german police identify a man they believe killed madeline mccann. three year old madeline disappeared from herfamily‘s holiday apartment in portugal 13 years ago — the suspect — who is in prison — is being named as christian b. translation: with the suspect we are talking about a multiple sexual predator who has already been convicted for crimes against little girls. and is serving a long sentence. the police are appealing for the public‘s help — they say the man used this campervan when he lived in the algarve. we'll have the latest on this major developement in the police investigation. also this lunchtime... donald trump is accused of dividing america, by his former defence secretary — james mattis has attacked the president's handling

of the anti—racism protests. i hope when i get out of here that with the help of these lovely physios, they will actually be able to enable me to walk, but if i can walk with a stick or better still, without a stick, i would be happy. the long road to recovery for people who've been through the severest form of coronavirus — some patients are struggling to return to health. and the cost of lockdown for the uk's most visited zoo hits £5 million — it's feared the pandemic may spell closure for many zoos across the uk. and in sport, more details expected today about how you will be able to watch the premier league for free when it returns and what it will look like, as liverpool chase the title behind closed doors.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police in germany have identified a convicted sex offender who they suspect killed madeleine mccann — the young girl who disappeared in portugal 13 years ago, shortly before her 4th birthday. german detectives have appealed for information from the public — they say they believe other people may know what happened to her. madeleine mccann went missing from herfamily‘s holiday apartment in the algarve in may 2007. the suspect is a 43 year old man referred to as ‘christian b'; he is in prison in germany, but is understood to have been in the area of portugal where the mccann family were staying. a spokesman for madeleine's parents, kate and gerry mccann, said they believe the development could be ‘very significant‘. nick beake reports.

all those possible sightings. all those new leads. and all those false dawns. now, after 13 years, the most significant development in the case of madeline mccann. today in germany, police said they had a new suspect, and that they believed madeline had been murdered. translation: we are assuming that the girl is dead, and the suspect, we are talking about a multiple sexual predator who has already been convicted of crimes against little girls, and is serving a long sentence. last night on the german version of crimewatch, it was revealed that mobile phone records placed the now 43—year—old suspect in the area where the mccanns were staying. he took a call an hour before madeline disappeared. under german privacy laws, he is being referred to only as a christian b, but we know the convicted child sex

attacker lived in portugal for over a decade, and is thought to have burgled hotels and holiday apartments. officers have released photos of this volkswagen camper van he used to sleep in when he was living in the algarve, and of this 1993 jaguar car. the day after madeline disappeared, he registered it to someone else and left the area shortly afterwards. of all the thousands of leads and potential suspects that have been mentioned in the past or discussed in the media, there has never been something as clear—cut as that from not just one but indeed now three police forces, so it does appear to be significant. it was back in may 2007 when the three—year—old madeleine vanished during a family holiday in the algarve. she was sleeping in an apartment while her parents, kate and gerry, ate with friends at a nearby restaurant. the portuguese police launched an investigation, but byjuly 2008 it had ended

with no official suspects. in 2013, the metropolitan police started its own full investigation. just last year, the government agreed to extend funding, and now, 13 years on, police have revealed this german suspect. it‘s now being reported that the man was found guilty of the rape of an elderly american woman in praia da luz two years before madeline disappeared. so what you have now is you have an individual with a history of sexual offending that spans girls through to older women. extremely dangerous. he is not a preferential offender. he is someone who we know from what we are told will offend across a range of ages. also with a history, we are told, of burglary, so fits the profile. the public interest in the disappearance of madeleine mccann has never gone away, nor, too, of course, the anguish of her family. they say they‘ve never given up hope, but are realistic and just desperately want to find out finally

what really happened to their little girl. nick beake, bbc news. our correspondent gavin lee is outside a house in portugal where the suspect is believed to have lived. yes, it is a village about ten kilometres from praia da luz and the property behind me is one of two houses where the suspect known as christian b is said to have used local and national media reporting that this property was used for drug dealing and he was a known criminal from 1995 to 2007, large parts of his lifestyle, travelling around, a transient life we are told by police, in this minivan, this volkswagen minivan and police have issued an appeal for, it is interesting that what we are hearing, as well as the details of

