and food and drink over a quarter of a million liters of beer were drunk ahead of the final in the kiev fan zone and with the weather generally seeing temperatures in the mid twenty's all of this was good news for the local retailers we can speak about. wanting something that was generated by the fans and key if we know the. approximate between six and the fans are into something like maybe five six million said here is it is just. our. scene that it is like this but we see the fan zone generates more business processes interims of service. restaurants turris shop in for ukraine and i think that we will be able to speak about it at the end of the year reports of racism in some polish and ukrainian football clubs high hotel prices and political issues had initially kept some at home yet when england reach the quarter finals to face italy at least six thousand fans made the trip to kiev while supporters from all over the world were impressed by what they'd see if there is to hark over repealing the don't judge them does this. really become much bigger. more impressive building the apartme

quality kiev ukraine. now finally russia's men's beach volleyball team have booked their place in the london olympics after eternal when i've a pilot in the qualification tournament here in moscow my craft genco reports. when was the tournament started exactly what it says on the tin olympic qualification that's something that up till now how deluded the russian men's beach volleyball team after failing to emulate russia's women's team already qualified by winning the continental cup this really was the last chance saloon. but the russians kept their nerve seeing of poland in the final in two rather one sided games i. think. in the first year and you need to be but bush was shocked and people come to him to straight sets hotness agape lakoff you repeated that against poland second duo. which i think people russians twenty runs in the last go into the match for home comforts seem to have played their part in the resoundingly victory the players however went without. the fun. i had about three hours of sleep

the one sound that was generated by the fan zone in kiev we know the. approximate been serious and the fans are into something like maybe five six millions of here is it is just. our. scene that it is like this but we see that fans on generates more business processes interims of service. restaurants stories shoppin for ukraine and i think that we will be able to speak about it at the end of the year reports of racism in some polish and ukrainian football clubs high hotel prices and political issues had initially kept some at home yet when england reached the quarter finals to face italy at least six thousand fans made the trip to kiev while supporters from all over the world were impressed by what they'd see if you compare it to hark over we've been in the don't judge them does this. really become too much. more impressive building the apartment. much cleaner. yeah it's called capital look at that report said despite ukraine's group stage exit the country aim to recoup twenty five percent of its costs crucially for tourism the tournament has exposed vi

reporting from kiev in ukraine. you can stay on top of what's happening in ukraine with alexei or on twitter where he gives regular updates on the twists and turns in kiev. well it's a waiting game for a whistleblower julian assange he's at the ecuador embassy in london seeking asylum while sweden still pushing for extradition on questioning for sex crime charges and the u.s. which is circling him to get a hold of him for alleged espionage during his months under british house arrest such produce a much talked about interview series which aired on our team has now come to a close laura smith takes a look at the key moments. i'm julian assange. it is true where they expose the world secrets these jackets belong united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this quote after quote the gulf war it promised an insight into the world to morrow and in twelve episodes julie and i saw and interviewed opinion formers and activists from across the political spectrum click click click cl

polity kiev ukraine. now to cycling on britain's mark cavendish has won the second stage of the top of france the world champion beating germany's andre greipel and a bunch brained for the line combination in the yellow helmet head. on the sprinter's green jersey in last year's race and threw down a marker to his rivals on monday switzerland's fabienne country lara has the overall lead is yellow jersey and remains seven seconds ahead of yet another break that we get. now maybe a couple of months away yet but anticipation is growing ahead of goals the ryder cup the bi annual event takes place in illinois in september europe card holders having been victorious at celtic manor in two thousand and ten but usa captain david love love the third says recent success on the p.g.a. tour shows his men have what it takes to wrestle the trophy back. i think we will get over looked a little bit now people start to catch on that our tour american players the young players are playing very very well now but every time i

