anchor: hello, everyone. i am genie godula in paris. the headlines. thousands of protesters were into the armenian capital as the opposition leader ththreatens a popolitical tsunami if the parliament does not vote him inn as prime minister. the israeli prime minister accuses iran of lying about its nuclear weapons program. that dramatic tv presentation stepping up pressure on the u.s. to pull out of the nuclear deal, but experts say that intel dates

back to before the deal was signed, three years ago. emmanuel macron kicks off his trip to australia with a lavish dinner at the sydney opera house. live coverage from there in just a minute. coming up in business, find out which jobs are at risk of disappearing as mayday celebrations and protests rollaround. and a french art museum finds out half of the works it has been proudly displaying fake. are fake. first, our top story, live from paris. ♪ ♪ the parliament in armenia is choosing a new prime minister today. the sole candidate is opposition .eader nikol pashinyan

there is still doubt as to if the ruling republican party will give him the votes he needs. ledshinny and --- pashinyanan two weeks of protests that forced the former foreign minister, serzh sarksyan, to resign. protesters are back out again today. next for you, let's go to israel,l,etanyahu in where he made a dramatic tv presentation yesterday. he accused iran of lying about its nuclear weapons program. the israeli prime minister revealed what he said were secret files obtained by israeli intelligence which prove iran is covertly working on a nuclear weapons program. experts say the information is nothing new, but the presentation looks meant to pressure donald trump to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. for more on this, let's hear from our tehran correspondent.

plentnty of -- r reza: reaction to president netananyau last night. it is not fries that no one is praising mr. net. iriran's foreign minister spokesman calling mr. netanyahu a liar. the deputy foreign minister calling the accusations shameful anand ridiculous. perhaps the most colorful criticism coming from mr. zarif, referring twice to mr. netanyahu as "the boy who cried wolf," a reference to the fabled young shepherd who raised so many false alarms that nobody believed him. reference to mr. netanyahu's 2002 speech in new york at the u.n. general assembly. that is when he held up a cartoon drawing of a bomb in an effort to convince the world that iran is racing toward a nuclear bomb. the exhibition by

mr. netanyayahu was more elaborate. lots of documents, images. but observers say there was very little substance to itit, becaue these were the old allegations addressed.een other observers are saying it is precisely because of these allegations that iran had its secret nuclear weapons program almost two years ago that this nuclear deal is working. observers say mr. netanyahu provided very little argrgument why this nuclear deal should be scrapped. now, all eyes on may 12, to see if mr. netanyahu's efforts will convince mr. trump to scrap the deal. genie: what are the next t steps for iran? as you say, the decision from president trump is looming. reza:: i think iran understands very well that there is a campaign together support for scrapping the deal. the campaign in washington washington, israel,

and saudi arabia. there is a campaign to support the agreement from european members of the signatory, franae and germany. eventsd more, we get like last night, comments by mr. trump. this happens, the more iranians are discouraged there is hope to keeping the nuclear deal in tact. we will see what happens, calm may 12. french president emmanuel macron is doing his utmost to support the iran nuclear deal. the french foreign minister said netanyahu's comments might strengthen the need for maintaining the current iran nuclear deal. next, we will go back to armenia and the capital yerevan, where correspondent gulliver cragg is standing by. this is a big day in parliament. tell us more about what is happening and remind us of the situation. gulliverer: right now, debates e

going on in the armenian parliament. is takinginyan questions from mp's. this has been going on for several hours, and expected to go on for several hours more. it is not clear what the ruling republican party position is going to be. we just spoke to one mp from that party. quitehe had to say was interesting. she said first of all the party united, too stay vote with one voice. she did not say it was guaranteed that that would happen. she said that around 5:00 p.m. local time today, there would be a meeting of the parliamentary group, and they would try to establish their position. she absolutely was not saying that it was likely that nikol pashinyan would be chosen by the party. she said they had to listen -- [no audio]

