genie: you're watching france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm judy godzilla. these are the headlines. addressing the u.s. congress. trying to convince the american people it's not donald trump the u.s. should stay in the nuclear deal. the opposition leader in the mass protests that forced the armenian prime minister to resign calls for new protest with after planned talks

the republican party were canceled. some of the student protesters arrested during antigovernment rallies in nicaragua this week are released. the white house has called the government crackdown on the protests repugnant. global wine production drops to its low as little in 60 years. level i60 years. if a monkey takes a selfie that goes viral does he get the copyright? the answer coming up in the press review. first our top story live from paris. french president emmanuel macron

will give a speech to a joint session of congress in washington today, the last day of his state visit. he went into the three-day day trip looking to change donald trump's mind about some hot button issues including threats from the u.s. president to leave the iran nuclear deal. >> we want to start working on a new iran deal. together we need to find a new framework by working with regional powers and the iranian leadership. we can succeed in finding a new agreement. i hope we can get started on this new pass in the weeks and months to come. doug herbert joins us from washington. yesterday we saw a lot of cozying up between macron and

trump with the men trying to put on a good show and yet there are real divides. particularly when it comes to the iran nuclear deal. >> hello? hello? sorry, we seem to be having a lot of technical problems today. we are on the air. can you hear me? we are having quite a few sound issues at the moment. i'm really sorry about this. if you can hear me, let us know what the situation is in washington at the moment. sorry. we really are having major technical issues. i propose that we take a break and come back in a few minutes and regroup. why don't we do that? stay with us here on france 24.

>> a young user finally accepts to speak on camera. he explains the euphoric effects it has on him and his friends. >> illicit sales of tramadol are on the rise in central africa. thesese photos illustrate cargo seized by authorities. millions of tablets are flooding the markets. the united nations are sounding the alarm. tramadol is no longer just the so-called jihad drug used by terror groups in the region. hundreds of kilometers away tramadol is appealing to a new market.

its ease of access has become a concern in some schools in cameroon like this high school on the outskirts of the city. >> we have students who take tramadol pills and we have seen how violent some of them have become. they are aggressive with teachers and adults. one student raped an eight-year-old girl. >> raising awareness in schools before it's too late. these kinds of initiatives are -- cameroon. it comes to drugs the answer is always repression. having ae fact of principal invited a group like ours to talk with students is already a very positive thing. >> the risk of addiction to tramadol and other drugs is a big health to the country's

crippling public health sector. andre is the man behind the project. since the center was opened three years ago he has welcomed nearly 600 young addicts. >> and so is because of ignorance or curiosity victim people end up having to come here. repression is not the ideal solution when it comes to finding an answer to drug abuse. not a lost cause. their families have to understand that these people are ill. we have to help this patient to change and heal. >> listening sessions are held several times a week. young addicts.r >> at first detox was really difficult because i was being cut off from substances and have

been consuming every day. i spent three weeks here. they let me out after i showed them my project for the future. states estimates between 22 and 72 million adults in africa consumed drugs. the gap in statistics is attributed to the shortcomings of member states reporting to the u.n. odc. these figures make the continent a target for drug traffickers that see a gigantic market for potential customers.

>> my name is s christopher rayburn. we reconstruct and rework original items and we have worked over the years with everything from beautiful parachutes to life rafts to blankets.

is used to be a compression flight suit used by chinese fighter pilot. we are taking parts of it to make these small bags. we get all the cool details. >> they were made for the air force. it is 70-year-old silk we have been able to source. we have completely deconstructed these original items and remade into something completely new.

the jacket you might see at buckingham palace. >> the industry is changing the way we are sourcing materials and manufacturing. it takes time. it's a very big industry. i think if we can all work together we have a much better chance of making a difference. >> trash and broken graves. neglected and vandalized. using photos of videos he's getting people to volunteer to clean up to repair. >> when i used to go visit my .arents graraves every time

> there are grapes that havae been opened. there's rubbish everywhere. there's no fefee. just look where they are buried. a families who can't afforord plug often buried there loved ones in existing grades. >> that's what motivated me to create an association.n. to clelean up our cemeteries..

>> we created the association for everyone. there are christians, muslims and animists. >> when we get to a cemetery we don't say it here at the christians come over there are muslims. a grave is a grave. [speaking french] >> that was in 2015 when a reporter went to meet observers who have been affected by invasion of a seaweed. it regulararly washess up on t e beaches. it releases s hydrogen sulfide which smells like rotten and and

when concentrated d is toxic. >> only the tourist beaches get cleared. -- cleaned. if it doesn't have to do with tourists, forget it. it's s always the l locals who suffer. more people willll be calallinge .ehealth services is french government promising all kinds of things. it wasn't even used. people who live on the islanand

are annoyed at the freh government. the overseas territoes are always last in line for help. celebrated the new year in march. in certain towns of concerts faced opposition. for instance in the south. take a look. the man ac on this stage is an ultraconservative who doesn't like public concerts. he tries to tear down the band spanner. there was another incident in a town 30 kilometers away. an iranian m musician based d in paris tells us what happened. >> there w was a concert by a fk

group. there were t thousands of people but then suddenly someone cut the electricicity to the whole town.. >> they don't have a problem with any particular type of music. it's more a question of if you -- of whom the musicians are. sometimes the group plays really bad music with terrible lyrics. decide tothey will ban a group of traditional musicians. it depends on the identity of the musicians. they only want to see people they approve of. thesete of all of obstacles iranian musicians work really hard to keep playing. i congratulate them.

