hello — this is breakfast, naga munchetty and charlie stayt. the search begins for two british tourists kidnapped at gunpoint in the democratic republic of congo. they were taken while they were visiting a national park — a park ranger who was with them was killed. good morning — it's saturday 12th may. also this morning: america promises to help rebuild north korea's economy if it agrees to give up its nuclear weapons, 50 mps call for urgent action to improve mobile phone coverage in the countryside. in sport, kyle edmund's winning run on clay is over, he's knocked out of the madrid masters, by denis shapovalov but will still be in the world's top 20 for the first time come monday. and i'll be trying out the sport the needs

a good suit of armour and a brave heart — but please don't try this at home. this is how it's looking in shrophire this morning. and stav has the weather for all of us. compared to last a bank holiday weekend, the warm and sunny weather, this weekend is looking a lot cooler, more unsettled and some rain in the forecast but also some sunshine. join me later, i will have all the details. british diplomats say they're working with authorities in the democratic republic of congo, after two british tourists were kidnapped at gunpoint in the east of the country. the pair were among three people who were taken by armed men at the virunga national park conservation area. the director of the park said a ranger who was in a vehicle with the tourists was killed. the bbc‘s louise dewast is in the congolese capital, kinshasa. the attack happened near the village

of kibumba in the national park which is a world heritage site known for gorillas but there are armed groups operating around the park and there have been kidnappings there before. the foreign office confirmed to british nationals had been kidnapped and a female range was killed in the attack on the foreign office is not given us any firm that —— any further information on those british nationals for security reasons but the foreign office advises against all but essential travel to the area. conflict is rife in the country and in the region in particular as experts say there are around 70 armed groups, different armed groups operating in eastern congo alone which has caused about 1.5 million congolese to flee. america says it will help north korea to rebuild its economy, if it agrees to give up its nuclear weapons. the us secretary of state mike pompeo made the remarks after meeting his

south korean counterpart. president trump and kim jong—un are due to meet for talks next month. rajini vaydya nathan reports. another step towards the historic summit between america and north korea as us secretary of state mike pompeo welcomed his south korean counterpart to washington. both countries have a shared goal of what they want from pyongyang. countries have a shared goal of what they want from pyongyangm countries have a shared goal of what they want from pyongyang. if north korea takes bold action, the united states is prepared to work with north korea to achieve prosperity on a par with our south korean friends. it's been a whirlwind week for mr pompeo. on monday 90 flew to north korea where he met with kimjong—un. he returned on thursday with three americans who had been detained by pyongyang. his boss, president trump, was there to welcome the freed prisoners back to american soil. for a president whose style of

diplomacy isn't to everyone's taste, it's been quite a turnaround. the north korean leader, wants the pariah, now the recipient of praise. kim jong—un pariah, now the recipient of praise. kimjong—un did a great pariah, now the recipient of praise. kim jong—un did a great service to himself, to his country by doing this. and remember, it's only been eight months since he described him as little rocket man. speaking to a crowd in indiana, the president was full of optimism for the planned summit. the two men will come face to face in a months time in singapore and for president trump, the stakes couldn't be higher. countryside campaigners are calling for action on what they say is an "appalling lack of progress" in improving mobile phone coverage in rural areas. they've been backed by more than 50 mp5, who've accused mobile operators of failing to put up new masts, despite help from government. jon donnison reports. these days, life without your

mobile, for many, seems almost unimaginable. but in some parts of rule britain, it remains a reality. the communications regulator, offer common, says only 57% of people living in premises in rural areas are able to make phone calls on all four mobile networks. that compares to 90% in urban areas. now, 50 rule mps have written to the secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport, matt hancock, calling for urgent action to change that. they wa nt to urgent action to change that. they want to legally binding targets to force mobile operators to improve coverage. but the operators say they are investing millions of pounds in rural areas but that planning applications the new mobile phone masts are often rejected by local people. the government says mobile phone coverage is improving but that it is already changed planning laws to make it easier to put up new

masts. it says the mobile companies 110w masts. it says the mobile companies now need to respond to those changes and act fast to increase coverage in rule areas. —— rural. downing street says the prime minister has reiterated to donald trump that the uk remains committed to the iran nuclear deal. in a telephone conversation last night, theresa may said the agreement remained the best way to stop tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. this telephone call serves to emphasise the wedge that now exists between the uk and america, between washington and europe over this whole question of a deal that was done with iran three years ago. the uk and the us were signatories, amongst others, and the idea was iran would curb its nuclear ambitions into —— in return for an easing of sanctions but president trump has argued for a while that he thought the deal was a dud. he said on tuesday the us was withdrawing