sides all in a row but place high line it's early in the decider of the european championships in kiev. while in mari mint and in my reality muscles marcos baghdatis in a late night further to move into the last sixteen and stay on course for his fourth straight wimbledon semifinal. and thrills and spills multiple g.b. champion cases stoner wins the dutch grand prix to go level on points with a leader or hillary and so we crashed out early on. but let's start with football because later this sunday night's world and european champion spain will be a looking to complete a unique had trick of major titles as they take on its way in the final off year olds once it's well in kiev now our very own kate partridge and richard van portrayed followed both sides from the beginning of the tournaments in poland and ukraine and now offer their perspectives on tonight's continental decider. so after thirty matches over three weeks and across two countries it comes down to this spain the defending champions against nine hundred sixty eight when is italy here at the olympic stadium in kiev to contest

reporting from kiev in ukraine. of what's happening in ukraine with the lecturers your skill on twitter as well as his regular updates on the twists and turns in kiev. now the speed that the seed rather that shapes the universe may have finally been discovered by scientists in the large hadron collider a big story today for scientists the higgs bo's'n or god particle is the subatomic matter which started it all it makes up the very fabric of our existence or all of it traces its genesis. scientists working at the large hadron collider have said that they've discovered a new particle which is consistent with the higgs bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves right a whole lot of theory that scientists have been working with for the best part of fifty years now concerning the creation of the universe how it works and most importantly why things have muss up until now we've only been able to really theorize mass into equations concerning pa

dispute over a law allowing russian to be used in ukraine sees riot police tackle angry crowds in kiev. and the molecules and game of all this scientists claim they finally found the elusive god particle which could explain how everything in the universe exists. it's five pm in the moscow you're watching archie i mean it's in our way with our top story and a sigh of relief from europe's internet users within the past few hours the e.u. parliament rejected a tory a song live piracy treaty act up the empty counterfeiting trade agreement was drafted to protect internet copyright laws but met with white outrage in europe for threatening people's web freedom or brussels correspondent has our silly a is following developments. there were already a lot of signs very very strong opposition leading up to today's vote that it will be rejected by the european parliament the arguments opposing of the fact that this possible passage of this could possibly infringe on a lot of individual freedoms especially when it comes to internet freedom so out of the four possible outcomes in parliament what hap

kiev ukraine. meanwhile spain there being continuing to celebrate after successfully defending your european crime the twenty ten world cup winners enjoying writing their way into the history books becoming the first ever side to in three straight major tournaments. some are commonplace in the spanish capital tens of thousands of people showing up for the latest festivities following a one sided final win over italy have. a chance of his squad taking center stage at sybella square with the trophy of course so from the tour it is not the golden boot accolades. that was named we are all the terms. few drinks there are no doubt i think as well to cycling where britain's mark cavendish has won the second stage of the tour de france the world champion beating germany's under griebel in a bunch sprint for the line kalman dish in the yellow helmets won the sprinters green jersey last year and true down a gauntlet to his rivals on monday in. the overall leader's yellow jersey seven seconds ahead of another

this lympics stadium here in kiev is major bumper plate. if there were ever any diets just how good the spanish side have been answered tonight as they produce a fantastic display to beat italy and win the euro two thousand and twelve championships want to be an excellent form for the tournament and winning their third major trophy in a row they've created a legacy has been probably one of the best teams to have ever played for international football that's something we're going to we're going to have in our minds forever this is something that you can only live once in a lifetime and it is without a major gesture there's. no way we've been so many years without winning here with our team with the spanish team winning everything with a little claps now is finally the charges were not to show how strong we are for the solomon started there were questions whether spain could maintain the consistency of its old one the euro two thousand a championship sign the world cup in two thousand and ten but they quickly on supposed critics or some excel

twitter where he gives regular updates on the twists and turns happening in kiev. now it's a waiting game for whistleblower julian a song he's at the ecuador embassy in london seeking asylum while sweden still pushing for extradition to question him on sex charges and the u.s. circles to get hold of him for alleged espionage during his months under british house arrest of produce a much talked about interview series which is just wrapped up here on r.t. for a smith now has its key moments. i'm julian assange. it is through here where they expose the world secrets these jackets belong united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemned what. it promised an insight into the world tomorrow and in twelve episodes julie and i saw and interviewed opinion formers and activists from across the political spectrum. class and with the first guest being hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah the program proved it wasn't going to hold back from the get go talking to a man the mainstream media has ignored for six years in seriousness which is dialogue and

