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. more than 50 mps call for urgent action to improve mobile phone coverage in the countryside. a horse abandoned in a grandmother's back yard — campaigners say it highlights a growing problem of neglect and abuse by irresponsible owners. 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 that needs a good suit

of armour and a brave heart — but please don't try this at home. and stav has the weather for all of us. good morning to you. compared to last bank holiday weekend's record—breaking warm and sunny weather, this weekend is looking a lot cooler, a bit more unsettled. there will be some rain in the forecast, but also some sunshine. join me later, i'll have all the details. good morning. first, our main story. 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, what's the latest on this incident? good morning, so we understand that

the hostages are still in captivity this morning, so situation is very serious, the attack happened north of goma inside the national park which is a world heritage site, known for its mountain gorillas, there have been kidnappings there before, the park spokesman confirmed that two british nationals had been kidnapped and a ranger had been killed and we are learning this morning from local reports, on conunconfirmed that the driver of the car could have been found alive, so the car could have been found alive, so the situation is still very fluid this morning. tell us more about the types of incidents like that happen in that area, this isn't the first time, is it? that is correct. just last month five rinse jers in virunga national park were killed in an attack, there are many different militias operating in the area,

experts believe they are are about 70 different armed groups operating in eastern congo which has caused 1.5 million congolese people to flee. it is a complex region in this country. for the moment, thank you very much. for the moment, thank you very much. 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. 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 night, 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, once the 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. rajini vaydyanathan, bbc news. 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 mps, 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 rural britain, it remains a reality. the communications regulator 0fcom 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 rural mps have written to the secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport, matt hancock, calling for urgent action to change that. they want legally binding targets to force mobile operators to improve coverage. we know where you have people

walking, driving in country areas it is important they have a mobile signal so if they need emergency services help particularly they can services help particularly they can get hold of them. but the operators say they are investing millions of pounds in rural areas but that planning applications the new mobile planning applications for 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 now need to respond to those changes and act fast to increase coverage in rural areas. jon donnison, bbc news. 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 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 this telephone call last night, the prime minister emphasised the uk would maintain its position alongside its european partners in standing up for this deal and also stressed her concern 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 spokesman for downing street giving us a sense of this telephone call.

a spokesman for the white house who had seen the same conversation going on did acknowledge that yes, 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. a grandmother from stoke—on—trent says she was shocked to find a horse in her back yard. 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 before being rehomed. the rspca says there's a worrying increase in the number of horses they are called out to rescue. 7 the 13—year—old girl was on the internet and she saw this ad which said unless you take this horse i am going to kill it, so she said ok,

bring it over to me e so that is the first problem people buying and selling animals such as horses on the internet, which the rspca is very concerned is about and we need tighter regulation, the other issue it shows there is a problem here of a horse crisis, the rspca last year had something like 80,000 horses that it came out to investigate, and last year horses were our g animals. we prosecute . cruelty. fl getting te ‘crueltyfgégiifi: if: 7 f 7" fl getting for ‘crueltyfgégiifi: if: 7 f 7" fl getting for horses, y::fffj if: 7 f 7" fl getting for horses, y: the if if: 7 f 7" we are getting for horses, and the number of have to take in, number of horses we have to take in, and frankly we are full up at the moment as are other welfare charities and nasa is sending a helicopter that's net 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 10—times faster than a standard helicopter.

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£1343; they gig; they were taken been reporting that they were taken yesterday, the park ranger they were with was sadly killed, the driver appears to have been injured. the foreign office says that they are doing everything they can to support the families of the people involved, but they also say this is an extraordinarily difficult country to work in, and if you are over in the east, which is where up