from it but in turn of —— in this telephone call last night the prime minister emphasised the uk would maintain its position alongside its european partners in standing up this deal and stressed are concerned about the potential impact on british businesses who do business in iran and could be hit by this new wave of us sanctions. what's intriguing is that we have learned all of this from downing street. a a spokesman for downing street would give us a sense of this telephone call. a spokesman for the white house who saw the same conversation going on did acknowledge that the two lea d e rs going on did acknowledge that the two leaders had talked about iran but made no reference whatsoever to this big disagreement on policy. worth also mentioning president trump coming to the uk on a visit in a couple of months time. real wages are still below where they were before the financial crisis, according to a new report. the trades union congress has found that workers in britain are experiencing the longest squeeze in real incomes in modern history. here's our business

correspondent, joe lynam. more of us are at work than ever before and real wages are finally rising again. that means our spending power in the shops is going up spending power in the shops is going up but according to the trades union congress, we are still poorer than we we re congress, we are still poorer than we were a decade ago. using official data, the tuc found that real wages, which takes account of inflation, went up by 27% in the decade before the financial crisis of 2008 but in the financial crisis of 2008 but in the last ten years, they have fallen by 4%. it says the average worker will have lost around £18,500 in real earnings by 2025. the tuc which is holding a demonstration in london todayit is holding a demonstration in london today it is calling for a new deal for workers and public services. working people are now suffering the longest pay squeeze in 200 years. on average, workers worse off in real terms, £24 a week. and of course

it's going to take until 2025 until they get back to where they were before the financial crash. that's pretty shocking. but the government said the new higher and national living wage had boosted pay for the lowest earners by £2000 already. it said that it had cut taxes and was making sure people had the skills they needed to secure high—quality, well—paid jobs. nasa is sending a helicopter that's not much bigger than a tennis ball to mars. the " roverco pter" is designed for the planet's ultra—thin atmosphere and will be launched in two years time. its four blades will spin 10 times faster than a standard helicopter. it's that big, the helicopter? yes, approximately that size. a grandmother from stoke—on—trent says she was shocked to find

a horse in her backyard. what she didn't know was that her 13—year—old granddaughter had answered an online advert, appealing for someone to save the animal from being put to sleep. a few hours later the pony was delivered to her house. he's been named mr melvin andrews and has now been rehomed. it's about this size. the horse? the tale, obviously... shall we look at the papers? this image was in some of the papers. the duke of edinburgh seen in public with the queen to the first time since his hip operation last month, and head of the wedding, which is this time next week, of course. the main story here, brexit and theresa may's immigration

policies are making britain more racist. these pictures were taken yesterday at the royal windsor horse show. he had the duke of york with the queen on the front page of the daily telegraph. the story here though is apparently donald trump is thinking of playing a round of golf with the duke of york. this is according to us sources. the main story, toothpaste sold for £8 a tube in hospitals. the head of the nhs warning hospital shops to reduce jacked up prices after it emerged that it emerged some patients were charged £8 that toothpaste which is sold for as little as 80p elsewhere. the mirror also has the picture of the royal family. the

the mirror also has the picture of the royalfamily. the front the mirror also has the picture of the royal family. the front page of the royal family. the front page of the guardian newspaper. the cannes film festival, cate blanchett is presiding over it. and this mission to the uk, a professor linked to the un has talked about issues and racism that have been thrown up as a result of brexit in the uk. we will look at the papers a bit late on this morning. there was once a time when saturday afternoons were spent with a trip to the shops, but online buying and out of town superstores have changed our habits completely. but in the town of dumfries in south—west scotland, the community appears to have hit upon a novel way to regenerate its high street, as our correspondent lorna gordon has been to find out. it's a familiar image, a high—street lacking shops and homes and getting emptier by the year. look at it. we've got more shops empty in

dumfries than we have occupied at the moment. this high-street is fighting back and evie copeland is pa rt fighting back and evie copeland is part of a group of locals leading the charge. we have got a dream to change that they —— change the face of our high street. and you are from dumfries? you must care about it. absolutely. i'm so proud to come from you. all i want to do is make it somebody for everyone to be proud of. the challenges you are not unique but the people driving this project think they have hit upon a really novel way of regenerating the centre of this town. scottish land reform generation could be used here ina way reform generation could be used here in a way not seen before and this —— community will be able to buy shares in the scheme as well. it's an incredibly exciting project in scotla nd incredibly exciting project in scotland we have a recognised culture of community land ownership, particularly across the western isles in the highlands. this is taking it to a whole new level which is being watched about by

communities across scotland to see how successful it will be. and people likejohn how successful it will be. and people like john dowson, how successful it will be. and people likejohn dowson, one of a handful of residents on the street, change can't come soon enough. handful of residents on the street, change can't come soon enoughlj would really like to have some neighbours, you know? when i look at this window, i'm looking out sometimes on a desert and i would like to look at this window and see aof like to look at this window and see a of people living close to me because that's where you get a feeling of community and you're not quite as isolated as we are at the moment. so this campaign, which started as an idea by local artists, now involves many more. they do accept there are challenges ahead. finding absentee landlords, raising funds. but i determined not to pass the buck. people say oh, that is someone else's force —— bolt, the government or the council should fix it or somebody higher up should be fixing this problem for us and because we are not, we are in this terrible state but actually, what we