intriguing encounter escape partridge in which richard paul free to explain millen big stadium in kiev. so after thirty matches over three weeks and across two countries it comes down to this spain the defending champions against nine hundred sixty eight when his italy here at the olympic stadium in kiev to contest the final of a. eighty thousand and twelve and i'm joined here by my colleague richard van port fleet to discuss that final dose of the highlights of the past three weeks richard thank you for joining me so obvious first question who do things go to win over england spain a definite assad or favorites have been very impressive for the tournament have been very impressive over the last five or six years a very solid base of players from barcelona from real madrid and it's going to really take something from italy to stop and i mean you've been covering responded quite a lot during the storm and so what i mean what do you think are their main strengths i think obviously the main strengths of particularly come from their midfield which they've tended to flood they've not really

reporting from kiev in ukraine. buckley's berg's former boss has been grilled by british m.p.'s to explain who was involved and what he knew about the fixing of interest rates whether bob diamond will implicate senior figures ranging from the bank of england to the top levels of previous government these are two sort of first in london tony that hasn't been the smoking gun that many people were wondering if we'd see it's been a bit more of a down squid actually to be honest with you we've seen him being questioned for a number of hours now and he hasn't been giving much away at all at the beginning of the questioning and he looked visibly uncomfortable and he seemed very very elusive when he's been sort of quizzed a little bit harder by some as they send peace a little bit disappointing what we have seen from him say far he described the actions as reprehensible at one point he said when he saw the e-mails relating to the great rigging believe. that he felt physically ill also you know a lot of people remember this really does have a huge impact it's said that this rigging that

but the feel good value proved priceless this is fresh out of st one of the main roads of central kiev lined with shops and leading to independence square for the past month it's been the capital's found zone and could hold around ninety thousand people have all come to enjoy the football and to spend some money. the average visitor splashed out around eight hundred euros per street a four day trip on travel hotel souvenirs and food and drink over a quarter of a million liters of beer were drunk ahead of the final makiya fan zone and with the weather generally seeing temperatures in the mid twenty's all of this was good news for the local retailer as we can speak about. one sound that was generated by the fans and we know the. approximate bilin c.s. and the fans are into something like maybe five six millions of viewers it is just an hour. to see that it is like this but we see that fans on generates more business processes interims of service. restaurants stories shoppin for ukraine and i think that weekend will be able to speak about it at the end of the year reports of racism in som

go straight to the european championships where holder spain are playing it for the in the final in kiev the game is just back to kick off in a packed olympic stadium spain opting to continue with their six man midfield which means there's no place for strikers fernando torres and the next day there they are on the bench while italy are playing with two up front leaving the line for them on tony cassano and mario balotelli you need just one more goal to become the top scorer at your age twenty twelve victory for the. spain brought also the world champions would make them the first team ever to win three major tournament in a ride. meanwhile russian striker power grab me out has confirmed he's agreed a deal with premier league new boys reading he has passed the medical and is now just waiting for a work permit the move will see him in sixty five thousand pounds a week in a four year deal for good opening act had joined fullam on loan at the end of last season from stuttgart and scored six goals in twelve games for the cottages but decided to move to the royals because the money was better

dispute over a law allowing russian to be used in ukraine see why a police tackle angry crowds in kiev ukrainian parliament adoptable without debate sparking protests. and finding the minute matter that gave us all this scientists claim they've finally discovered the elusive god particle researches have hunted the higgs boasting for decades to explain why everything in the universe exists. as a dimension in the last couple minutes it's american independence day and for those demanding freedom from corporate greed and poverty it's a big day too with a major show of occupy muscle in philadelphia next a former wall street insider explains why she switched sides to join the movement. i. for seven years she was a wall street insider to day she is an occupy wall street activists alexis goldstein joins me now to talk about her experience in one of america's most profitable industries alexis thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. thank you for having me since the start of the occupy movement in september two thousand and eleven you may be possibly one of the most vocal wall street insi