genie: apologies again. that was gulliver cragg reporting from armenia. emmanuel macron is kicking off a trip to australia. the french president landed in sydney earlier for talks on trade, defense, and china. billion submarine deal between the two that will be talked about. in the meantime, president macron is being hosted to a lavish dinner at sydney opera house. our reporter joins us from sydney. president macron spoke to journalists briefly as he was on his way in. many french journalists were asking him about why he was not here in france on this bank holiday that is a major protest day. indeed.: a first step for emmanuel macron, the first french president and australia, and it took them to the sydney opera. what better place to start a the prime minister

from australia, malcolm turnbull? before this, emmanuel macron came here, walked a few hundred meters, and you had dozens of tourists and french ex-pats here to take a picture. he did take the time to do a few selfies with them. as journalists were there, they asked him questions. the french journalists asked about mayday. emmanuel macron could not have picked a day -- a place further away from france to be on this special day, may day, when you have thousands of french people on the streets, protesting, parading, some opposed to emmanuel macron's labor laws. when we asked him what he thought about all of that, he said i am a president. i have no day off. i am here to work. i have not got the time to watch president and follow what is going on back at home. clearly, the french president was here, is here, and certainly

not domestic ones. clovis,e is also there, to talk about business between france and australia. what can w we expect from that? clovis: business deals are always at the heart of visits. was interesting to hear emmanuel macron tell us that breaks it could provide opportunities for the european union and for france to get more .eals here in australia great britain of course a historic ally and partner of australia. emmanuel macron wants to improve business. business is already very good for france with the thoughts trillion partner. -- with its australian partner. the french president has flown with businessmen keen to win over markets, clench them deals. emmanuel macron has also said he wants to talk about climbing with the prime minister of

australia, malcolm turnbull. there will be an important moment tomorrow with a speech given at the anzac memorial in the heart of sydney. as traveled from france with a dozen or so high school students from amienens, s hometown. they will be with australian pupils and students to show solidarity, and emotions will be running high tomorrow at the anzac memorial in sydney. clovis reporting on the french president's trip to sydney. also in australia, the vatican finance chief cardinal, george victoria, appear in where he will ultimately stand trial for charges of sexual abuse against him. tell is the most senior vatican official to be charged in the catholic church sex abuse crisis. the 72-year-old has denied all

the claims. reporter: arriving in the melbourne court through heavy police presence, the most nior vatican official to be charged in the vatican sex abuse scandal, a australian cacardinal geororge pell, following a pre-tile -- trial hearing, the court said there was enough evidence to proceed on some charges. tell was charged in june last year with historical charges involving multiple implants, charges he has consistently denied. he formally pleaded not guilty on tuesday. more thahan 30 witnesses t testd during the proceedings. many sessions were closed to the public, which is standard practice in the state of victoria during sexual offense cases. in open hearings, the court heard of alleged incidents at a melbourne cathedral in the 1990's and a cinema in regional victoria in the 1970's. the magistrate said about half of the charges were dismissed, including allegations cardinal

called the most vile. his situation is far from those as a high-ranking cardinal. he has been archbishop of melbourne and sydney. the financewas minister, considered the church's third highest official. tell's trial will be held in front of a 12 person jury at the county court of victoria in several months time. cardinale vatican says pell's leave of absence will continue, despite the announcement of his trial. earlier, we were mentioning that today is may day in france. there have been calls for mass protests that will start around 2:00 p.m. local time. he should bring together many of the groups that have been on strike against president macron's business minded reforms. the biggest showing could come from state r rail workers, w who have been holding a rolling every fiveout of

days. may is traditionally a big month for protests, particularly on labor day. francer: mayday in usually sees workers take to the streets en masse. this year, organizers are hoping for a record turnout. for weeks, a number of protest movements and swept the country in the face of emmanuel macron's reform plans. many seem to be losing momentum. the railway strike appears to be losing steam by the week. at its peak month ago, the strike mobilized 77% of train drivers. now, less thanan 50% of conducts are still protesting. parallel t to this, several univiversities saw t their camps occupied by students up in arms over a proposed admissions reform. but the government has slowly taken back control of occupied buildings, and evicted protesting students. today, france's labor unions and left-wing parties

