berlin. load them are zelenskyy holds talks with the united nations. the safety of europe's largest nuclear power plant is at stake. also on the program, officials in ukraine's second largest city report fresh russian strikes on civilian areas.

and it forest fires killed dozens and algeria and hundreds more are moved to safety. officials won hot winds could spread the flames further. -- warren hot winds could spread the flames further. the all-female skateboarding group making a space for them to get involved in extreme sports. ♪ i'm nicole. to all our viewers on pbs and around the world, welcome to the program. antonio guterres has called for all troops to be withdrawn from around the ukraine subregion nuclear power station. the plant has come under repeated shelling. he spoke with zelenskyy and the turkish leader erdogan in the city of the viva in western ukraine. the leaders discussed exchanging prisoners of war and increasing ukrainian grain exports.

>> millions of tons of wheat and maize are stuck in black seaports. nicole: the repeated calls for a safe zonee around the area. >> military equipment and personal shall be withdrawn from the plant. for deployment of forces must be avoided, the area needs to be liberalized, and we must do it as it is. any potential damage is suicide. nicole: ukraine says it has obtained new troubling intelligence about a russian plot involving the nuclear power plant. we have more from the ground. correspondent: russia seems to have announced a free day tomorrow, asking only the cruise that will be on duty that will run the operations to come to work and all the other stuff,

and that is, of course, something that worries ukraine. they have not been confirmed by the russian side, exclusively ukrainian intelligent information that has been announced by russia that they are accusing ukraine of planning to do a provocation tomorrow, so it seems that tomorrow is going to be a critical day in this plan that has been under pressure for some time from different sides. we don't know exactly from where, and we also heard the situation inside the plant is dire with high pressure on the staff there, and a lot of military equipments stored near or inside the facility. we don't know this exactly, but the situation is tense. nicole: both erdogan and chariots have stressed positive

momentum after the grain deal was achieved a couple of weeks back. is that optimism shared by president zelenskyy? mathias: it depends on what we are talking about. there are a few things that dip limits can do at this stage, one is to resolve the situation around the power plant, and another is exchange of prisoners, and, also, all of them have said today that they want to speed up the grain exports to get more ships in and out of ukrainian courts. that requires work with all sides, so there is a role for diplomacy to play at this stage, but the question is, is this going towards a diplomatic solution of the conflict as erdogan has suggested? that is clearly not what is happening at the moment. nicole: mathias with the latest, thank you.

now, the turkish president seems confident he can change the course of the war. i asked our correspondent dorian jones in and how he might try to get the two sides to the negotiating table. dorian: i think he sees his current grain that turkey helped with the united natns between raine and russia as the vehicle that could ultimately ta these two warring parties to negotiation table. basically, turkey is very buoyant by the fact that 25 ships have already passed banks to the world market, carrying half a million tons of grain. that is seen by turkey as evidence that these two warring parties can at least work tother on this deal. erdogan sees that the first step is solely building some kind of trust between the two sides for the success of the deal, which will be key in any negotiation. now i think he is focusing on

resolving the current crisis over the nuclear power station and have some deal can be brokered, this will be further momentum that could bring the sides of the negotiating table along with talks of prisoner swaps, which erdogan is believed to have discussed with his meeting with the russian president, who he has met twice the past month. in many ways, he is confident that he is the best place to facilitate the deal when the two sides are ready to talk. nicole: what does erdogan hope to gain from positioning himself at the front of the diplomatic efforts? dorian: turkey is neighbor wi ukraine and russia and has close ties with bo sides. they have been affected badly by the conflict an economic level, hit a soaring fd prices along with the rest of the world. erdogan is keen to bring an end to theonflict and stability to the region. but i think erdogan sees the

opportunitto play the world leadg figure in the only man who can bring the sides together, given the fact he has close ties with ukrainian and russian presidents, and he sees this as an opportunity of ringing -- of bringing them together, which he knows will play welwith supporters in turkey and reelectionext year. also, if he is successful to bring some kind of peacethis will also silent criticism of turkeyclose tieso putin, which they haveaced growing criticism from western alliances, especially since turkey is not enforcing western sanctions against russia. nicole: dorian jones in and stengel, -- instanbul, thank you. authorities are searching for survivors of russian shelling in ukraine second city. they say at least 11 people were killed in a strike on an apartment building. the city in northeastern ukraine has been subjected to continual russian strikes since the start of the war. another seven people have been