among ten spanish players named his twenty three man squad of the tournament their return to their kiev hotel with the three alone a trophy in hand after the match and partied into the night it was and a story when making spain the first team ever to win three leading torments in a row with merl worth more on their achievement from ukraine his cape park which. helped and space successfully defend their side of the year eighty thousand and twelve to complete travel. to success of the european crowd and also to do so while the current world champions. and. despite my hard time and then had to play the last ten good substitutes young people have been judged and then binondo charice and one gave up the bench to wrap up the pournelle scoreline. this . hearing here is big plays. if there were ever any doubts just how good this may be nonsense and i as a producer a fantastic display to beat italy and win the euro two thousand and twelve championships was punishment an excellent form for out of a tournament and then winning their third major trophy in a row they've created a legacy has been pro

reporting from kiev in ukraine. just how tall they are closer to solving lives greatest mysteries after discovering what's known as their god particle the european center for nuclear research says it's the most anticipated fine in a decade argue spirit all over tries to decipher the higgs bos'n scientists working at the large hadron collider have said that they've discovered a new particle which is consistent with the higgs bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves right a whole lot of theory that scientists have been working with for the best part of fifty years now concerning the creation of the universe how it works and most importantly why things have muss up until now we've only been able to really theorize mass into equations concerning particle physics it's all very very complex science in fact some of those working at the large hadron collider of said that it's well probably easier to find the higgs boson than to explain it to the

reporting from kiev in ukraine while this brings us up to date i'll be back shortly with an update of our top stories stay with us here on r.t. . wealthy british scientists someplace in america has no time to explain the findings . of the sun for their. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in cars a report on. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book.

reporting from kiev in ukraine. hundred more stories ahead for you this hour while more heads roll at u.k. buying software the libel scandal british m.p.'s put forward barclays treats have been milked to explain how one crews were able to damage the economy for profit. large corporate greed also comes under fire in america where independence day is marked by march against the one percent who demonstrators claim have turned their banks on the valleys of the planting gardens. the seeds that shaves the universe may have finally been discovered by scientists at the large hadron collider behaves bo's'n or so-called god particle is this subatomic matter which scientists believe started it all and makes up the very fabric of our existence people all over traces its genesis. scientists working at the large hadron collider have said that they've discovered a new particle which is consistent with the higgs bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves

reporting from kiev and ukraine all right on the back with a recap of our top stories and just.

has been named player of twenty twelve by you way for he and the rest of the team headed home from kiev on monday after thrashing italy for new and sunday's final in yes there is also among ten spanish. players named anyway this twenty three man squad of the tournament the spain team will receive a hero's welcome from fans their king am prime minister when they return to madrid spain in the first team ever to win three leading tolerance in a row now with more on their achievement from ukraine here's kate partridge. site finished by now and space successfully defend their title here a two thousand and twelve to complete a unique travel the first entity see success to defend the european crowd and also to do so while the current world champions daveed and made it to notice play by a hard time and they easily had to play the last thirty minutes with ten man thinks up to t.t. aka multiple people that means yet and then an anti-terrorist and one after i gave up the bench lights on to wrap up the four nil scoreline. this lympics stadium hearing here is that a bump or play. if there were ever

erspaña el jubilo recorrio las calles de madrid cuando españa recibió a la seleccion tras la victoria en kiev la conquista de la triple corona , primera en el fútbol europeo , la roja antes de llegar a madrid , fue recibidom por los miembros de la familia real . >>> campeones , y tri campeones , y la verdad es que nos a dado una alegria a todos nosotros , en nombre de todos una camiseta representativa firmada por todos ,es que ayer los del entrenador del bosque hicieron un juego majestuoso , y convirtieron a el niño torres como el primer jugador , en anotar 2 goles en 2 finales seguidas , la sede de gobierno seguirá buscando soluciones , donde podría resolver el seleccionador español , se dice que más de 250 millones de personas , vieron la final de la eurocopa , otro dato curioso , twitter dijo que twuitearonmillones de veces sobre la final . >>> regresamos . >>> para terminar 5 jóvenes de berlin decidieron que después de tomar cerveza iban a usar las botellas para hacer música , una pieza de mozart , con botellas , a recorrido países con sus botellas . >>> esto es todo gracias buenas noches

