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Of british Toddler Madeleine Mccann has been acquitted of unrelated Sexual Abuse charges by a court in the german city of brunswick. Christian brueckner has been formally identified as a suspect in the case of maddie mccann, who disappeared from her bedroom in 2007 during a Family Holiday in portugal. He denies any involvement. Lets speak to our correspondent Damien Mcguiness in berlin. What happened in court . Judges have announced what happened in court . Judges have announced they what happened in court . Judges have announced they have have announced they have acquitted Christian Brueckner of these current charges. He had been accused of five separate cases of And-child'>Rape And Child abuse. Judges said this morning that there is not enough evidence to say he is guilty of these charges. A lot of the evidence that was presented in court was testimonies from people who have said they had heard things from Christian Brueckner And videos that witnesses said they had seen, but havent been presented as evidence themselves. Sojudges came presented as evidence themselves. So judges came to themselves. So judges came to the conclusion that there was no evidence linking Christian Brueckner to these five separate cases. But that doesnt mean that Christian Brueckner will be released, because he is already in jail on another separate case. That is the rape of an american tourist almost 20 years ago in the same region where Madeleine Mccann went missing on the algarve. As things stAnd, Christian Brueckner will be in jail, will remain behind bars despite the acquittal of these five cases, it will remain behind bars ordinarily until september. These two separate cases are different again to the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann. Christian brueckner is seen by german prosecutors as the main suspect in the case but hasnt been charged in relation to the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann. Reminders of Madeleine Mccann. Reminders ofthe of Madeleine Mccann. Reminders of the madeleine of Madeleine Mccann. Reminders of the Madeleine Mccann of Madeleine Mccann. Reminders of the Madeleine Mccann case. Of the Madeleine Mccann case And how this connection occurs . Yes, Christian Brueckner has been, is a convicted rapist And thatis been, is a convicted rapist And that is why he is currently behind bars. He was shown to be in the region, he had spent a lot of time in the same region where Madeleine Mccann disappeared. There have been many witnesses who link him to the disappearance, who claim that he is related to her disappearance. But so far no evidence has emerged And this is the difficulty for german prosecutors. They remain convinced he is the main suspect And they say they do have evidence And that they are going to carry on with this case. But the difficulty for the judges case. But the difficulty for thejudges is, they say it case. But the difficulty for the judges is, they say it is all well And good but we cannot keep him behind bars unless there is evidence for the Madeleine Mccann case. At the moment you have three different cases And the one today, that is what he has been acquitted for. He will remain behind bars And then the Madeleine Mccann case is carrying on. German prosecutors say they are convinced that he is not only connected to the disappearance, according to them, that he is responsible for her killing. That is why i think we are going to see a lot of movement over the next year before the release of Christian Brueckner in september, ordinarily. And i dont think. I think it is quite clear that the case of Madeleine Mccann is still ongoing, that is what general prosecutors say. Ongoing, that is what general prosecutors say. Ok, damien, thank you prosecutors say. Ok, damien, thank you for prosecutors say. Ok, damien, thank you for that. Lebanon 5 Prime Minister at the time of its last war with israel, in 2006, has told the bbc his country has been abAndoned by the international community. Fouad siniora said it was unacceptable to leave lebanon to fall, And that there was a lack of initiative when it came to trying to restore peace. The bbc� s Anna Foster sat down with the former Prime Minister And asked him if he felt the world had failed to step up And support the lebanese state. Somehow, yes, it has been abAndoned. And at the same time there has been a certain And-lack'>Laxity And Lack of initiatives to be taken And brave initiatives, i would say, brave initiatives. Practically, the lebanese as a state has been kidnapped by hezbollah And behind hezbollah is iran. This pistol, or this gun that was held by hezbollah, instead of being pointed towards israel, it started to become pointed towards something else. Towards domestically as a way of being used by iran to interfere in syria, in iraq, in yemen. Theres a real vacuum in lebanese politics at the moment. But as you say, nobody stepped forward And clearly articulated the difference between the lebanese state And hezbollah. Why didnt they do that . Theyve surely let the people of lebanon down by doing that . Exactly, exactly. What has been going on since october � 23 that things were dragging And getting worse And worse. And again, you see, many chances were really made available in order to dissociate the lebanese situation from gaza. It is very important nationally And from an arabic point, an arab point of view, to associate with gaza, but particularly now, that lebanon cannot afford in principle to to get involved in such a matter when the Gaza Situation has become only 2. 