killedin shelling, and in one of their neighborhoods close to the front line that has been the target of russian shelling nearly every day. the mayor says 1000 civilians have been killed in the city since the war began. we were in the city a few days ago for the latest attacks. we have this report. correspondent: bombed out schools, no gas, no water. this used to be a vibrant neighborhood. months of attacks as the russians try to smash tm into submission have left the district like this. since the start of russia's invasions, they have borne the brunt of the relentless shelling. 90% of inhabitants have fled. the neighborhood fee like a ghost town. they are enduring months of attacks. the only people who are still on

their block miss how life used to be. >> there were many children running around. it was fun living here. >> we had many kindergartens and schools, everything was there. birgitta: they are doing what they can to prepare for winter and use this placement to hide during air alarms. all we are down there, we hear shelling in the distance. >> my biggest fear is the russians could come. we can survive with no water or electricity, but this shooting, the rocket is hitting us. that frightens me. birgitta: despite the fear, life is slowly returning to saltivka. next-door, workers fix water pipes for the least damaged apartments, and they patch up

smhed windows to prevent rain and snowaking the damage worse. they are not ready to start renovation. a member othe housing committee tells me. translator: there's no sense in doing it now because the war is still going on. it is being shelled every day, and, if, for example, we have to replace the glass in windows, it could be during an attack. birgitta: but for igor, even basic repairs are a sign of hope. he invites us to his home after weeks living in a metro station, he and his wife are relieved to be back, even though they have no windows or running water. translator: we do not know what will happen in the winter. we hope there will be some heating or we have to put more plastic in the windows. birgitta: ir says he is lucky

he is still being paid as a professional football coach and proudly shows us his team. translator: half of them have gone abroad or are now in western ukraine. only six of the kids have stayed here. i miss them so very much. i really hope they come back soon. birgitta: then, he and the others we have met here in saltivkaill concentrate on survivin hoping the front keeps being pushed further away, bracing for the coming winter. nicole: forest fires in algeria have killed more than 30 and injured many more. hundreds of residents have been moved to safety and thousands taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. helicopters are being used to put out the fires as officials warned that hot winds could spread the flames further. a short while ago, i spoke to our journalist following the wildfires in algiers. correspondent: it is still going on.

they are still researching the pele who disappeared in the forests. the situatn is very tense. of course, the president sent his minister of interior to push more and send more teams in order to do research of human beings and the area under the fire in some places. therefore, the situation has the death toll rising, more than 57, and more people injured, and the situation is complicated because it needs more sophisticated equipment like helicopters and airplanes to help and fire brigades to stop the fire because it is not only one point, it is more than 30 points in the area. nicole: doing know how they started? -- do we know how they started? correspondent: their multiple explanations, among them, crimes, lack of management with a problem with disposal,

botts, and the forest is very dense and humid. and there are areasry better inland because it is not only one province, but it is in the northeast, far northeast, and the area is southeast on the border with tunisia. nicole: northern algeria is no stranger to wildfires. what is different this year? correspondent: this year, it is in a remote area. the area last year was an area where there were a lot of roads to get access, but the problem with this area, there is no road or access. it is dance, a lot of trees in land, and it is area where forests, mountains, and no access, and people get tpped, especially in the so-called national reserve of e animal

reservand also aoo. a lot of visitors get trapped. we have seen the big drama of this mother whlost her kids further south of the area that is not far fromhe north, which is a national park and the situation is quite difficult. nicole: dramatic situation. thank you for describing it to us. at least six people, including a teenage girl, have died in a violent storm on corsica. hail, heavy rain and wind swept across the french island, a popular tourist destination at this time. several french towns he also been hit by thunderstorms and around 1000 useholds are without power. correspondent: it was fast and fierce.