kiev. 32, vienna. 33 in athens. starting to see things warming up. iberian peninsula. madrid, 34., cooler for you in london. here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our top story once again, head of the arab league has serious opposition groups to get together and rescue their country from crisis. about 250 gathered at an arab league conference in cairo. members of the syrian opposition living outside the country joined ministers across the arab world. arab league secretary-general told the delegates they must setz t seize the opportunity before them. they called on dissident groups to come together to bring down al-assad. representatives at a u.n.-backed conference in geneva agreed on saturday to call for a transition to a democratic government. they said such an administration would include members of the assad government and the opposition. but russian representatives blocked a clause that would have called for the president to step down. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> members of the group want to give top priority

very hot in madrid with a high of 37 degrees, and out towards the east, 28 in warsaw and 29 in kiev. the balkan peninsula, still dealing with excessive heat. look at this, 37 in bucharest and the same goes for athens on your wednesday. all right, that's it for me now, and here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. xnóx huell howser: hello, everybody. i'm huell howser, and we're taking a road trip to hangtown. >> well, here we are in gold >> well, here we are in gold country at a very historic spot.

kiev at 26. now here's a look at your extended outlook. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us.

very hot in madrid with a high of 37 degrees, and out towards the east, 28 in warsaw and 29 in kiev. the balkan peninsula, still dealing with excessive heat. look at this, 37 in bucharest and the same goes for athens on your wednesday. all right, that's it for me now, and here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: mitt romney accused president obama of allowing big cuts in defense spending and failing to stop national security leaks, one day after mr. obama challenged his rival's foreign policy credentials. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner examines where the candidates stand on foreign policy issues as romney embarks

russian to be used in ukrainian and ukraine i should say seize riot police tackle angry crowds in kiev. and finding the molecules that gave us all this scientists claim they finally discovered the elusive god particle . next as our special report meets the factors here on our chief. it's not bigger than texas it is texas. downtown dallas what the locals call the heart from. this is strange twisted beauty it's more than just a complex multi-layered interconnected freeways it's a monument to america's energy power. and the nation ended up as. the high five groups and rolls out over some of the richest shale fields in the mines. that means the new night by moving into the suburbs around here might well be a drilling. i know people who tried everything they possibly can and they still have drilling right next to their houses and they're very unhappy if. you don't have to travel five to witness a collusion between community and comus family and industry we all take risks every day driving to work you know but there's risks that you have to take and recess you don't have to take and to me it

dispute over a law allowing russian to be used in ukraine as these riots parties topple angry crowds in kiev the ukrainian parliament and doctors in the with the amount of aid sponsored. and finding the money to much that gave us all this scientists are saying they plan to discover to come any evidence for the elusive gold particle the searchers have done to this day expose simple decades to explain how everything in the universe exists. and up next in our special report the. it's not bigger than texas it is texas. downtown dallas what the locals call the heart for. this is strange twisted beauty it's more than just a complex multi-layered interconnected freeways it's a monument to america's energy power. and the nation. an obvious. to high five groups and rolls out over some of the richest shale fields in the mines. that means the new night by moving into the suburbs around here might well be a drilling. i know people who tried everything they possibly could and they still have drilling right next to their houses and they're very unhappy if. you don't have to travel fucked to witness a coll