2 Million palestinians homeless And all of gaza is destroyed. To continue to link Lebanons Situation with gaza is not wise And particularly in view of the serious risks that we are having And the country is looking for heroes. And thats why i said it is looking now for two heroes in the absence of a president in lebanon, we dont have a president. We have two persons, two persons, the speaker of the house in his capacity as speaker And in his capacity as a Caretaker President of the Caretaker Government is that to get together in order again to take the necessary decisions . People are asking questions now about the role of of the laf of the army, the lebanese armed forces, why they didnt remove hezbollah And hezbollah� s weapons from the Area South of the litani river. Why now theyre not defending people who live there. Are the laf at fault here . You see again, again, the lebanese army, at the end of the day, it is under thejurisdiction of the legitimate government. So its such a decision to be taken by the army, it has to be effectively to be taken by the lebanese government. And the lebanese government is not within the government in agreement to really take such a decision. Do you think lebanon And lebanons political class in particular, have the the strength And the motivation to remove that iranian influence which has choked this country . Very true, very true. I think now many of those who were electing to be silent And not to speak up their mind, now they are speaking up their mind that lebanon cannot afford to continue to be hijacked by the iranian government, by by iran. I hope that something can really happen in order to save lebanon. I strongly believe, strongly believe that it is very important to keep lebanon alive. Around the world And across the uk. This is Bbc News. 14 Water Companies in englAnd And wales are being ordered to pay more than £158 million back to customers because of poor performance following a year which saw a Record Number of sewage spills. The Regulator 0fwat has just published its annual report. For the second year running, no firm was awarded the highest Performance Rating And three were put in the lowest category. Lets speak to our reporter Esme Stallard whos in cardiff. What has been decided . This is the annual what has been decided . This is the annual review, what has been decided . This is the annual review, that what has been decided . This is the annual review, that 0fwat, | the annual review, that 0fwat, the annual review, that 0fwat, the regulator does into the companies. They have said none of the companies have achieved the top rating but they have made improvements in small areas like water leakage. But the biggest issue is pollution, which has come up time And time again. They said there was significantly more Pollution Incidents last year And they are asking the majority of these companies to refund customers on their bills next year. That is nearly £158 million. What does that look like on your bill . It will only be a few pounds for most customers, but not significant. We are anticipating bills will go we are anticipating bills will 9 up we are anticipating bills will go up quite significantly over the next five years by nearly £100 per household. Save this Announcement Today from 0fwat wont have a significant impact for customers. For customers. What does it mean for for customers. What does it mean for future for customers. What does it i mean for future performance . For customers. What does it mean for future performance . I mean Forfuture Performance . I presume people will be watching And saying if youre taking more money away from these organisations, how will that improve their performance . This is the fourth improve their performance . This is the fourth year improve their performance . Ti 3 is the fourth year in a row that some companies have been ordered to pay money back. So environmental campaigners we have been talking to this morning such as River Action have said, does 0fwat have significant teeth if they are asking for refunds time And time again, not enough improvements are being made. The Secretary Of State has called for the ceos And Chief Executive to meet with them to discuss their environmental performance. Water uk has recognised that performance is not good enough but what they are saying is there needs to be significant investment reaching into the billions of pounds to make the improvements necessary that 0fwat would like to see in future years. That ofwat would like to see in Future Veere future years. Thank you very much. Despite poor weather And an approaching hurricane, the European Space agency has successfully launched a mission to study an Asteroid System. Hera is set to inspect the damage a previous spacecraft did when it crashed into an asteroid, to deliberately change its orbit, two years ago. Its all part of plans to protect the earth from any flying Space Rocks in the future, as Pallab Ghosh explains. Go hera. 0n go hera. On its way to an Asteroid System 7 Million miles away to develop a Defence System to protect the earth from being hit by dangerous objects from outer space. It is obects from outer space. It is to objects from outer space. It is to follow an objects from outer space. It is to follow an Nasa Objects from outer space. It is to follow an Nasa Mission which tried to deliberately deflect an asteroid. Nasas spacecraft crashed into dimorphism two years ago. The telescope captured the And-debris'>Dust And Debris that was hurled into space. Hera is on a two yearjourney which takes it past mars And eventually to its destination. It is going to take a closer look at the damage with a battery of instruments. The spacecraft will come with an 200m of Dime Office And deploy two Shoe Box Size Mini Spacecraft that will look closer still. Spacecraft that will look closer still. ~. ,. , closer still. What did it do to this asteroid . Closer still. What did it do to this asteroid . Is closer still. What did it do to this asteroid . Is that closer still. What did it do to this asteroid . Is that a this asteroid . Is that a crater . How big is the creator . Did we actually instead of make a crater, to form the entire body . That is what we think might have happened. Than might have happened. An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 66 Million years ago but collisions with small objects occur more often, like this giant Meteor Strike in 2013. The hope is that next time we will be better prepared. Pal abu ghosh, Bbc News. Four children have been treated in hospital after their double Decker School Bus overturned in county down. Police are investigating the circumstances behind The Crash. 0ur irelAnd correspondent, Chris Page reports. The bus toppled over within a few terrifying seconds. Very quickly afterwards, there was the rescue And huge relief. 43 pupils were on board. 112 year old boy told us he was sitting on the Upper Deck when The Crash happened. We started auoin The Crash happened. We started going down The Crash happened. We started going down the The Crash happened. We started going down The Hill The Crash happened. We started going down The Hill And The Crash happened. We started going down The Hill And then The Crash happened. We started going down The Hill And then we tipped sideways. I closed my eyes And i opened them