cannot even agree on how to hold there may day rallies. the hard left cgt is calling for a coalition of grievances, meaning a coordinated walkout across all sectors of the economy. moderate, the more union has to her fused to mamarh alongside them, leaving more could be achieved through separate negotiations. traditionther may day in france is the act of giving a sprig of lily of the valley to a loved one. that tradition dates back to the 16th century, when the flower was given as a lucky charm to king charles ix. he continued the tradition of offering the flowers as a sign of good luck and happiness. every may 1 in france, you will see all caps of people, including little kids, selling the sprigs outdoors. may 1 is the only day of the year anyone is allowed to freely sell things on the streets. in france, a museum dedicated to a local painter in

the south has just discovered that over half of the works it had been exhibiting our take. that is something the lococal mayor has called a catastrophe. our reporter has more. southern french town has long been proud of its history, in particular the heritage of a local painter. ththe is just one problem that has now come to light. after major renovations to a museum housing his work, 82 of the 140 works in the collection were found to be fake. you can recognize the towower and its steeple. in the background, you have e te queens chamber. but that was built in 1958. he died in 1952. there are several fakes we found in the collection. in pararticular, w we have works that were recovered and subsequently signed in his name, and other works made to look like his works. reporter: before the scandal broke, paintings could fetch up

to 70,000 euros, with watercolors going for 2000 apiece. the loss is estimated at 160,000 euros. a case has been opened to trace where the fakes came from, and how far back the operation goes. they are works that have been part of our heritage since the 1990'ss, so it has been a long time. it is hard to think there could have been just one person who would be ablble to sell aroroun0 works of art, so this is a major case. museum is nowe displaying the artist's authentic works. but given the sheer number of fakes, questions are asked if other regional artists could have been copied too. genie: time for our business update with delano d'souza. you are going to start with the decision to temporarily extend

tariff exemptions for steel and aluminumum imports. delano: this isis the admininistration of donald trum. it it has given the e.u. and its allies, including mexico and canada, 30 days to negotiate deals to exempt them from tariffs on steel and aluminum in points -- imports. canada and the united states or in the process of renegotiating the nafafta free trade agrereem. the canadian prime minister has called the threat of u.s. tariffs a very b bad idea. but justin trudeau remains confident president trump will come around. reporter: a 30 day window to get donald trump to back down. the e.u., canada, and mexico were given another month to convince washington that they should be exempted from controversial tariffs announced by the u.s. president in march. pres. trump: we will having 95% tariff on foreign steel and a 10% tariff on foreign aluminum. the measure came as a

response to china's metals saturated, which has the global market in recent years. but the announcement did not fit well with many u.s. allies, who have since lobbied washington to be exempted from the tariffs. trump has repeatedly said canada and mexico could obtain this exemption if enough progress was made on the ongoing renegotiation of nafta, the north american free trade agreement. on monday, canadian prime minister justin trudeau urged his american counterpart to drop the tariffs altogether. issue of steel and aluminum tariffs, we remain confident the american administration understands it would hurt american jobs almost as much as it would hurt canadian jobs, and that is something that obviously no one but -- nobody wants. reporter: the european union is also eager to avoid the tax. russell's list a list of american products worth a combined 6.4 billion euros which could be slammed with their own

tariffs in retaliation. as president emmanuel macron and the german chancellor also visited donald trump in washington last week, but neither were able to obtain tangible concessions on the issue. it is mayday, international workers day, or simply labor day. today is meant to celebrate workers around the world. but technology is changing the way we live and work, and somome people are feeling the pressure more than others. from threethree jobs very different pockets of the world that have all but disappeared. it might look like a scene out of a charles dickens novel, but ian bell is one of london's last meaning lamp lighters. on hisght, he climbs up letter to check if the lamps work, and to wind up the timer. ian: we like the lamps. we do a lot of work on the lamps.

there are 12 million tubes going down the streets of london. they are always keen when they see you on top of the letter to see what your doing. they are amazed there are still gas lamps in london and the world. ian's job has almost completely disappeared, but he is not alone. in kenya's capital, developing infrastructure is also threatening sampson's livelihood. each day, he fills his jerry cans with water. to afford to able pay my children's school fees. reporter: the arrival of piped water is hailed by most of his neighbors as a major sign of progress, but to this 42-year-old water carrier, it is bad for business. over in hong kong, there is certainly no lack of running water or streetlights.