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>> it's a crisp winter morning on the canals of northern france. along the icy banks said a string of barges that appears to be still asleep. >> that's much more interesting when you wake up in the morning and see that view. i worked on building sites for 25 years. it's not the same here. a deck hand.s his job requires him to be on the ball the time. >> we make sure it doesn't run aground and it's clean. >> the man in charge of everything is gina. he can spend several weeks on these canals without returning home. >> we are always far from home.

i'm an international boatmen. our hq is in do a and we are ofteten 500 or sixix kilometers- 600 kilometers away from home. it's part and parcel of the job. >> his partner also comes from a family of boatmen. >> can you alert the lock on channel 22? >> i replace him when he has to go and give instructions to staff or eat or take a nap. i have the same permit as him and i was born into this job. >> when they're are not navigating canals they spent the weekend at home with their children. it's monday morning and time to draft -- drop them off at school. toit is hard for them to go boarding school. the goodbye is tough.

is the first year his little sister has been sent to boarding school. >> are you going to come with mom? >> she's ok. she didn't cry this time. when she cries we tend to have a bad week. >> gino and jennifer head to their boat. their cargo is loaded at dunkirk and the cargo needs to be brought on deck. >> the kids are in boarding school. if they call us tomorrow and they are sick we take the car off for the next law. >> measuring 110 meters long this carries more than 1500 tons of cargo.

>> 500 meters from the next block. i'm stopping the engine to slow the speed of the boat to enter the lock. >> mooring is often -- always a delicate operation. minded your feet. if you ever put your foot in when it's pulling you will go with it and your foot will be cut off. not to be very careful hurt your hand. you have to imagine you are tying the knot for a parcel. this technique is not very forgiving. as a famimilyn boboats tradadion. for r five generatations gino's relationons have been n meanderg along canalsls and riverers. >> my grandparents had wooden boats that were pulled along by horses and sometimes by the

sailor himself or his wife for their children. after that there were iron boats and those boats were motorized. the boatman then had a little independence. it was kind of a revolution at the time. photos show just how tightknit the canal community has been. >> when there was a party, communion, baptism or wedding the boatman all helped each other out. they cleaned out the whole of the boat and the party was held inside rather than renting a room. >> today the boats are bigger and more modern and living conditions have also improved. hashe 21st century barge three bedrooms. it used to be just a sink. anyit is a bathtub like other house. >> everyone takes their turn.

someone always has to stay at the helm because the cargo has to be delivered on time. >> whether it is lunch breakfast or dinner we always eat separately. >> in the 1970's there were almost 10,000 boatmen on the canalsls in france.. there are now just 1000. the atmosphere might not be the same but for gino that doesn't matter. he just wants to protect his profession at all costs and carry on the work of his ancestors. >> people and profit presented by stephen carroll. >> business news is not about numbers nor percentages and statistics. business news is about people and how we live our lives.

beyondand profit goes numbers to analyze how the global flow of money and profits shape our world. intelligent and accessible. the show comes across business, economicics and politics. >> people and profit. >> cynthia knew nothing about boxing until she saw the match on tv two years ago. since then the sport has changed her life. in a suburb she trains every weekend with dozens of other young people. at 17 she dreams of becoming a professional boxer to support her family. for the past 13 years cynthia's coach has been volunteering at

the local primary school youth center. that hasn't stopped them from fighting on the dusty ground in the scorching heat. >> it's very good now. we need nigeria to support both teams. >> in the 1950's and 60's nigeria produced some of the best boxers in africa. the golden age has long past with boxing overshadowed by athletics and football. with the creation of specialty be challenged -- channels but in the sport boxing is beginning to appeal to a broader market. >> sustainable platform for safely in atrain clean environment and also get

them the authentic experience of boxing. countries in nigeria boxing really is only for the working class so we are trying to change that ççñ

narrator: 2008, discontent turns ininto confrontationon. araround the world people e tako the streets. ♪ music momar: they use tear gas, electric batons, plastic bullets. it was a very, very hard day. narrator: protests like these in dakar and senegal spread to many other cities. there were similar riots in egypt and in india. in haiti the president was overthrown. the reason? high food prices. one of the major causes: climate change. villagers are leaving their homes simply to survive.