like widening barcelona's sidewalks. but now, to avert a debt crisis, spain like so much of europe is cutting back. salvador garcia ruiz is a banker. >> how can you explain to people that you're gonna freeze their pensions? that you're going to decrease their salaries? while at the same time, you're spending the money. >> the shovel readiest project of all -- removing madrid's statue of christopher columbus from one spot and re-erecting it to the middle of the rotary. the top union leader is longing for longer-term stimulus. >> this country needs a strategic strategy plan and it was superficial. >> so it was stupid to move the statue? >> yes. it was stupid. >> finally, earlier this month, more than a million catalonians, long disillusioned with the government, newly energized by the current problems urged dropping out of the government and forming their own. >> doesn't it make sense to be part of spain, that spain has so many problems, why? by the way, we are paying so much in taxes and we are getting the taxes back. >>

sports news on r t and here is what's coming up in the next ten minutes american dream form also in barcelona star tyrian rejoined is the new york red bulls on a multi-year deal. if you can't make the tough decision to get to the. baseball matter as heavy hearts on the diamond desk the sport mourns the loss of new york yankees owner george steinbrenner while the national leagues bastro just any story quinn in the twenty it's an all star game. and the most open of opens excitement builds at santander is ahead of the oldest major on the golf calendar. and we kick off with the news that french striker tyrian we will spend the next couple of years stateside up to signing a deal with the new york red bulls the major league soccer club saying the former barcelona player is moving on to a multi-year contract becoming the league's second the european star of david back the thirty two year old was released by a bar serie a month ago off the scoring just four goals last season he will make his debut for the new york team on july twenty second in an exhibit match against a tour in ham. now while many fo

of the metropolitan agency barcelona regional. dr a civilian you mentioned new york he compared moscow to new york and seeing it and then lady you continued saying that moscow has a possibility to to to become a great great city never. do you live in england because well i mean i love seattle well atlanta is i like atlanta washington is ok but new york city i really hate it well i think it's no place to live in i mean i live my heart and well it's not the same as i was a little visit as a tourist. would you like to live in mid-air i was really manhattan sometimes many times i was teaching in jail when i was leaving jail i was already very practically at seven o'clock in the afternoon to the never in my heart and so it's laughable you think your use a livable city monotonous a livable place yes my heart and in my opinion the most. rational she's in a war but is the city of the old people you can go to hide them and it's really female at the lee as if you are born there because probably for the cinema for the leader for many respect

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strides ahead russia's walking wonders grab a clean sweep of medals in barcelona. while a setback in romania as they failed to crack you know ray in the champions league qualifiers. marathoners twenty one month reign is argentina coach coming to an end. with celebrating a clean sweep of medals at the european athletics championships all the leading a russian one two three in the women's twenty kilometer race walk limping champion striding to a convincing victory in barcelona her time of twenty seven minutes and forty four seconds was more than a minute faster than competitors and he couldn't get through to silver. came home to complete an impressive one two three for the russians and their success follows that astonished. who won the men's event on the day although from the same training camp he stood and spins. central russia the nineteen year old was the youngest in the field and afterward said the win had made him very happy you mean you know the thing is these olympic champion. by twenty eight seconds. is also bronze rush from monday now. getting it will be sho

meanwhile russia continuing the finance of the european athletics championships in barcelona a totalof twenty medals now in so for the country that's twice as many as the nearest rivals from russia ladies staking all three medals off a consideration in the women's four hundred metres final exam a futile boxing it was stalin and the welsh up there getting a good solid and securing gold silver and bronze respectively in fear of a holding on for a fast of a career gold adding to a collection which includes two olympic silver is from athens and a world championship braun's last year. now world record holder yelena isinbayeva is noticeably absent from the vault of dance with lot of shell fall of although doing a great job in bringing russia and now the gold medal the russian clearing four point seventy five meters to take on as germans silkiest begin borg and rising getting silver and balls respects him a great theory only four points sixty five. more successful the russian ladies in the women's eight hundred meters muddy aside in the living up to her status as favored by winning in a tim

the european six championships and you get a strike harry they just got underway this morning in barcelona russia have won the first gold medal of the games out of all the details just south of the. hello thanks for watching the sport here on r.t. and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes. champions league dreams any face you know rare is a bid to reach europe's biggest club competition. while brazil's new boss rings the changes as he takes over from. there is a jubilant homecoming for the tour de france king alberto contador. but we start with athletics where the first gold medal at the european championships has been one russian stand the stuff north taking it in the men's twenty kilometer walk in barcelona he came home in one hour twenty minutes and ten seconds and that was twenty eight seconds ahead of the italian alex ways while portugal vieira took the bronze another russian out on the big finish six and there is a chance of further chance of gold for russia in the women's event on wednesday double world and olympic champion. fancied by many to win that one. down for bo

