celebrating with the film festival. audiences can watch 80 films, representing 20 countries on mountain sports, culture and adventure. the director has found that many of the local submissions reflect nepal's turbulent experiences in recent years. >> it reflects what is happening in our society. >> reporter: it is a part of the international alliance for mountain films. last year more than 25,000 people came to watch films during the festival. the festival is the only mountain festival in asia, ever since it started it has inspired many youngsters to make their own films. some have even gone on to start their own film festival. this is one of them. after his debut film was screened here, he quit his job as a public relations officer, now he runs once on the a time, a short film festival. >> translator: i can do a better job expressing myself through films rather than talk. we have all of the gadgets, cameras and recorders, but yo

the older husband and her four children are all in kathmandu.just too much work for the couple, and they have had to hire people to help them. and their children show no sign of coming back. >> translator: we worked hard to educate our children. now that they are educated they don't have to go to the highlands to work and find food or go to the low lands. wherever they go, they find jobs and buy food with that money. they will marry and stay there. >> reporter: they have sold most of their cattle. land has gone to sharecroppers, and the couple often wonder where they will end up when they can no longer manage to work. >>> still to come here on the show, why foreigners are to be banned from serving up delicious flavors in malaysia. and we have nba action coming up later in the show. stay with us. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, welcome back. pa nang in northern malaysia is renown for its street food. but in a year's time only malaysians will be allowed to cook in local stores, foreigners are being banned. >> reporter: food, it's something of an obsession am

the kathmandu international mountain film festival is starting in nepal. 80 films about mountain sports, culture and others. we have been taking a look. >> reporter: it's international mountain day and the nepa lease capital is celebrating in a film festival. audiences can watch 18 fields representing 20 countries on mountain sport, culture and adventure. the director found many local submissions reflect nepal's turbulent history. >> one of the objectives is to stream and show films on cutting edge issues, of what is happening in contemporary nepalese society. there has been a lot of films made on the conflict. >> it's part of the international alliance for mountain films. 25,000 films came to watch films. >> reporter: this festival is the only festival in nature. it inspired many youngsters to make their own film. some have gone on to start their own schools. >> reporter: this man is one. after his debut film was screened. he quit his job as a public relations officer and established himself as a full tv time film-maker and runs once a pon a time for short-term films. >> translation: i

this shop in the north-west, and what can be found is as much as five times more expensive than kathmandu. a kilogram of sugar there is $0.80. mere assist $2.50. >> they are the only two districts in nepal connected from the rest of the country. they are some of the poorest, but pay the highest prices. >> humla is connected by road not to nepal, but tibet, in china. when this road is completed. it will take four hours to reach tibet. some say it's a road to prosperity for the distribute. >> apple farmer has been planning for the day the road link is complete. >> if we set up a shop in tibet, you can get up to $6 a kilogram. i started the farm without roads. >> apples, herbs, nuts and vegetables are something that the area has to offer. it's been 17 years since they started construction. locals say nepal's government was not keep on the road, as it prepared to connect the distribute to the rest of the nepal, not tibet. >> we face problem in the past. i should say the government allocating budget. by next year they'll complete. if the government has given interest in the past, we could have