for the first time ever, leonardo da vinci's paintings are going on display. this has prompted a record demand for tickets. our correspondent went to have a look. >> the painting, the drawing that inspired it, the first "virgin of the rocks." and the second year of the national gallery has brought together works from around the world to tell the story of leonardo da vinci, of his 15 surviving paintings, nine of them are here. years of diplomacy and organization have works to bring together the paintings and drawings. this is the picture hangs in the national gallery. you get to see all the drawings, the inspiration for the paintings, as well as the original version that hangs in paris. it is something that probably not even leonardo saw. nine paintings of his in one exhibition. two "virgin of the rocks" in one room. >> this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. >> we will never see these all together again? >> this is the first time in 500 years. perhaps we should wait another five wounded years before i say never again. >> ticket sales have broken records. wha

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leonardo vote of vinci, genius and myth, and others to other works from all over the world. it includes his famous self portraits in red chalk, and works by other artists that were inspired by leonardo da vinci. the exhibition runs until the end of january. stay with us. i will be back with the in-depth report. >>> welcome back. spain goes to the polls sunday as the country slides towards recession. we have seen what happened the in greece and italy. the governments there collapsed. because of the spending cuts demanded by the rest of the eurozone. spain was one of the first eurozone countries to be hit by the financial crisis, and the economic situation there is still grim. >> a bailiff with police backup of vix tenants from an apartment in barcelona. in the past four years, more than 300,000 spaniards have lost their homes because they cannot keep up with their mortgage payments. the result, about a million properties languishing on the market in spain. during the boom years, banks fuel to the development freezing the development frenzy with london. now the developers are in peril themselves, sitting on hundred of billions of euros. up to their necks in debt and now jobless, too, for

. >> the largest ever exhibit of works by leonardo da vinci is set to be unveiled in london's national gallery. nine oil paintings and 50 drawings will be on display, including a painting which was recently authenticated as being one of the vinci's works. there will be -- the exhibit has been insured for 1.6 million euros. >> thanks for staying with us. while the debt crisis is forcing emergency austerity measures, germany has remained largely unscathed, thanks to its industrial exports, and radical spending cuts over the last decade. among them, a deeper reduction in military forces. conscription was effectively ended earlier this year, and this week the defense minister announced the closure of 31 basis. the country is building up a professional army to replace a military of citizens in uniform, the result of a change in strategic thinking that foresees future threats coming from small regional conflicts, not world wars. finding enough volunteers for the new army is proving to be a challenge. >> first, they apply for fuel deployment. camouflage it is important when the enemy is close

the national gallery has brought to the other works from around the world to tell the story of leonardo da vinci, of his 15 surviving paintings, nine that are here. years of diplomacy and negotiation have gone into bringing together the paintings and drawings. this is the "virgin of the rocks" that hangs in the national gallery. you get to see the inspiration's of the painting as well as the original version that hangs in paris. it is something that probably not even leonardo saw. we have twovirgins of the rocks" and one row. will this happen in tenor 20 is? >> this is really a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> we will never get this together ever again? >> i did not think ever again. this is the first time in 500 years and perhaps we should wait another 500 years before i say never again. >> what explains his fame as a painter is of course of the skill. compare this hand by leonardo to one by his pupil. but it is a faces that really excites the experts. when you do get nose-to-nose, you realize you do not see any brush strokes. you think that it was his figure. it really does look like real sk