brushing floodwaters sent surprised locals and tourists alike racing for safety and the port city of marseille. the abrupt thunderstorm dumped the equivalent of six months rainfall on the city in 24 hours. people who were sleeping at a nearby campsite were broken by thunder and falling branches. translator: our attempt was completely destroyed, torn apart. we took shelter in the corner with the kids, but then hailstones broke through. we had to jump into the car. translator: it was really violent. we knew it was coming, and we were warned, but we did not expect anything on this scale. correspondent: on the island of corsica, violent storms killed a teenage girl and several other people.

france, like most of europe, has been experiencing a heat wave. drought has left the river so shallow that even flat bottom tourist barges can barely navigate along it. but experts say the storm is not likely to help because the floodwater will disappear through the drainage system as quickly as it came. nicole: you are watching dw news. still to come, the groundbreaking skateboarding group in ethiopia challenging the stereotype that girls should not do extreme sports. first, no group has claimed responsibility for bombing a mosque in the afghan capital kabul. it killed more than 20 people, including a prominent cleric. the so-called islamic state has stepped up a tax in afghanistan since the taliban returned to power a year ago. correspondent: the mosque was

crowded and the bond powerful -- bomb powerful. dozens died and several children are among the wounded. casualty numbers are expected to rise. security forces have now sealed off the plasticine. but this -- the blast scene. but this neighborhood is still in shock. translator: i lost my cousin. he went to the mosque and then the blast happened. we only found out at midnight that he had lost his life. elena: afghanistan has been hit by regular attack since the taliban seized power in august of last year. many of them have been claimed by the islamic state. last week, the group claimed responsibility for killing a prominent taliban cleric at his religious center in kabul. but so far, no one has taken credit for this attack.

at the hospital, the families of the victims are waiting for news. translator: so many people were killed. some were even thrown out of the windows of the mosque. translator: i have two of my family members here. they were injured in the blast. elena: the islamic state has merrily targeted minority communities, such as shiite, seeks, and sufis. but it seems to be widening as the taliban celebrate one year in power. nicole: because of the anniversary, we ask a journalist whether people are reading anything into the timing of the attack. correspondent: not nessarily because even leading up to the timing, there s a killing of another religious leader. i think it proves that islamic emirate isaving as much of a

problem as the republic in taking out an insurgency, the former islamic republic had to deal with the taliban and the so-called islamic state, and, now, the emirate, the taliban, is only left with the so-called islamic state, but they have been unable take on this group because even if this specif instance is not them, the truth is they posa threat and they are the biggest heart remaining in the country at this point. nicole: that was our journalist speaking to us from kabul earlier today. let's get you up to speed on other stories we can headlines. a judge in the u.s. state of new york refused bail for the man accused of trying to kill author some on rushdie -- author rushdie, who was due to give a talk when an attacker rushed up the stage and stabbed him repeatedly.

security forces in sudan have used tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators calling for civilian rule. the army staged a coup last year, and the military leader pledged to step aside for civilian government. protesters do not believe him. estoni says it has repelled the most extensive cyber attacks in more than a decade. the russian hacker group killnet says it blocked accesto more than 200 state and private institutions. estonia recently removed soviet monuments from a region with an ethnic russian majority. a sales tax is being reduced from 19% to 7% in the aim to offset rising energy costs and households. russia limited gas supplies to germany, pushing up fuel prices. the leaders of serbia and kosovo have failed to resolve tensions

in brussels, but they have agreed to continue talks in the coming days. kosovo broke away from serbia in 1999, and later declared independence leading to a long, simmering border dispute. now, unrest has sparked fears on both sides of the border at the open conflict could erupt again. correspondent: the nato protection force on entering the serbian border. kosovo was on high alert because of a dispute over license plate. he just arrived from serbia and would like to return to his home in kosovo, but first he has to cover up his serbian license plate. that is enough are now, but in the future, kosovo's government would like them to reregister their cars. it is a contentious issue. riots broke out last month where roadblocks were set up and shots fired.