found is it's really empowering the people to stop and say, maybe we can just go out and fix that problem ourselves. people power works here in dumfries, others could follow, using land reform agitation to save their heart —— high streets and bring life back into the centre of our towns. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the search begins for two british tourists kidnapped at gunpoint at a national park in the democratic republic of congo. a park ranger who was with them was killed. more than 50 mps call for urgent action to improve mobile phone coverage in the countryside. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. how are you? hello, good morning, i hope you are both doing well. i wish i could bring you better news with

the weather this weekend because if you cast your mind back a week ago we we re you cast your mind back a week ago we were into the glorious record—breaking bank holiday weekend with the temperatures touching 28 or 29 celsius. this weekend it is looking and settled with low pressure the main driving force, some rain in the forecast, not everywhere, it will not be a wash out by any means but it will be cooler. this is the pressure picked from this morning, the area of low pressure out towards the north—west here, it will drive weather fronts in towards our shores, we have a weather front straddling the eastern side of the country but elsewhere, some good holds in the clouds, line —— lovely sunny spells as well —— holes. as the day chris uhlmann will lose rain in scotland and showers pushing in the southern parts of england and towards the south—east and pushing into the south—west, moving into south wales. the odd heavy showers the northern island but generally speaking not a bad day in central and northern areas. 15—

17, a touch cooler certainly across the south than yesterday. the rain across the south—east against the pepper this evening and overnight if you have outdoor plan this evening and overnight it will be quite wet through the night. heavy burst of rain here. further west, through the night. heavy burst of rain here. furtherwest, dry, but some aren't settled weather to the western extent, we are thinking for sunday night, sunday morning, as far west as the very eastern side of wales. the whole thing will move north, becoming confined to the eastern side of scotland and north—east england with improving into sunday. an improving picture for sunday afternoon across many south—eastern areas. elsewhere further west apart from a shower it shouldn't be too bad but cooler, mid teens. a collocated pressure picture as we move out of sunday into monday, we are actually in between weather systems, we have a low across europe with the area of low pressure washing of towards iceland and low pressure building in the actually to start the new working week it would be too bad, good

styles of sunshine around, like winds because we are in between weather systems. with the strong sunshine, it will allow temperatures to shoot up, a little bit warmer and we could see a top temperature of 21. nota we could see a top temperature of 21. not a bad debt across the north and west, maybe a little more cloud around generally. in the tuesday, wednesday, dry. we are still in between the weather systems. i pressure while building as we move into the latter part of next week. it will turn fresh, the wind coming down from the north. not a bad week, some rain and the start of next week, it will actually warm up a little bit. thank you, stav. it doesn't look too bad. quite nice. it will be above the skies of trap shot later on because the balloon festival is on. —— shropshire. we'll be back with the headlines at 6:30. now, it's time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.

to take us through this week's cinema releases, as ever, mark kermode. what have you been seeing? an interesting week. we have breaking in, a home invasion thriller with a twist. we have revenge, about which there's been a lot of press — a gruelling thriller. and the cured, a new look at the old zombie formula. new zombies! oh, it's a dark week, mr kermode, it really is! yes, the cannes film festival is on, it's a strange week. ok, let's start with breaking in. this is a home invasion thriller with a maternal twist. the tagline is payback is a mother. gabrielle union is shaun, who inherits a house basically like a fortress. she goes there with her children and it is immediately broken into by thieves. then her children are held captive in the house, the thieves try to find a safe, and she is outside. they have said to her,

"you are a woman at the mercy of strangers, you have no chance" but they have seriously misjudged her desire to prove that, in her own words, mums don't run. here's the clip... you've got to be kidding me. yo, eddie! gunshots. was that mom? those we ren't gunshots.

she took out the lights. we should have killed them the moment we walked in here. here she comes. that is billy burke from the twilight movies, who plays the father in the twilight films. i loved them and loved his character. now he is on the other side of the law. don't mess with her. i get that! i like that — that's a positive! that is pretty much the interesting thing about the movie. very much a nuts and bolts b movie thriller. it has a couple of nice inversions. i like that idea she is outside the house and they are inside, that kind of turned it around. i like the idea that theyjust completely underestimate her, theyjust imagine she is a mother, and actually she proves more than a match for them. she doesn't need a man to come in and save her and it is a great performance and i think she makes the most of it. that said, it is not a movie that will change the world. very much, as i said, very nuts and bolts b movie. which, under other circumstances

