lisbon is home to thousands of cat colonies. residents have mixed feelings about them some people think they're useful others can't stand them it's a scandal there are far too many cats who have. really really or are you one of my neighbors even find a slingshot at the. zoo or when the cats help. the city claim they don't harm anyone but the rats they're a pest the cats aren't. is lisbon's ombudsman for animal rights. she's one of the initiators of the rat control program. the cats when. people win and of course the rats we know as well because this is and that's a way to control rats in the city well redskin of course being afraid of cats and they just disappear from the places where they are seen. success one cat is trapped. it panics that has no idea that this will work out well. before colony is no longer welcome where they belong. because. the neighborhood is not ok and they're facing dangers like poisoning or abuse or if the entire building where they lived is coming down for new construction they have to move. this school

see if lisbon and portland for a levon months but still is not legally permitted to work. i'm still waiting for my documents to be able to work and make my life better without work it's a little hard so right now i am a volunteer in a place in exchange for a place to stay with children and some food. he says his dream is for his daughter to be able to go to college someday. a human drama playing out in real time far from the southern border but with families from africa just seeking peace gabriel's al-jazeera portland maine. or. stand well back is the advice that buddhist festivals underway in thailand the neighboring lauer's and low flying aircraft and birds are advised to clear a key keep clear to when hey has been to see why. the people here each rocket sent to the skies is a high velocity message to the gods they're not meant as aggressive or threatening symbols but it did explosive gestures of gratitude some festivals in this region are about wishing for good luck at the start of what they hope will be a bountiful weight season for farmers this one in roy it's north e

the regions which have most increased are outside the traditional lisbon and the south regions, and weing on that. we have made a significant effort in connecting directly the country to other areas. u.s., we have the sink -- we have increased flights from the u.s. which managed one million visitors in portugal. this is more or less the double of what it was three years ago. we think this is an untapped market and there are others like china, korea and brazil, which can provide sustained growth there. country is athe small country but very diverse in terms of landscape, climate, third most peaceful country in the world. choice ofeferred visitors. we discovered the world 500 years ago, now the world is discovering portugal. you were talking of discovery -- balancing your budget and there were two additions to that, raising revenues in tourism. that has worked. what have you done on the expense side to reduce expenses to make sure the budget is balanced? >> we are making sure government expenditure is below the growth of nominal gdp growth. as a result the level of expenditures and perce

international airport today to celebrate the airlines new nonstop service between san francisco and lisbon starting this week air portugal will schedule five flights a week between the two cities and the council gen. of portugal will be among those attending this morning's kickoff celebration at sfo. and delta airlines is now offering a nonstop flight year- round from oakland to atlantis hartsfield jackson airport and there will be daily flights between the two cities during the summer and the airline will switch to a sunday, monday, thursday and friday schedule in october, the new route opens many of delta's international destinations out of atlanta which is the nation's biggest and busiest airport. coming up, speeding up some of the bay areas busiest roads, the $100 billion idea which promises to improve our infrastructure. and our bay area heatwave continues to jay, the warnings as the temperatures soar to more than 1000 in many spots didn't>>o far so good for the morning commute, we have had some problems but for the most part we are looking okay here on interstate 680 as you go south.

know, i've been to lisbon before. organisation and mood? so we were furtherup organisation and mood? so we were further up earlier, and we thought we would watch in the main square. then we saw this huge title as they we re then we saw this huge title as they were walking down, and we realised that square was closed. we followed it in there was a great place to watch the green. it was beautiful. police tactics... we had no problems. it was quite pricey to stay here, but it was great. and finally, you didn't get there to the final, but will you see the final in portugal? laughter. we bought these ticket months ago! england will be in the final, of course it will happen! we came in third place, typical. thanks guys, enjoy the final. that'll happen for quite a load of the fans here. many of them bought tickets to the finals in hopes that they would make it through, but they haven't. so these quys through, but they haven't. so these guys are through, but they haven't. so these guys are going to go support portugal, and ma

the second is the city of lisbon with 173 states. upon presentation of a candidate taking into account the european election. in the next week, which actually begins today, we have a very intense negotiation between the heads of parties and groups of parliament who are assessing the results of the election. they make it more difficult to support. they are having a dinner where they will also ponder the results. we are not yet sure whether it will coincide. that will be an interesting moment when we see where it leads on what happens. there will be weeks of negotiations. if all goes well, in july, the parliament will elect the president of commission. the parliament said that it would not assess any candidate that would not be one of -- >> because it is a disproportional system, we don't have the majority. we have a coalition. this time and is a coalition in the center. in order to decide -- in order to say move on the election -- you can say the full election is the body that came first. i came first. you also need to have a majority