translator: the situation is difficult and tense. we are seeing more and more special forces. many vehicles are on the road. we see more and more with assault rifles everyday. correspondent: this man is allowed to drive his serbian car as far as this bridge. the albanian part of kosovo begins here. a kosovo albanian says serbian customers also come to her store. the two ethnic groups get along day-to-day, but when the dispute over license plates escalated, she said it brought back memories of the kosovo war. translator: the sirens that day took us back to 1999. it was a bad feelin because we know this alarm does not get triggered when things are calm. now, leaders in brussels are trying to find a solution. while the top, precautionary

measures are being taken at the border to prevent any more riots. nicole: marina strauss is following the eu's attempt to mediate in brussels, and i asked her whether there is a serious danger of escalation between serbia and kosovo. marina: we may be are not looking at a full-fledged war, but, of course, there are fears over europe and the u.s. that the violence could become dominant again in this region, and you have said it. we have seen tensions in the last couple of weeks over license plates with the border conflict. shots were being fired, protesters on the street. this was not the first time we have seen tensions over the last two decades in this region, and nato secretary-general interestingly said yesterday when both leaders arrived here in brussels, that the nato mission in kosovo is actually

ready to intervene if they consider the situation or the stability to be in the region jeopardized. nicole: to sports now, the americas national football league has suspended cleveland browns quarterback sean watson for 11 -- deshaun watson for 11 games and fine-tune $5 million -- fined $5 million pretty will be able to return to action for the final six games of the season. and of the opiate, a groundbreaking group is challenging the stereotype that girls should not be involved in extreme sports. the ethiopian girl skaters bring together girls from different backgrounds to and skateboarding. they say it has been beneficial to their physical and mental health. >> skateboarding, everybody say

skateboarding! correspondent: every saturday, the skaters meet to learn new tricks, how to nail a landing, how to find their balance and pushback against vendor stereotypes. -- gender stereotypes. >> being a woman or girl is hard, even to skate around the boys is kind of really hard because people think that girls should have to help their parents at their house. correspondent: the all-female group was founded by a girl three years ago after she broke away from the nonprofit ethiopia skate. since then, it has taught more than 5000 girls to escape. >> it is not really -- to skate. >> it is not really common for a girl to start skating because people don't support you, that some group had to start, and we were the first one. i feel honored to be part of that. allen: in a country grappling with an ongoing civil war, opportunities for young people can be scarce. sosina and her co-founder hope

they can provide a positive outlet for pent-up frustrations. >> the girls need more attention on different types of extreme sports, so that is why the project is important for us, so there are a lot of girls in the streets with no jobs, and a lot of girls with more activities to be busy on than spending their time in that area's and doing bad things, so give them time here to teach them how to skateboard. >> it has helped me address my fears and to not care what people say about me, but what people say about me being a girl and doing such stuff, which is not something normal for the society, but i just enjoyed it. it is what makes me happy. i cannot explain it. allen: in this part of the

capital, the girls are very much on board with claiming their place on the ramps. nicole: finally, a lighthouse in the german port has tilted sideways and officials say could topple over completely. part of the pier where it is located is sinking. authorities have banned ships from entering the river at the port because of the risk from the lighthouse, which is one of their best known landmarks. i'm nicole frolich. stay with us. i'll be back in a few minutes to take you through the biggest stories of the day. hope to see you then. ♪

>> zelinski says no peace with russia until moscow pulls up troops. turkey raises fears of perhaps another chernobyl. growing fears about security of the nuclear plant occupied by russians. also trying to approve grain supplies to ease the world food crisis caused by the war. the man accused of stabbing author salman rushdie has

pleaded not guilty. the 24-year-old man is set to face a grand jury trial. the author is recovering from life-changing injuries. fatal storms hit corsica. five people at least have been killed. the torrential rain caused floods and damage. french forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. thank you very much for being with us. we start with the news just coming in. at least four explosions have rocked the port city of sebastopol, the main port city of crimea. there's no claim of responsibility, but this comes after previous strikes on russian military sites earlier this week. the european mass exodus v road bridge. we will bring you more on this as we get it, but it has the hallrks of at least right now the more subversiv ukrainian