you might see going straight to dvd, but its short, cuts to the chase, i was never bored. if it's not remarkable, it's impressively solid, with a nice central twist. it's impressively solid, i liked it more than i thought i was going to. i love it when i can pick out your little phrases i know that they want on a poster — "impressively solid". a good one. we like her. so that's good. take us through the next of your challenging week. this is revenge, this attention—grabbing movie from french writer—director coralie fargeat. a young woman takes revenge on men who assaulted her and left her for dead. taken as a feminist take on the rape—revenge genre, often quite a misogynist genre. this has a garish visual style, almost a day glow look to it, sometimes a comic book sensibility. mad max: fury road cited as one of the inspirations. it is very stylish, very well done, very efficiently done. i'm not sure it's as ground—breaking as some critics think. people have been saying it's the first of this genre of movie done with a feminist line, but that is not true. but what it is is a very good

calling card, a film which announces itself with its style. it's very gory, and speaking as a horrorfan, i like that, that when it goes into that generic stuff, it does it properly. i know that you are not a horror movie fan. there were reports of some people finding it too gory and not able to get through the screenings. you get reports of people practically needing an ambulance and so on and you never know whether the distributors have said, well, let's talk that up because it will attract attention, but it sounds pretty grim. i remember at the edinburgh film festival when somebody in front of me passed out during a screening of irreversible and all i thought, "that will go on the posters!" i will never be able to judge that one for you, as you know, because i simply can't face it, i'm afraid. the cured? not a big zombie fan, i understand? this is a curious week! laughter. set in a world after an outbreak of a virus which has turned people effectively into zombies, they have done terrible things, but then they find a cure, and the cured people are now sent

back into the community as the cured. an irish horrorfilm with a political slant. it's about how do we reintegrate these people who have done terrible things but are now apparently different? this is a clip. the cure was supposed to be some sort of great hope but things are just getting worse. that's not fair. my daughter was released. she can't hurt anyone anymore. people need to give them a second chance. we have given them every chance. they have not integrated. they are not like us. have you seen the news, the violence ? there is something wrong with them. crosstalk. they are just scum! all chant: scum!

left is home. please make you way to the left. left. left is home. what i like about this film, the best of these movies, they are based on ideas. this is fairly low—budget. ellen page plays the woman accepting her brother—in—law back into the house. he has been cured and no—one is quite sure what he's done. it's about ideas, reintegration, about how you deal with the aftermath of strife. how you deal with the aftermath of a battle. and if you look at george romero's zombie movies, night of the living dead, it's about racism, dawn of the dead, consumerism, vivisection, they are all really —— , consumerism, day of the dead is about vivisection,

they are all really about something else. this is really brief before it goes to dvd. that is where might find its main audience but it is a film of ideas and sometimes they are not perfectly expressed but at least it has them, and i thought it was kind of intriguing. i am interested in whether it is about discrimination and interesting that it is set in ireland, about two sides violently set apart from each other. i think it is kind of more universal than that. i think it is very much about what you do in post—conflict situations. but absolutely, discrimination, it is a theme of it, because although with the people who are cured are saying we are being discriminated against and we have rights like everybody else" and people are saying, "no, you don't, because you were these terrible things in the past." i think you can read all these different interpretations into it and that for me is an indication of a good film, that afterward you can say, "what do you think it was about?" i think the ideas in it are valuable and interesting, even if sometimes you can see the limitations of the film itself. idon‘t mind.

i'd rather have a film that raised questions than one thatjust solved it all and was perfectly put together but didn't really raise any difficult questions. mmm. best out? lean on pete. yes, ok. there were things about this i loved. there were lots of things — the performances, the central thrust of the story, a young man, hisjourney, shall we call it? it is, yeah. through life, through wild deserts? so, the andrew haigh adaptation about the story of a boy and his horse. what i liked about it... i though on the one hand it was a coming—of—age story, yes, but, ithink it is more universal. i thought it looked beautiful, and i thought charlie plummer was fantastic. so much about him reminded me ofjames dean, so vulnerable, so fragile, but a real sturdiness, and the scenes with just him and the horse, and the scenes with him and steve buscemi, who i know you... they were an absolute highlight of the film. i watched it as someone who knew nothing about horses and you don't

really need that. no, you just need to know about loneliness and growing up and i think most people know about at least one if not two of those things. and steve buscemi is great. the movie is kind, nobody is two—dimensional or thrown away. beautiful landscapes as well, if you want that as a bonus. what about anyone who might want to watch a dvd? well, previous palme d'or winner, the square. christian is the creator of this museum, who seems to be terribly right on, terribly, you know, thinking about equal rights and everything, but actually due to the theft of his mobile phone, he's in torment. it's a very interesting piece. at times, it's darkly satirical. there is a scene in it about a piece of performance art that is one of the creepiest things i have ever seen, but, and i say this, it