they say the rail link is vital to our solana -- is vital to barcelona. >> once we decided this was the only viable way, we work to ensure the maximum possible safety, not only for the monument both for all the buildings. we are using the most modern technology to avoid and a damaged. we think the conditions of the best and guarantee total safety. >> the tourists are not convinced, though, and all of this is being financed by donations. >> now everything is going down. i don't think it is good. >> the government is adamant it won't happen here. they still say it is not worth the risk here. >>> the main news headlines, top venezuela has severed diplomatic ties with colombia over accusations is harboring left- wing colombian rebels. the venezuelan foreign minister ordered colombian diplomats to leave within 72 hours. he said his government was also suspending flights and cutting commercial ties with colombia. much more on all the stories we have covered on our website. please check that out. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click

rush hour in full control of the european us led example in ships in barcelona securing twice as manymedals as the nearest rivals with one day of competition to go. and exist reamed behavior here new gun yawn gets through skateboarding goals while jimmy bass really shines on these makes why having sixteenth annual it's games in los angeles. now is tough way through the russian premier league season and the pick of saudis actions sold tabletop was in need defeat champions are banned and extend the overall aid in the process sunny comfortably won the match after a brace of bills from strike that i did something good about this just before halftime i was first on the our way out shot. and gets a call from the second of the day to see over to me a final score after sixty five minutes almost made a cross that was in the head of at the far post by the national squad striker it means a chance for those who are now temperance i had over been on the table. elsewhere terry great to live here with the same squad suniel and in the late games namo were held to a want to buy. here in moscow. meanwh

table from nearest rivals france by three medals to countries amassing three golds each side in barcelona great britain and northern ireland have five medals germany and valorous one. off the top five with three medals each but the germans have one more gold. motorsports now a pet to solberg leads the rally of finland after taking advantage of his main rivals misfortunes as the norwegians all make of heaven and crash out which means solberg is now the man to catch haven't built up a four point nine second lead through the first three special stages and lost control of his health going through launches into stage four sahlberg meanwhile is looking to win this event for the first time soon moved into first place with a one point three secondly haven't. fallen as also no one in finland he sold works nearest rival at the moment for the by danny saw though it's about the notion . now staying home just work at moving over to formula one where sebastian vettel mark webber dominated the morning session battling each other for the fastest time with the nearest rivals about a second the kind but fe

coming up later for you -- fears for the future of an unfinished church in it be a center of barcelona. and its ability to a plane -- pull in crowds despite the way it smells. europe's biggest banks have been subjected to a battery of stress tests. seven have failed to make the grade. that is a small fraction of the 91 banks that were scrutinized, however. of the seven have failed, five are in spain, one is in germany, and one is in greece. according to regulators, the stress tests are very stringent. we should be reassured. the were the tests stressful enough to restore the credibility of european banking? we have this report. >> it felt like exam results time for europe's thanks, and these were the teachers marking the books. -- europe's banks, and these were the teachers marking the books. >> we have seven banks that would now, if the stress materialized, would be under the 6% threshold that we used as a benchmark. the capital shortfall to reach the sec's% set -- 6% would be 3.5 billion. >> across europe, regulators tested be held of 91 banks and in total. questions included how the

hamstring injury but a live picture coming can he's going to straight to a convincing victory in barcelona her time of one hour twenty seven minutes and forty four seconds was more than a minute faster than compact create a nice dinner he took the silver. circle over came home there. meanwhile the men's really ridiculous to me to find. it's done by the french which documented the i became a so i started to search and finish in the time with templates eleven seconds made to try just putting brickies markers for them to say in washington but got the wrong. well that was a good spectacle but there's a hundred metre showdown that the whole world is waiting for triple m. pick champion you same boat is set to run against rivals a south of power and tyson gay for the first time this year and what happened on august the sixth in stockholm the world's three fastest man is set to go up against each other then in one hundred meters that diamond league meeting in the swedish capital the race will be the first involving all three since both world record breaking run in the world championship final and

knows how to make them gel he was chief architect for barcelona designing its loop for the ninety nine to two olympics now it is across the world once your to be here to create a vision of the future for them is frequently in russia consulting with the authorities and viciously developing the city of but across serbs paper it is moscow says it has everything to become a secure future now watch this edition of spotlight to get the answer. thank you very much for coming to our program thank you. first of all i want i have a quote when one of the interviews he gave to el pais couple of years ago you said the following year quote i'm an architect with little interest in brilliant works i'm in favor of finding solutions to street interceptions that don't work well and quote so how come he you one of the best known architects a professor of architecture and you say you're not you rather interested in street junctions then in architecture. you know that. they're not crises that we have to. very dramatic for for many people that especially for their field and then. you know. i think half of th

up to signing a deal with the new york red bulls the major league soccer club saying the former barcelona player is moving on to a multi-year contract becoming the league's sack of european star of david back the thirty two year old was released by a bar serie a month ago off the scoring just four girls last season he will make his debut for the new york team on july twenty second in an exhibit match against a tour in ham. now while many football teams who participated in the twenty ten world cup are sacking managers and rebuilding your of while keeping the plan to go in after their country's impressive showing saw their progress to the semi's and finished fourth overall. truly a hero's welcome for the football as in most of it dale made it much smaller than expected in south africa and three to also the netherlands in the semifinal and in their fairytale run to a warm reception for the national team who have actually finished fourth before golden bowl win idea before long also making the global football fans take notice. but the golden mean it would took me by surprise the way my colleag