operationso get at russian sites within the peninsula. the president of ukraine has met with his turkish counterpart and the united nations secretary general in lviv. they spoke afterwards of new plans to boost grain exports in spite of the continued russian aggression in ukraine. zelinski -- volodymyr zelenskyy spoke of helping to ease the world food crisis. the men raised a mutual fear over the security of ukraine's nuclear power station, the largest in europe, warning of the dangers of another or noble. russian troops currently occupy the site. >> ukrainian president zelenskyy received turkish president erdogan and united nations secretary general antonio guterres on thursday. the aim of the talks is to discuss at long-term strategy

for securing peace, but the future of the russian-controlled nuclear power plant in ukraine took center stage as ukrainian intelligence accused russia of preparing provocation. >> pressure's nuclear blackma is a decisive argument for those o still have doubt as to if russia deserves to be recognized as a terrorist state. >> any potential damage is suicide. >> the ukrainian damage said the leaders had agreed on parameters for the nuclear watchdog to visit the largest nuclear facility, something ukraine has been resistant to until now, fearing this might solidify russian control of the plan. >> ukraine is an will remain the

current hall of world food security. >> even since the deal, only a trickle of grain has made it out of ukraine so far. during the visit, turkey's trade minister signed a document agreeing to help ukraine with reconstruction. seemingly anxious to clarify ankara's often ambiguous position on the conflict. >> we met efforts to meet the conflict with an -- a democratic solution. we also support our creamy -- our ukrainian friends and will continue t do so. >> turkey has walked the line, on the one hand refusing tooin westn allies in tensioning moscow, on the other, providing drones, but turkey has become increasingly reliant on russian trade and tourism with russia supplying almost half of its trade and energy.

>> more from cave. >> -- more from kyiv. >> soon when the harvest is brought in on the silos, there will be at least 45 million tons of grain and other foodstuffs that will need to be shipped out. at the rate things are moving at the moment, that's going to take a very long time. even at the normal pre-war rate, it would take a long time. a few months ago before the war started, they were sending about 100 ships a month from ukrainian ports and about 5 million tons of grain. even at that rate, it would take well into next year to clear all that grain and other foodstuffs and to help the food shortage around the world, but at least they have to start speeding things up. at the moment, although there does seem to be a certain amount of goodwill at the moment on the

russian side, they do not seem to be making an awful lot of progress, although antonio guterres said today 21 ships have gone with 500,000 tons, and the turkish president spoke of 25,000 ships -- of 25 ships with 600,000 tons. that is bringing the place -- bringing the price of wheat down, but it is not enough. >> georgian soldiers are prominent among the international force fighting to help free ukraine. the georgians have been present since 2014. at least they lived through their own face-off with vladimir putin back in 2008. they are determined to help ukraine see off putin's latest aggression. >> we are here with george and legion, w together with some

former american serceman, are helping ukrainians prepare to go to the front. the georgians have brought their own experience of fighting against the russians. some served alongside nato in afghanistan. they are ready now to share their experience with the ukrainians. >> we understand russia better than anyone because we have suffered more aggression from it than anyone else. we have to defeat the enemy because if russia is not defeated, [indiscernible] >> the majority of georgian soldiers here are fighting at the front. there's a unit that travels all over the country to train ukrainians in fighting chniques. >> i believe that every citizen of ukraine must protect our land. we have families, friends,

relatives whom we must protect. everyone has to do this. it is our obligation. we absorb knowledge like a sponge. everything we need in the future. >> i need six guys who aren't afraid to get wet. >> about 30% of the georgian legion are foreign volunteers like this for a policeman in the u.s. he is here to help with the training. >> i have the skill set to come over and help. i could not stay home and do nothing. i packed my bags, hopped on a plane, and here i am. i found the ukrainians very easy to work with. very attentive and very smart. i can see them working through problems together and it's all most like they are thinking -- teaching themselves the thing before i can teach them. the morale is great. obviously, no one is excited to go to war, but they are ready.

>> since he has beenere, bra s trained over 1000 ukrainian soldiers to go andight at the front. he says he will stay here until the war is over and the last russian soldier has gone home. >> the alleged attacker of the author salman rushdie is pleading not guilty to charges of attempted murder. the 20 four-year-old attacked the writer at an event in new york, stabbing him at least 12 times. the hearing is an arraignment for trial before grand jury. rushdie is recovering from life-changing injuries. he has been under a fatwa or an order, like a bounty in a sense, issued by ayatollah khamenei.