is not a horrorfilm! laughter. 0k? you are a good man, you brought me something! curious week but an interesting one. thank you very much. dr kermode, i must get it right! i will get told off if i get that wrong again. ok, see you next week. a quick reminder before we go, all the film news and reviews from across the bbc at bbc.co.uk/markkermode, and our previous shows are on the iplayer of course. that's it for this week. goodbye. hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. british diplomats say they're working with authorities in the democratic republic of congo, after two british tourists were kidnapped at gunpoint

in the east of the country. the pair were among three people who were taken by armed men at the virunga national park, a vast conservation area known for its endangered mountain gorillas. the director of the park, said a ranger who was in a vehicle with the tourists, was killed. america says it will help north korea to rebuild its economy, if it agrees to give up its nuclear weapons. the us secretary of state mike pompeo made the remarks after meeting his south korean counterpart. he also said he was confident that washington and pyongyang had a shared understanding of their objectives. president trump and kim jong—un are due to meet for talks next month. if chairman kim chooses the right path, there is a future bringing peace and posterity for north korea, the north korean people. greater‘s track record of support for the north korean people is second to none. if north korea takes bold action to quickly deem it clear i

is, the united states is willing to work with north korea to achieve prosperity on a par with our south korean friends. countryside campaigners are calling for action on what they say is an "appalling lack of progress" in improving mobile phone coverage in rural areas. they've been backed by more than 50 mp5, who've accused mobile operators of failing to put up new masts. the government says 91 percent of the uk now has mobile coverage. phone companies say they often face opposition when they want to put up masts on green spaces. downing street says the prime minister has re—iterated to donald trump that the uk remains committed to the iran nuclear deal. in a telephone conversation last night, theresa may said the agreement remained the best way to stop tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. earlier this week, mr trump said the us would withdraw from the agreement. real wages are still below where they were before the financial crisis, according to a new report. the trades union congress says workers in britain are experiencing the longest squeeze in real incomes in modern history.

the government says inflation is falling and unemployment is at a 40—year low. motorists are being reminded to expect delays while part of the m1 motorway is closed over the weekend. junctions 23a to 24 near to east midlands airport will remain shut until sunday afternoon. the closure is taking place so that a bridge to be put in place for a new bypass. nasa is sending a helicopter that's not much bigger than a tennis ball to mars. the "rovercopter" is designed for the planet's ultra—thin atmosphere and will be launched in two years. its four blades will spin ten times faster than a standard helicopter. it should be called diddy copter. what not to do in one of those safari parks, don't get out of the car, those instructions? a family have had a narrow escape,

after they got out of their car at a safari park in the netherlands. the group, including a woman carrying a child, seemed to ignore signs warning visitors not to get out of their vehicles, before being chased by cheetahs. staff at the park said they only became aware of what happened after this video was posted online. the family managed to make it back to their car safely. the children are getting out, they are taking pictures. and you can't really out on a cheater? how are you? kyle adnam, his latest winning run is over. up against a player like shapovalov. but to beat other great players, it is hard to repeat that? it all bodes well. indeed,

kyle adnam says he himself will take ple nty of kyle adnam says he himself will take plenty of positives. the british number one lost in straight sets, to the canadian teenager, denis shapoff—aloff, despite saving a match point in the second set however, the quarterfinals was the furthest edmund had gone in madrid and so will break into the world's top 20 next week. and, do not adjust your sets. rafael nadal has lost a match on clay. dominic thiem beat him in straight sets, ending a winning streak which stretches back 50 sets. it means roger federer will replace nadal as the world number one. a place in the premier league and it's advantage derby in the first semi—final, in the championship play—offs. they beat fulham 1—0, in the first leg at pride park thanks to cameron jerome's first half header. the second leg is at craven cottage on monday. livingston are a game away, from being promoted to the top

division of scottish football. a 1—1 draw at home to dundee united, last night saw them progress 4—3 on aggregate. alan lithgow‘s goal, put the home side on their way. they'll now face the team, finishing second bottom, in the scottish premiership. it's european finals weekend, in rugby union. leinster play racing 92, later in the final, of the champions cup, but last night cardiff blues, snatched the second tier european challenge cup, from the hands of gloucester, with a last minute penalty. patrick gearey reports. charlie was going to help you. charlie was going to help youm was an agonising moment. the sundappled mound of the bask country is this weekend rugby country. new turf for old rivalry. gloucester versus cardiff is 134 yea rs gloucester versus cardiff is 134 years and a few seconds of timeless beauty. the burns to hendy —— henry

