you can see individual rooftops, we have seen rescue boats go past, trying to pick up people who are trapped. but you can tell by the atmosphere that people have had enough. this is a city that has been both occupied, then liberated. it comes underfrequent shelling, and now this. russia may have retreated from here, but they re are constant presence. the kakhovka dam upstream has been leveraged by ukraine and russia for nine years. when russia first annexed crimea, the ukrainian authorities shut it down to cut the peninsular off from water. last year they were accused of planting it with explosives, which the kremlin denied. one side has played its full hand, with endless consequences. what we are seeing is a humanitarian relief effort taking place in an active war zone.
down to cut the peninsular off from water. last year kyiv accused invading forces of planting it with explosives, which the kremlin denied. one side has played its full hand, with endless consequences. that was james waterhouse. let s look in a bit more detail now at what we know about the dam breach. rajini vaidyanathan has been working with the bbc verify team and has more. as you have been reporting, there are a lot of theories as to why the dam was breached. the team at bbc verify has been looking at what has been happening. we know ukraine accuses russia of blowing up the dam and there have been reports in the media that us intelligence also points the blame at russia, although no information has been made public by the us government on that. we have been looking at satellite imaging to try to get a better picture as to what happened. this is from the 28th may,
in portugal, police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann have finished their latest three day search. the operation at a reservoir about 30 miles from where the three year old vanished in 2007 has been led by german police who have named christian brueckner as their main suspect. the 45 year old is currently serving a prison sentence for raping a woman in the same area. 0ur correspondent daniel sandford is there. is it any clearer now what they have been doing? yes. i is it any clearer now what they have been doin: ? , ~ , . ., been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what they been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what they have been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what they have been - been doing? yes, i think it is clear l and now what they have been doing. we are standing on the peninsular that goes out from the western bank of the reservoir out into the water, and this is where the police w
he is christian brueckner, a german man currently serving a prison sentence for rape. it is german prosecutors who are leading this investigation. brueckner, who used this camper van while living in the algarve, has not been charged and has denied any involvement. prosecutors said today s search was based on intelligence. translation: you can imagine we don t start searching - somewhere in portugal on the off chance. there s a good reason for it. madeleine mccann vanished from a holiday apartment in praia da luz in may 2007. from there to the arade reservoir where the search is taking place is a journey of about 45 minutes. the peninsular that s been the focus of today s operation is on the west side of the lake. one former british police officer involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation is optimistic about the search. i think its reasonable to be hopeful twofold. one is that the german police are continuing at pace and they are not taking off
the arade reservoir where the search is taking place, is about 30 miles away. police are focusing on a car park and impromptu campsite on a small peninsular on the west side of the lake. jim gamble, who was head of the child exploitation and 0nline protection centre and was involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation, hopes the search will be significant. given the portuguese police are supporting and facilitating this search, then i think it s reasonable to be hopeful twofold. 0ne search, then i think it s reasonable to be hopeful twofold. one is that the german police are continuing at pace and they are not taking off the pressure and they are continuing to invest resource. and number two, at some stage there has got to be a breakthrough. but madeleine mccann vanished 16 years ago, so the chances of proving what happened to her must now be limited. daniel sandford, bbc news at the arade dam. rolf harris who was jailed for a series of indecent assaults on girls