the photos of the houses, the details of the vehicles, a jaguar vehicle as well, there is no visible outward operation or appeal on the streets of praia da luz today and my understanding from the portuguese police is they say they are equal partners with the british police in this operation and they are cooperating with the german are waiting for more information from them and that is the difficulty. they believe the appeal right now is targeted towards tourists and holiday—makers, just by chance, if they had pictures of the vehicle to map out some sequence of movements 01’ map out some sequence of movements or indeed the suspect because at the moment, i am told, this is a significant moment, a possible breakthrough but there is no solid evidence of —— as yet. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is here. it has been 13 years, how are we at this point today? it raises two big questions, one, how is it that a person who had a child sex offence was living in portugalfrom

person who had a child sex offence was living in portugal from 1995, person who had a child sex offence was living in portugalfrom1995, so thatis was living in portugalfrom1995, so that is from 12 years before madeline was killed or went missing, yet when it came to the major investigation, how come that was not a name that was on the list early on. that will be an important question i think over the months and yea rs question i think over the months and years ahead. what is interesting is how it came into the frame much later on and it does seem as if there was some sort of intelligence that was received by german police, which pointed them towards this man and of course, when you start looking at him, that is when you start to realise, ok, the mobile phone he was using was in praia da luz on that night orjust an hour

before madeline mccann disappeared, the vehicle he was using got registered in the name of someone else the following day and then you start to somebody in what police are looking for is someone to come forward and give them those last few bits of evidence that gets them to to the point where they can charge this man. this evidence may come forward and it may not be anything to do with him and the whole thing may fall away again but at the moment we are ina fall away again but at the moment we are in a very optimistic stage i think of this indaba —— investigation. thank you. the former us defence secretary james mattis has condemned donald trump‘s response to the protests about the death of george floyd. mr mattis said the president was wrong to say the military should be used to end the demonstrations, and that he was trying to divide the country. the former president barack obama has voiced support for the rallies, telling americans to seize the opportunity for change. david willis sent this report. huge protests continue to grip this country in response to george floyd‘s death. thousands converged on downtown los angeles. and after violence here over the weekend, this time their call

for change was peaceful. night—time cu rfews remain in place here, as well as in new york and washington dc. in minneapolis, where all this began, anger gave way to tears at the news that former police officer derek chauvin, is to face in minneapolis, where all this began, anger gave way to cheers at the news that former police officer derek chauvin, is to face a more serious murder charge. let‘s hear you all say, . .. we got all four! and the news that the three other officers involved in mr floyd ‘s death have been arrested. they stand accused of aiding and abetting his murder. president trump‘s often bellicose response to the recent unrest here has unnerved even some in his own party and now his former defence secretary james mattis is voicing concern. in a withering critique in the atlantic magazine, mr mattis accuses the president of an abuse of power and writes, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people,

does not even pretend to try. instead he tries to divide us. donald trump responded promptly. probably the only thing barack obama and i have in common, he tweeted, is that we both had the honour of firing james mattis, the world‘s most overrated general. i see limitless potential and the search to flourish and thrive and you should be able to learn and make mistakes and live a life ofjoy. america‘s first black president struck a starkly different and more optimistic tone to that of president trump in a virtual town hall event. as tragic as these past few weeks have been, as difficult and as scary and as uncertain as they have been, they have also been an incredible opportunity for people to be awakened. right now i think the nation needs law and order. because you have a bad

group of people out there and they are using george floyd and they are using a lot of other people to try and do some bad things and what we do and i have it totally under control. george floyd‘s family and friends are due to gather in minneapolis on thursday for a memorial service in his honour. the calls for radical reform of race relations in this country are growing. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the duchess of sussex, has spoken out following the protests about the death of george floyd. in a video message to the graduating class of her former high school, meghan markle said she felt compelled to address what‘s happening in the united states. the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing. because george floyd‘s life mattered and breonna taylor‘s life mattered and philando castile‘s life mattered and tamir rice‘s life mattered.

and so did many other people whose names we know and whose names we do not know. stephon clark, his life mattered. ministers are meeting members of the aviation industry in the next few hours, to discuss the government‘s plans to quarantine people coming into the uk. from monday, most people will have to self—isolate for 1h days as soon as they arrive. airlines and some conservative mps have criticised the policy — saying it will devastate the travel industry. here‘s our business correspondend theo leggett. passengers arriving in the uk this summer face the unwelcome prospect of having to spend two weeks in isolation. the government says this is vital to prevent new cases of coronavirus being brought in from abroad. when you book your ticket for your plane, train orferry, you‘ll have to provide an address in the uk. when you arrive, you‘ll be expected self—isolate there for two weeks.