trindall. cardiff blues were chasing this, 14 points down at the break, desperate for a change of direction, here it was, the ball bouncing but thomas williams, reckon share rugby. smith put them in the lead. gloucester had a problem, time but pragmatism in power. james hansen over an ahead. into the final minutes, cardiff were desperate now. one more past mau mau sprint, blade sculley, but gareth hanscom conversion to level the scores. the first kick missed in the match and the last possible —— the worst possible time. cardiff penalty very last minute. a moment of blue steel had stolen the silver. c can look again now. you can look again now, c. rory mcilroy has missed the cut, at the players championship in florida — the tournament dubbed the fifth major. the course at sawgrass is built on the site of an old swamp,

and there's water all around, at the 17th and mclroy found it. anoyingly for him that left him one over par which doesn't sound too bad, until you realised that the runaway leader webb simpson, is 16 shots ahead of him. the american, also found that water on the 17th but still finished his second round, 15 under par. lewis hamilton, edged ahead of, red bull's, daniel riccardo and max verstappen, to top second practice, ahead of tomorrow's spanish grand prix. there were some high profile spins in barcelona — including verstappen — while his red bull teammate riccardo, came second to, hamilton. it wasn't just the drivers struggling in spain, the sign writers didn't fair much better. or should that be spain—ish sign writers. this hashtag fail is all over the pitlane. they have since painted over it. britain's simon yates, still has the overall lead at the giro d'italia after stage 7. ireland's sam bennett won the stage — his first win, in this, one of road cycling's big 3 tours. second tier leigh, have knocked

super league side salford, out of rugby league's challenge cup. promotion chasing leigh, claimed a 22 points to 10 sixth—round victory, at the sports village, extending their winning run to 10 matches. the weather got in the way, of what should have been a historic day, for ireland's cricketers. they were all ready to play pakistan in their first ever test match and then it started raining in malahide. it didn't stop, so play was abandoned for the day. they're hoping to get under way at 11 o clock this morning. over 500 knights are fighting this weekend in the world's biggest medieval combat championship. it was started 20 years ago by historical re—enactors, bored with simply playing out scenes from the past. it's the first time the sport, has come to the uk and i was drafted in to help team scotland, at scoon palace near perth. from across the known world, they came hither.

ye olde and not quite so olde, ye brave and not quite as brave. the bold and not quite as bold. a force like never before. a chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of the time gone by. but this is no re—enactment. it is a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello, we're team china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are definitely doing it as a sport. this is a full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there are certain places you shouldn't hit. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons. you shouldn't hit the back of the knees. you shouldn't twist limbs in an unnatural direction. we don't want bone breaks. they get a few injuries but it's not that bad. other full—contact sports,

hockey and rugby and stuff, that is basically the same level of injuries. we do have them but not that common. watching scotland against the not so ye olde usa, it is amazing there aren't more injuries, but it is that big armour and helmets that protect you. brutal! i can't even watch ufc or anything like that, boxing, i find it too violent. yes! people are coming out. this is ok, you have protection everywhere. you can kick... right. psychologically, it is hard to take a hit sometimes. the main thing is to stay on your feet, because the people who win, the team that wins is the one with the last person standing.

how many times have you been hurt? it looks dangerous. i've never been hurt. never been hurt? just a bruise now and then, more from the armour pinching than the actual hit. that's what i mean, it feels worse than it is. reassured, it was time for me, sir mikealot, to try and fight—a—lot. the tactic was to give a bit of a runaround, until quebec's tallest gladiator came to put a chink in my armour. but i had a cunning plan. hold on for dear life. in the end, a pure contest of force, with andrew from quebec victorious. that wasn't exactly your hardest fight, sir. you were fine, though. some fights go on a lot longer. this outnumbered australian stood his ground against the odds to force a draw against england. and it looks like we both got off lightly. a reminder here that you shouldn't try this at home. a crestfallen fighter from finland carted off by ye olde paramedics. luckily a precaution —

and he's ready to fight another day. the fighter from finland the fighterfrom finland is back fighting tomorrow. it looks like fun. it was. the feeling of being hit is a lot worse. because of that brain thinking you will get hurt. let's have a look at the weather. some other glorious pictures. we are in shock —— shropshire and looking over the telford balloon and kite festival. whenever we see these pictures, it is amazing. celebrating telford's 50th birthday. glorious there. we wonder what it is like. quite a but sunshine around but it

be heatwave conditions that we had a week ago. there will be some rain in the forecast is well through the course of the day. certainly tonight and into tomorrow to some. some glorious weather watcher pictures coming through. a bit of missed around like this scene here in central wales. we did have some overnight rain you can see some places clear. it's going to move northwards into southern parts of the country during the course of the day. you can see it making inroads into the south and south—east late this morning. but the rain clears from north—east scotland. and a bit warmer across the north and yesterday, across the south with more clout. that rain starts to pep