>> the 24-year-old from new jersey, the man charged with stabbing salman rushdie on stage at last week's literary event, continued to plead not guilty. he appeared in handcuffs and a prison uniform with a mask on and was very quiet. he just said yes once to acknowledge the judge. however, whave been hearing much more from him in an interview he gave to "the new york post" from his prison cell. surprised that rushdie had survived the attack and said he did not like rushdie. he said, "i don't think he's a very good person. he's someone who attacked islam." he said he saw a rushdie would be speaking in a tweet that was posted last year and decided to go to the event that would not say if he was actually following that fatwa you mention. he did, however, praise the late iranian leader ayatollah

khamenei, who issued that fatwa and said that he thought how many -- thought khamenei was a "great men." >> wildfires are blazing now along algeria's coast towards the border with two easier. experts say the hot and dry weather exacerbated by climate change is making matters worse. a violent storm battered the french mediterranean island of corsica, killing at least five people, including a teenage girl. meteorologists predict more bad weather to come. hail, heavy rain, and wind picking at 200 24 kilometers per hour, swept corsica earlier in the day. two of the victims were killed when trees fell on campsites.

>> the wind wreaked havoc at the airport in corsica on thursday. one plane was damaged. most flights have delayed. elsewhere on the island, the situation was known better, as seen in this video shot at someone's home. wind reached up to 224 kilometers on the island, known for its good weather during the summer. several people were killed and others wounded. a 13-year-old girl was killed after a tree struck her bungalow . these tourists are still reeling from the shock. >> tree branches were falling everywhere. it was pretty scary. we went to take shelter in the bathroom. we were seeing people running everywhere. it was pretty tough. >> a few kilometers away, a

72-year-old woman died as the top of a straw hut struck her car. and man in his 40's was also killed, also after a tree collapsed on his bungalow. 45,000 homes across the island have had their power cut. the island itself was the hardest hit. in the streets, destroyed cars, collapsed trees, and in the water, some boats sank. >> there was a tsunami this morning. it was crazy. never seen anything like it. never. trees were falling and the straw hut over there fell. >> two people died at sea and rescue teams are up -- deployed to assist other boats. >> young motorcyclists do wheelie as stunts on open roads -- young motorcyclists who do

wheelies and other stunts on open roads are the target of police. >> is as a phenomenon that has stirred up debate. motorbike stunt riding originated in the u.s. in low income, predominantly minority neighborhoods with few recreational outlets. it has since become part of many recreational cultures and while the french public may be aware of the practice, that does not mean it is growing. >> i don't believe honestly that it's on the rise. what's on the rise is the media's coverage, the discussions, andhat you could call noise being made around this practice. >> in recent weeks, stunt bikers have critically injured several children and a 19-year-old rider died. i young afghan man was also killed after he protested the rodeos. the interior minister has called

for a crackdown. he said this week that authorities have confiscated 1800 scooters and motorbikes and made over 2000 arrests since the start of the year. frencholice accuse the riders of provocation. >> they ha also provoked the police. for a long time, the rodeos were mostly taking place away from urban centers, but now they are coming further into cities because they want to be provocative, to show off. >> in 2018, france made urban rodeos a crime punishable by up to five years in prison and tens of thousands of euros worth of fines. >> a do stay with us. more news to come. you are watching france 24.

♪ >> they sound like a full rhythm section -- drums, bass, and various types of percussion, but these for use no instruments at all. these champion beat boxers record rap, brega tom, covers of pop songs and they just released their first album titled "no instruments." they joined us in studio. can i ask you all to introduce yourselves with your signature sound? >> ok. my specialty is all the high notes and the trumpet sounds like --

♪ >> i think i don't have a special sound, but i have some scratch, and i do a little singing on the project. >> my special song is a base -- my special sound is a base sound, like -- ♪ >> my specialty is the rhythm. ♪ >> ok, we get the picture. this album, as i said, is called no instruments. there are no instruments on it. it has been a long time coming because you have been doing a lot of stuff, putting up music in recent years. how did this album come together? was it always an objective?

