kyiv. madeleine mccann s parents say they welcome the news from portuguese police that a german man has been formally made a suspect over their daughter s disappearance in 2007. kate and gerry mccann said it reflected progress in the investigation and that they still hoped to be reunited with madeleine, who was three when she went missing on a family holiday to the algarve. our correspondent, jon kay, sent this report from praia da luz. her face and name are known around the world, but what happened to madeleine remains a mystery. it was on 3 may 2007 that she vanished from the mccanns holiday apartment in praia da luz the moment her family s lives changed forever. please give our little girl back. portuguese prosecutors announced that they d declared a new arguido , or formal suspect in the case. it s understood to be this man, christian brueckner. the 45 year old is currently in prison in germany for rape and drugs offences. he s known to have been living in portugal around th
but the authorities here say the move was not driven by timing, but by what they call strong indications of the practice of a crime. so 15 years after the mccanns came to this resort on the holiday, kate and gerry mccann have issued a statement cautiously welcoming this latest development, saying it is potentially a sign of progress. and saying that they still have the hope that one day they might be reunited with madeleine. jon kay, bbc news, on the algarve. as the prime minister returns from a trip to india this morning having moved a step closer to agreeing to a new trade deal, things are looking to get home. the new trade deal, things are looking to get home- to get home. the trip has been overshadowed to get home. the trip has been overshadowed by to get home. the trip has been overshadowed by the to get home. the trip has been i overshadowed by the controversy to get home. the trip has been - overshadowed by the controversy over lockdown parties in london.
up hope madeleine may still be alive. our correspondentjon kay has more from praia da luz. her face and name are known around the world, but what happened to madeleine remains a mystery. it was on 3 may 2007 that she vanished from the mccanns holiday apartment in praia da luz the moment her family s lives changed forever. please give our little girl back. overnight, portuguese prosecutors announced that they d declared a new arguido , or formal suspect in the case. it s understood to be this man, christian brueckner. the 45 year old is currently in prison in germany for rape and drugs offences. he s known to have been living in portugal around the time madeleine disappeared, and german investigators say mobile phone records place him in praia da luz. but he has denied any involvement in the mccann case and has not been charged.
portugal in may 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday. her parents say they welcome today s development, and that they haven t given up hope madeleine may still be alive. our correspondentjon kay has more from praia da luz. her face and name are known around the world, but what happened to madeleine remains a mystery. it was on 3 may 2007 that she vanished from the mccanns holiday apartment in praia da luz the moment her family s lives changed forever. please give our little girl back. overnight, portuguese prosecutors announced that they d declared a new arguido , or formal suspect in the case. it s understood to be this man, christian brueckner. the 45 year old is currently in prison in germany for rape and drugs offences. he s known to have been living in portugal around the time madeleine disappeared, and german investigators say
and that they still hoped to be reunited with madeleine, who was three when she went missing on a family holiday to the algarve. our correspondent, jon kay, sent this report from praia da luz. her face and name are known around the world, but what happened to madeleine remains a mystery. it was on 3 may 2007 that she vanished from the mccanns holiday apartment in praia da luz the moment her family s lives changed forever. please give our little girl back. overnight, portuguese prosecutors announced that they d declared a new arguido , or formal suspect in the case. it s understood to be this man, christian brueckner. the 45 year old is currently in prison in germany for rape and drugs offences. he s known to have been living in portugal around the time madeleine disappeared, and german investigators say mobile phone records place him in praia da luz. but he has denied any