welcome to the sport thanks for joining me and these are the headlines the medals keep coming in barcelona is russia playing five european championships. walberg kings of sprint both will face each other next month so that the showdown this season. i don't know says he feels betrayed after losing the job as argentina coach. russia topped the medals table this morning at the european athletics championships that after a five which saw them pick up five medals the latest medal is in the women's ten thousand meters reigning champion. people fail to defend their title but picked up a silver just behind this idea of an abrogation ticket to go down to the packer he maintained a comfortable lead frank to commission thirty one minutes and ten seconds before jessica pankaj. thanh just before that was not the medal for russia in the women's long jump all the strength that leaping six meters in a four centimeters needed on the track of that field that in portuguese nago made both that six point nine two but the victory was given to the latvian as she had a long jump into the second attempt. was the m

>> we were having a conference in barcelona on peace, larry.were told about our friend alex here and his mother, who's just an angel, as you know. and we got him a scholarship to come to the conference. a colleague of mine offered the scholarship. and he came there. and we were having a ceremony where 500 of us took a personal oath of nonviolence. alex joined us. and then alex and i have kept in touch periodically. he started recruiting other people to join him in taking that oath of nonviolence. >> larry: what do you make -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> you know, kathryn is the perfect example of nonjudgmental, unconditional love. which is redemtive. and, you know, as a physician, for the last 25 years, as you know, larry, i've explored the mind/body connection. rage like that in a brain that has not fully developed always has a cause. we know that emotional development in a child takes place in the first three or four years of life. just like we learned language. in the first three or four years of life. we don't remember when we learned language.

while strolling to the podium russia's walkers make a clean sweep of the medals in barcelona. and all together again the kings of sprint bolt day and powell raced against each other next month for the first time this is. and a start with athletics where russia is celebrating a clean sweep of medals at the european athletics championships as a at a russian one two story in a dramatic women's twenty kilometer walk a couple of their rivals couldn't make it to the finish that included local favorites and holder of the world walking cup maria vasco the spaniard exited in two years after pulling hamstring but olympic champion can eskin astro to a convincing victory in barcelona a time of one hour twenty seven minutes and forty four seconds was more than a minute faster and patrick a nice young kid got kidnapped he took the silver the second lever came home and said make sure russia in the podium. while athletics most anticipated race between the big three of men's sprint will take place on august the sixth in stockholm as triple m. big champion you say in bold is set to run against

strides ahead russia's walking wonders grab a clean sweep of medals in barcelona. was any rule a setback in romania as they failed to crack you know in the champions league qualifiers. dan meridor has twenty one month reign as argentina coach comes to an end the first rush is celebrating a clean sweep of medals at the european athletics championships leading a russian one two three and the women's twenty kilometer race walk the olympic champion striding to a convincing victory in barcelona a time of one twenty seven minutes forty four seconds was more than a minute faster than compared to a nice. silver while there came home in third to make sure russia over the podium where their success follows that of standing near young officer who won the men's event on the opening day all of from the same training camp in surrounds consent for russia the nineteen year old was the youngest in the field and afterward said the win had made him very happy million of beating olympic champion. by twenty eight seconds. but is also a bronze rusher on monday and getting it in the room

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in barcelona, developer miguel baro owns 50 units, has sold one in four years, is renting the rest at half the cost of his mortgage, also variable rate. >> it isn't possible to continue like this. under spanish law, we can only run losses for two months. after that, we have to declare bankruptcy. >> reporter: how many other developers are in the same situation you are here in spain? >> i don't know. maybe 50,000 companies. >> reporter: thus the fear: real estate bankruptcies bankrupting the local banks. note the for-sale signs even in madrid's main plaza. banks desperate for a government handout-- a bankrupt spain. that's an incredibly modern, interesting house. >> yes, i would say so. >> reporter: from bank economist jose escrivas perch, 12 miles from madrid, things don't look so dire. built in 2004 for about a million dollars, his house is down 30%. but, he says, not to worry. >> the spanish debt is not a particularly acute problem, it's more an issue of credibility or expectations. but that's always true! >> it also matters the amount you need to refinance over the next few months

he signed a sister city agreement linking the city with barcelona spain. it makes barcelona, the 18th city to have a sister city relationship with san francisco. the mayor says the two cities have a lot in common already. >> notably commitment to economic empowerment and entrepreneurialism and innovation, the opportunities to build on green tech. >> sister cities international promotes the arrangements. its goal is to promote global cooperation at the municipal level. >>> president obama is urging republicans to extend unemployment benefits. coming up -- hear why republicans are standing firm against the push and the change that could give democrats the vote they want. >>> residents all over the bay area are feeling the pain of unemployment but there's one county suffering the most. we'll take you there. find out how they are coping. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check us