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country the law was adopted without debate but sparked outrage with hundreds taking to the streets in kiev. and finding the minute that gave us this scientists claim they've finally discovered compelling evidence for the elusive god particle researchers have hunted the higgs both for decades trying to explain everything in the universe exists next on our to our special report the factors stay tuned. it's not bigger than texas it is texas. downtown dallas what the locals call the heart from. this is strange twisted beauty it's more than just a complex multi-layered with interconnected freeways it's a monument to america's energy. dependence i should think of it as. the high five groups and rolls out over some of the richest shale fields in the mines. that means the new night by moving into the suburbs around here might well be a drilling. i know people who tried everything they possibly did and they still have drilling right next to their houses and they're very unhappy if. you don't have to travel five to witness a collusion between community and comus family and industry we all take risks

attitude of super strike and malleability telly ahead of sunday's final with spain italy arrived in kiev on saturday before a training session at the city's in pick stadium where the final will be held by the telly among the first to get off the plane he scored both italy's goals in a two one semifinal win over germany and each just one more to claim the tournament's golden boot from delhi saying the twenty one year old has done everything that has been our of him. and victory tomorrow would make spain the first team ever to win back to back european championship titles and it also become the first side to win three major tournament in a row after lifting the world cup in twenty ten however they did draw with italy one one in the group stage and that suggests another tight game with spain defender shows you are a mouse saying his side will keep to the style they know. that italy is playing very daring in the group match against those they were looking to speed encounter and we shouldn't be too worried about that it's a question of keeping calm waiting to see how they play on the day when

ukraine to recognize russian as an official language in some regions causes protests and clashes in kiev. does not cross over to the business to ask for an update in a class and joins us now what's the result of the european central bank's meeting well yes the e.c.b. the interest rates to store it all of the zero point seven five percent a little less than an hour ago the move comes amid fresh signs that europe's strongest economy germany has actually hit the down hit the valen turn and charles roberts of the capital in moscow told us the european central bank should have done that a long time ago. it's not going to make much difference it's a psychological boost if anything but the markets of pretty well priced in a twenty five basis point rate cut now. i would have thought they should have already last month and then followed up with another cup this month. and let's now check out the equity markets let's see europe first and as you can see it's actually gaining doing quite well the footsie is higher after the bank of england pumped an additional fifteen billion pounds into the economy

have been crowned european champions for a second time in a row after thumping italy for a meal in kiev davidge silver school in the open for spain after just fourteen minutes heading home from close range after saying. cross from a tight angle there and then just before half time jordi alba added a second after latching on to a three ball from italy did press in the second half but couldn't find a way through and substitute for nando torres from one matter thank them play to the right with goals in the dying minutes spain then retaining their european crown i'm becoming the first team ever to win three major tournament in succession after also winning the world cup two years ago. now another football news russian striker public has confirmed he has agreed to deal with premier league new boys reading he has passed a medical and is now just waiting for a work permit the move will see him in sixty five thousand pounds a week in a four year deal to grab me at had joined full on loan at the end of last season from stuttgart and scored six goals and twelve games for the cottages but decided

reporting from kiev in ukraine. still to come in just over a minute on r.t.e. welcoming the so-called god particle in the shrine of european physics. scientists all over the world excitedly await an announcement by nuclear research earth's which promises to herald the dawn era more on that coming up. time now for some world news in brief for you this hour the homes and offices of former french president nicolas sarkozy have been raided as part of a funding inquiry police claim his two thousand and seven presidential campaign was illegally financed by the country's richest woman which he did not earlier reports had alleged that libyan leader moammar gadhafi donated tens of millions of dollars to help him win that race in december another french former president druck was found guilty of corruption and misuse of public money receiving a two year suspended sentence. pakistan has to reopen key to nato transit routes into afghanistan the decision comes after u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton expressed regret over the deaths of two dozen pakistani soldiers in a

reporting from kiev in ukraine. but the mails from world news in brief the late palestinian president was killed by polonium poisoning that's what a new study suggests normally high levels of the radioactive element were found in his personal belongings researchers say that exuding and analyzing arafat's remains could confirm the theory something his widow is now calling for. at least one person is reported dead while several have been injured by a gunman holding hostages in the german city of carl's well german police have surrounded an apartment but have had no contact with the man yet the incident began during an invitation early in the morning when shots were fired as ballasts arrived officers have sealed off a large area around the building. and the home of art and offices of former french president nicolas sarkozy have been raided as part of a funding inquiry billie's claim his two thousand and seven presidential campaign was either legally financed by the country's richest woman which he denies earlier report