the government says it will be carrying out spot checks to make sure people are obeying the rules. anyone who breaks them faces a fine of up to £1000 or prosecution. enforcement rules might differ in scotland, wales and northern ireland. but it is a deeply controversial plan. this is going to do untold damage to british tourism. the thousands of hotels and restaurants and guest houses all over the uk that depend on european business will be deterred by this useless and ineffective quarantine. airlines based in the uk are already planning thousands of redundancies. fears that more could follow have provoked a backlash in westminster, including among conservative mps, but ministers have defended the quarantine plan. the spread of the virus within the community here in the uk is much lower than it was. it's got to a lower level. obviously we all want that to continue to be lower, and that's why this is the right time to bring this in. when you have those higher community transmission rates, the difference of what somebody

coming into the country, the difference they can make, is much, much more marginal and much more negligible. the science behind the policy has also been questioned. experts have pointed out the uk still has a higher rate of new infections than many other countries. and people within the travel industry believe quarantine measures might have been more effective much earlier in the outbreak. rather than talking about quarantine with exceptions, what we should be talking about his open borders, with some form of restrictions if possible. there is clear scientific evidence to suggest that countries who have a similar health position in relation to the pandemic can move in step and provide connectivity and bridges between the two countries to ensure that we can continue to manage the health effects. there is a ray of hope for the travel industry, though. the possibility that the government could allow so—called air bridges between the uk and countries deemed to be a low infection risk. this might allow people to visit holiday destinations in countries

such as portugal or spain, for example, without having to hide away for two weeks on their return. theo leggett, bbc news. the time is... our top story this lunchtime. police in germany have identified a man they believe murdered madeleine mccann. the convicted sex offender, referred to as christian b, is serving a prison sentence there. translation: and the suspect, we are talking about a multiple sexual predator who has already been convicted of crimes against little girls and is serving a long sentence. and in sport — criticism for quarterback drew brees after he said he‘d never agree with protests during the national anthem when it comes to nfl players taking the knee. borisjohnson is hosting a global summit on vaccines,

where it‘s hoped countries will pledge £6 billion to safeguard immunisation programmes. amid warnings that tens of millions of babies are missing out on life saving jabs because of the disruption caused by a coronavirus. the un children‘s agency unicef says thousands of youngsters could die every day from diseases that have been largely brought under control. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. new mums trying to do the best for their young babies in the midst of a pandemic. this clinic in niger‘s capital, niamey, is usually packed, but restrictions on movement, a shortage of healthcare workers and the fear of catching covid—19 have kept many families away. health worker ramatu says far fewer women have been coming to get their babies vaccinated since the pandemic, and children are now at greater risk of other

killer diseases like measles. many countries were advised by health officials to suspend vaccination campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus. but now there‘s a stark warning about the longer—term impact of this disruption. measles is on the rise, diphtheria, cholera, so all of these issues are going to be a real problem. as a world, we had conquered in this past century many of these preventable diseases for children. and so we made great gains on childhood survival. and what is now threatened is all of those gains in the last 30 years, that we will wipe them awayjust because children are not getting immunisations. the pandemic is disrupting life—saving vaccination campaigns on a global scale. in south—east asia, it‘s estimated more than 3a million babies missed

out on their routine vaccinations. both nepal and cambodia are currently reporting significant measles outbreaks. in africa, it‘s estimated around 23 million babies missed out on their routine vaccinations. ethiopia, for example, is currently fighting measles, cholera, and yellow fever outbreaks. recent research suggests disruption to these types of crucial services could result in the additional deaths of more than 6,000 children every day. medical staff around the world are working tirelessly to try and ensure those devastating numbers don‘t come to pass. here in bangladesh, vaccination clinics are reopening under a new normal. when you have a big effect on vaccines like this, it takes some time to rebuild some of the systems around it. and that‘s going to be important to make sure we can deliver routine vaccinations, but also as we rapidly move towards having covid vaccines

