police have begun a new search for the british toddler madeleine mccann who disappeared during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. these are the latest pictures. police divers have gone into the the reservoir thirty miles from where the british girl was last seen. officials are hoping to find evidence linking the main suspect a german sex offender christian brueckner was made a formal suspect, or an arguido , by portuguese prosecutors last year. german state prosecutor hans christian wolters issued the statement, saying, these measures are being carried out with legal assistance from portuguese law enforcement authorities, with support from officials from the federal criminal police office . our correspondent navtej johal is at the barragem do arade reservoir in the algarve where the search is taking place. this where the search is taking place. research has bee around this research has been taking place around this vast expanse of water you can see behind me and they
these are the latest pictures. police divers have gone into the the reservoir thirty miles from where the british girl was last seen. officials are hoping to find evidence linking the main suspect a german sex offender christian brueckner was made a formal suspect, or an arguido , by portuguese prosecutors last year. german state prosecutor hans christian wolters issued the statement on the search: these measures are being carried out with legal assistance from (ani) portuguese law enforcement authorities, (ani) with support from earlier i spoke to navtej johal who is at the barragem do arade reservoir. divers have been seen entering the water and a police motorboat has been on the water as well. that was about an hour ago. where we are is about an hour ago. where we are is about 30 miles away from where it madeleine mccann disappeared in 2007. we are expecting official confirmation imminently from german police that they are beginning their search here today and that s
better than any other time we ve had discussions. hello and welcome to the programme i m samantha simmomds. let s start with some breaking news coming in from washington. authorities say they have detained the driver of a truck after crashing into security barriers adjacent to the white house grounds, according to a us secret service spokesperson. this is the scene, as you can see a police cordon has been set up. we are hearing there were no reports of any injuries to any secret service or white house personnel and the cause, and the man in the crash will remain under investigation, according to the chief of communications from the secret service. he said on twitter, some pedestrian walkways have been closed and the nearby hotel has been evacuated. we have got these live pictures coming in. we know that law enforcement officers have approached a vehicle, a remote controlled robot opened the truck s door, revealing a dolly, but no other obvious cargo. after crashing the driv
during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. madeleine vanished from a portuguese holiday home 16 years ago on the 3rd of may, 2007. a week later portuguese police said they believed madeleine had been abducted but was still alive and in portugal. at the end of may 2007 police issued a description of a man seen on the night of madeleine s disappearance possibly carrying a child. byjuly 2008 portuguese police say they have submitted their final report on the case. weeks later authorities shelve their investigation. in 2022, a german man is declared an official suspect by portuguese prosecutors. joining me live now arejim gamble, a former police officer who helped with the madeleine mccann investigation, and jon silverman, a professor of media and criminal justice at university of bedfordshire and former bbc home affairs correspondent. thank you forjoining me. first, what exactly are we looking at? it s been many years now since we had any kind of fresh investigation. why is