up more clout. that rain starts to pep up across more clout. that rain starts to pep up across the south—east. a bit more widespread. we think may be western fringes of england maybe it was the east of wales. cooler but quite a wet night further east. some of the rain quite heavy. it will start a clear, we think, and improving picture as it migrates northwards. pretty disappointing afternoon, quite cool near the coast. a bit down on today's values. we are in between weather systems. very light winds, as a ridge of high pressure builds. a high start the week, fact. a lot of sunshine after a cool

stuff. a little bit of a central and southern england. we will see temperatures a bit higher. certainly around the middle parts of the week, plenty of sunshine. a bit fresher towards the end of the week. back to you as well. it's the eurovision song contest tonight. uk hopes rest on surie and her track storm. but it's 21 years since we last won the competition. maybe this year! and while the performances these days are increasingly spectacular, for many artists, it's still an overwhelming and often life—changing experience, as our arts correspondent david sillito has been finding out. good evening, europe! and good morning, australia! hello, to the

re st of morning, australia! hello, to the rest of the world. and if there were any submarines passing by. hello! eurovision is a world all of its own and whatever you think of the songs, somebody knows how to do spectacle these days. keep taking the higher. this is where it will all be happening tonight. what gets you about this is how big it has become. it has grown at topsy over the yea rs. at it has grown at topsy over the years. at the heart of all of this, very personal stories of many artists who never, ever thought they would get a chance to be on such a stage. i'm not sure poorly. not your tory. you stupid boy. this is netta from israel, one of the front—runners. the song is a rally cry of female empowerment. just getting here can be life changing. cry of female empowerment. just getting here can be life changinglj didn't getting here can be life changing.” didn't expect to win. i expected to

get recognition, to get some gigs. to afford my rent. you know, i had a ha rd to afford my rent. you know, i had a hard time being me as a child. i was fat. i am fat. sorry, hard time being me as a child. i was fat. iam fat. sorry, i hard time being me as a child. i was fat. i am fat. sorry, i am still the same girl. i was thinking how can i be this skinny star? i have to be skinny if i want to be a star. it needs to happen. i will be beautiful when i corrupt, i will be skinny and i will perform everywhere. —— when i grow up. looking back then, me looking back and i am realising i am the same girl. i look exactly the same. and this is big. this is absolutely, this is big and ifeel sexy, i feel pretty, absolutely, this is big and ifeel sexy, ifeel pretty, ifeel me. i feel myself. storms don't last for ever. for ever. give all you've got.

of course it has been 20 years in israel last one and the uk, it is 21. hold your head up. through the storm. this year, the bookies have the uk's surie at 200 to one. but this is a place for outsiders and four netta, whatever happens on the night, just being here is already a victory. eurovision of course is on tonight. get your party planning going. we'll be back with the latest headlines at 7:00. now it's time for click. a roomful of rubens at prague's national gallery.

even the untrained eye can tell the work of a master, but it's not always easy. recent forgery scandals have got the art world in a spin. the question is, up close and personal, could you spot the impostor? the national gallery up there has a team of people whose job it is to make sure the works on display are the real deal. all the big art institutions do, but it doesn't always work. some of the world's greatest galleries have been caught out by the forgers. can technology help? here in prague, they are using space industry tech to see if they can spot a fake. this prague start—up has got a challenge to you — which ones are the fakes? this, for example, looks like an edvard munch.

if so, conservatorjiri is handling millions of pounds. the truth will be revealed when it goes in the scanner. on this side, we have an x—ray tube which emits x—rays. it's not emitting? it's switched off. but on the other side, supersensitive detectors first developed at cern, the world's largest particle physics lab. it's a new generation of x—ray imaging detectors which allow also measuring also wavelengths of x—rays, so in a way we can create coloured x—ray images. and those colours reveal layers and even ingredients of the paint — sometimes ingredients way too modern for the alleged artist. what about the edvard munch?

after a few hours scanning, the moment of truth. the x—rays have revealed a hidden secret. hang on, do you see...? what do you see? that is a vase of flowers, isn't it? munch rarely did flowers and the scans show titanium in the paint. munch didn't use that. so whoever‘s got this hasn't got an edvard munch on their hands. have you told him? does he know? yeah. 0k! butjiri thinks he has found a genuine work and it's potentially a very, very big deal. this looks like a vincent van gogh landscape. it's from a private collection. you are seeing it for first time. and the scan reveals a vital piece of evidence. there's the head, the shoulders, the hands and legs here. wow! it's an unfinished female mood of exactly the type van —— it's an unfinished female nude of exactly the type van gogh painted. the artist was so poor,

he frequently reused canvasses. jiri thinks it's the real deal, and it is a big moment. it was crazy feeling. when i seen it, i can believe it. because in your life, as a restorator, it is a really special moment. the scans, along with years worth of other evidence, will be sent to the vincent van gogh foundation. if they decide it is real, it will be only one of two full—sized van gogh paintings discovered in the last 80 years. the last one sold for almost £40 million. insight art scanning is just one of a battery of high—tech methods now authenticating art. mobile apps can be used to track pictures around the world. artificial intelligence can be used to compare individual brushstrokes. high frequency scanning can reveal minute imperfections. all in an effort to keep ahead of the forgers. speaking of whom, welcome to david henty‘s house.