>> not really at the beginning. at the beginning it was just for fun and for championship. maybe two years ago, we became aware that it was possible to make a real project with our music just with our mouths. we worked a lot on this project. more than three years, i think. now it is available and we are so happy for this. >> it is indeed. let's get a feel for that sound. this is a single from that album. ♪

this album features some pretty high-profile collaborations. when it came to writing the album, i wondered -- i was curious -- how do you transcribe these sounds to paper? does it look like sheet music when you write it down? >> not really. we remember our music. we record on the phone. we also use our station where we can record ourselves and put

everything on this loop, so it is more natural. >> so it is a total audio process? there's nothing written? >> maybe we write the lyrics of the track not the music. >> maybe for one track, we work with some people who can arrange with the score, the music score. the first time we used a score in the new music reading and stuff. >> ok, but mainly it's all up here. i know you guys work in harmony, the four of you working a bit like an orchestra making your different sounds, but beat boxers, and i'm sure yourselves, have done solos. when you do a solo, i have noticed there is often a beat

and a melody. how do you do that with the muscles in your mouth? >> at the beginning, beatbox is just rhythm. one of the first beat boxers in the world made the melody and the beat at the same time. >> we do some technique like magic trick, you know? when you beatbox, you can use your nose, your mouth, and your throat altogether, for example, to make some melodic stuff and beats. it is a technique with the nose and at the same time, you can

put the music with mouth. for example. >> there is indeed, the answer to my question. looking back at your history as a group after just over a year making music together, you became french beatbox champions in 2016 and in 2018, world champions. social media has been hugely important for expanding your fan base. you are the most followed french artist on tiktok, and the platform is becoming the go to place to discover new beats as our reporters explain. >> young, previously unknown artists shooting to fame in a matter of days. rapper will not ask -- rapper lil nas x stayed at the top of the charts for 19 weeks.

one french artist's hit song has had nearly 100 million views on youtube. all these singers have one thing in common -- they were all discovered on tiktok. the short form makes songs go viral. >> it gave her career and incredible boost, far more than tv or radio would have. >> her song was an instant hit among influencers and was used in more than one million videos on tiktok, a first in france, an international success which music videos are trying to gain via the app. >> the even talk about tiktok -able songs or courses, and we keep this in mind when coming up with or writing songs. >> one french singer makes songs especially for tiktok.

the app does have its limits. artists make little money from their songs being used, though it does encourage tiktok users to check out their work on other platforms, which creates more revenue. >> obviously, a certain number of people who watch the videos will want to listen to the whole song. they only have about teen to 30 seconds on the app. the most curious will go on streaming platforms or youtube to listen to all the songs or watch the video. >> a simple, effective, and wide reaching way to promote songs. tiktok is even used by the biggest stars in the industry, including ed sharon and coldplay -- including ed sheeran and coldplay. you guys are extremely successful on tiktok. you get millions of views, but generally, what do you think the platform has changed for the

industry? >> for us, we have more visibility with viral videos, so we can put our own creation on the platform to more visibility. >> get out there, everywhere in the world, in fact. you have had plenty of success in america. do you think the sort of music you are making is popular in america, and why is that? >> beatbox was born in usa, maybe in 1980, around this. that's why it is more popular, i think, because it's born in the u.s.. >> born in america. that's why i think it was the most stressful performance, for

example, with agt, because you are just a french guy who practiced human beatbox who come from america, you know. >> and there you are up on stage. i know you started out doing a lot of covers. after you covered the black eyed peas and shakira, shakira became a fan. explain. >> we did a lot of covers in our platforms like tiktok, and one day, we just saw that shakira shared it, our version, and it was crazy for us because she's an international artist, really famous. >> one of the most famous artists in the world, so it was for us more than amazing.

>> shakira, a lady of very varied tastes. before we go, a reminder that we are doing a series of dates on a tour that takes place in belgium in the coming months and we will wrap up the show live in the studio. guys, ♪ take it away. ♪-- guys, take it away. ♪

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