there might be a bit too many. this person can makes the on signs, one of a few craftsman in an industry now dominated by mamass-produced l.e.d.'s. i the part of my job that find the most rewarding is when you take a straight piece of glass and are able to bend it into the shape you want, and your able to light it up. i find it fun. despite a waning client base, he says there has been a revived interest and nostalgia for his lights, immortalized in the atmospheric movies of wong kar-wei. delano: a look at some disappearing jobs. as it is may day, most markets are closed. ,he ftse is open and is trading doing perfectly well, up nearly half a percent. that wraps up the business news.

this: delano d'souza on may day. it is time for our press revealed. laurent joins us for a look at what is making headlines. lots of focus on benjamin netanyahu's revelations about iran's nuclear weapons program. headlines with the image from vb upon -- from bi tech savvy presentation. same thing from the conservative post.""the jerusalem they call these revelations "mind blowing," and say "is a smoking gun needed for critics?" some papers say some papers say the revelations were not so mind

blowing. aaretz" says going beyond the ted talk choreography, netanyahu did not provide a smoking gun. and if lies were a reason to disqualify leaders, surely trump and netanyahu would be in the .ame basket as rouhani "the new york times" called the presentation theatrical. they say it is clear the israeli prime minister's big reveal, intended to push donald trump away from renewing the iran nuclear deal -- they say the findings were presented to trump back in january, during a visit by the head of mossad to washington. they also say that nothing new came out of those revelations. genie: what kinds of things are yoyou seeing from the coconserve media in the u.s.? dheepthika: totally different story. they are coming out in full support of donald trump and israel.

the wall street journal editors say iran has used the windfall from the nuclear deal to fund its regional aggression. of the paper say the sooner the world pushes back against them, the better the chance of avoiding a much larger war. from the very conservative washington times, there is a very strong-worded piece that attacks barack obama, saying the deal already smelled like rotten fish, and it really stinks now. a take aim at obama, saying he relied on his instincts -- i am quoting -- as a boy in a muslim school in jakarta, being able to trust the mullahs. genie: strong words from "the washington times." the interference in election by russia? dheepthika: robert mueller has

questions he wants to ask. so far, the investigation has been shrouded in secrecy. this is the first look at the direction that mueller wants to take in this probe. wantsw york times says it to penetrate into the president's mind, his relationships with his family and close advisers. advisers would like to know what motivated some of his fiery tweets. genie: there is a fierce debate over euthanasia after an esteemed scientists said he would travel to switzerland to end his life. dheepthika: this is a sad story. david goodall is australia's oldest scientist. he recently turned 104 years old, and says he is ready to die. he says he is not terminally ill, but has reached an age where he does not want to live anymore, and regrets being so old. a local ngo has raised 17,000 australian dollars to help fund the flight he will take from australia to switzerland, the

euthanasia is tolerated. he plans to be euthanized voluntarily later this month. the sad fate of a noun must really an scientist, traveling so far away from his family to die, has shed light on the whole debate around legalizing euthanasia. genie: changing topics to germany, where "bild" is reporting that schroeder is being sued. dheepthika: not for the reasons you might imagine. marry aue to mary -- korean translator who is try six years his junior. he is being sued to 77,000 euros by the ex-husband of his fiancee in a family court for mental anguish. -- theband says ex-husband says mental anguish was caused by the extramarital affair. in south korea adultery was a legal until 2015, and offenders can still be prosecuted for it. gerhard schroder has been

married and divorced four times, earning him the nickname of "audi man" and lord of the rings. genie: c citizen scientists have discovered a newçç@

>> this is a production of china central television amererica. >> a barrier is something that can keep people apart. it can prevent communication or even progress in one's life, but breaking barriers is often where growth happens. this week on "full frame," we talk with those who are breaking barriers and taboos in the world of arts and culture, from embracing creative expression new to their society or building awareness around issues people just don't want to talk about. i'm mike walter coming to you from the heart of new york city's times square. let's take it full frame.