there is a walter sickert in the spare room. a caravaggio at the end of the bed. oh, a francis bacon. and out on the balcony... let's look what you got out here. several paintings here. wow! but none of these are actually real? they are all fake? again, depends who's asking. there is only probably 1% or 2% in the world that can afford a $100 million picasso, so if you want a picasso, the way i look at it, this is the nearest you are going to get to it, is a david henty picasso. before he was exposed by a national newspaper, david sold his forgeries, but carefully stopped short of claiming they were definitely the real deal. now he has gone straight, his buyers know they are getting a forgery — albeit a lovingly crafted one. and anti—forgery tech is all part of the fun for fakers.

as soon as you come up with a bit of technology, we are looking at a way to get around it, which is what a good forger will do. according to one former fbi art investigator, the forgery market is worth $6 billion. and with skills like david's on display, the art world might want to turn to the latest tech before signing off on that multimillion—pound deal. next week is mental health awareness week in the uk. of course, the problems it is highlighting are of international relevance. as mental health continues to grab the headlines, we have sent paul carter to have a look at some of the latest digital tools that aim to help. when i first started to cut myself, it was just a release and it was like i was in control of something and, like, it was like i was matching the pain on the inside as it was on the outside. there is still a lot of stigma

around mental health and people feeling like they have got to be 0k and get on with it. i've struggled from anxiety for quite a few years, since i was a small child, because of issues that have faced at school. if you address that now at school level and at the younger years, then hopefully that will build a generation of people who are open to talk about mental health. and that conversation around mental health could indeed be aided by technology. often seen as the bogeyman harming children and young people, there is a suggestion that technology could now pose a solution to those very problems. it is estimated that one in four adults experience mental health issues each year in the uk and that 75% of mental illnesses start before a child reaches their 18th birthday. treatment, though, can be slow. at present, only 20% of children and young people who have significant mental health problems that would benefit from intervention are actually receiving the sort

of standard services that we recognise. we really need to think about how we can reach that additional 80%. one group of young people who may face particular challenges around mental health students. here at the university of western england in bristol to have partnered with a platform called kooth to provide a service of young people who study here. it offers online forums, self—help materials and tools and live one—on—one counselling sessions. one student who wanted to remain anonymous found the pilot interesting and helpful. i struggled with low mood and anxiety and self harming in the past and that was all going on when i started university and i wasn't sure how i could build any therapeutic relationship with someone who i have never met. but it surprised me that i actually have. being able to write it down is a lot

easier because sometimes i find it difficult to say what i am feeling and ifind it easier to put it into words. there are many tools and platforms out there to try and help young people at an early stage and the anonymity of online is often a big plus. these students found using a bot app a great help. although users can go to on—line counsellors, 99% of users is via an ai chatbot. there were also mindful exercises and interactivejournals which help build emotional resilience. a lot of people feel like if they are talking to a person then this is like a major problem where if it's a bot, they can just talk and talk and talk and it doesn't have too much of an effect. you still get the support that has been put in place by people people who are professionals but you don't feel like you are sat there being judged by someone who is listening to what you are saying. it has meant that i can just

go along day by day, having those little moments just to myself when i can go to the bot and just have that little bit of downtime. 17—year—old courtney from greater manchester started having problems after her parents split up, she found moderated chats and online tool through the big white wall a great help. i was really scared at first. like i didn't want other people to know and didn't know what was going to happen and i thought i would bejudged because of it but i'm glad i got help. group help with several people in it but you can have a personal one, which is you and another person, you can have conversations with other people about like things that they have gone through and you can find out their experiences. it is just something that allows people to get the help that they need as soon as they need it instead of having to sit and wait.

without that, i know that i would be, like, really, really stressed and struggling to cope with the pending exams. stopped myself harming, giving me like different techniques. digital technology has the potential to be hugely beneficial in reaching children and young people with milder conditions who can take up the benefits of self—management and particularly at an early point in their experience of the mental health problem. we all know that the nhs isn't as giving as it would like to be which means that young people could suffer without technology like this. that's it for the short version. the long version can be found on the website and on iplayer. spencer will be back next week but, in the meantime, you can find out what we have been up to on facebook and twitter and bbc click. but for now, thank you for watching. hello — this is breakfast,

naga munchetty and charlie stayt. the search begins for two british tourists kidnapped at gunpoint in the democratic republic of congo. they were taken while they were visiting a national park — a park ranger who was with them was killed. good morning — it's saturday 12th may.