available, these are the same systems we‘re going to use to be able to deliver those, as well as to look for further outbreaks. despite the challenges, the work continues. these medics going door—to—door here in colombia, as world leaders meet virtually for the global vaccine summit, hosted by the uk, to ensure that these life—saving campaigns can continue. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. the long—term impact of coronavirus can be severe, both physically and mentally. some people can struggle to adapt to normal life after they leave hospital. the seacole centre is a rehabilitation unit in surrey which helps patients recover from the virus. our correspondent sima kotecha has been to speak to some of the people being treated there. well done. my first time on sticks. the road to recovery for those with coronavirus can be a long and arduous one. david is 73 and spent seven weeks unconscious. he first developed sepsis

and then caught the virus, which he still has. he also had a heart attack. you feel as though you‘re in a bit of a dream, a little bit of a haze, and you can‘t appreciate what‘s actually going on around you. he found it hard to walk or even move. slowly, he‘s relearning those basic mobility skills. i get involved in community issues, and i need to be able to stand up and talk. and i can‘t do that at the moment, but i hope when i get out of here, that with the help of these lovely physios, they will actually be able to enable me to walk. but if i can walk with a stick, or better still without a stick, i‘d be happy. being away from his family has been the worst part. i haven‘t seen my wife, or family or friends, since march.

that‘s the major impact. you miss being able to put your arms around your loved one. a lack of contact and its impact on the mind is something they‘re very much aware of here. what we're offering here is some psychological therapy that will help patients to adjust from their long stays in hospital and also being separated from their loved ones. we do have one patient who remembers some delirium he had. he remembers being in bed at night, and he's actually quite frightened about going to bed now, so he seems fine during the day, but as night—time comes along, his anxiety increases considerably. they currently have four patients with coronavirus and 15 without. some are recovering from it, others need help with rehabilitation after suffering from

other debilitating illnesses. this hospital is a work in progress — it‘s expanding daily. at the moment, it has 130 beds, with the capacity to expand to 300. so, just tell me about who we‘re going to see now. so, peter has been in icu for a really long time, and it actually started out with him having a fall, and he had an injury to his ribs which affected his lung. and at some point he developed covid, and he was in itu for a very long time. so, you‘ll see he‘s very deconditioned, he‘s lost a lot of muscle mass, he‘s lost his strength, his endurance, his balance, and all of the things that go with that. hello, peter. morning! how are you? i'm fine, thank you. and yourself? yes, very well, thank you. you‘ve lost so much weight as well, haven‘t you? that's from not having any exercise. look. peter‘s arms and legs are struggling to function. oh dear. look at the state of that! i've lost. . .five kilos?

which is heartbreaking, really. i mean, you shouldn't be allowed to lose that amount of weight. staff are helping him to gain strength through regular exercise. there we go. i didn‘t need to do much, did i? headley court used to belong to the ministry of defence and provided rehab to service personnel. that facility moved to the east midlands. this year, in just a matter of weeks, the nhs, local council and militaryjoined forces to create the seacole centre on the site. the scars of coronavirus on those who‘ve had it are clear. as the country tries to carry on after the peak of the outbreak, so do those who‘ve experienced the devastating illness. nice and tall. ever hopeful that it won‘t be

long, and i‘ll be home. i was told it would be about two weeks. it‘s just a case of — start running. oh, my gosh! well done. sima kotecha, bbc news, surrey. premier league football clubs are meeting to decide what should happen if the season can‘t be completed. they‘re also expected to confirm a fixture list for the first games when play resumes later this month. our sports correspondent, laura scott, is in west london. what is being said? so, yes, so with two weeks to go until the season restarts, the clubs are having to discuss what would happen if the season discuss what would happen if the season had to be cut short, so how they would finish the league standings and the title, and also relegation. but we also know they are talking to the first stages of a

fixture schedule and the broadcast selections for those first few games, including the first game is back on the bbc. we are expecting an announcement on that soon. we are not sure at what stage that would come but also how many grounds or fixtures they would agree to. we also know the clubs were presented with various proposals for an enhanced offering from broadcasters of more access to players and managers but we‘ll have to wait and see what clubs exactly have agreed to. thanks, laura. the historical drama, chernobyl, has received 1a nominations for this year‘s bafta television awards, making it one of the most nominated shows in the ceremony‘s history. the royal drama, the crown, is up for seven awards, and the bbc‘s fleabag, six. here‘s our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. care to see inside? i don't have to. the dramatisation of the soviet nuclear accident leads with 1a nominations, including acting nominations for stellan skarsgard and jared harris. # i can sing anything faster than you... royal drama the crown has seven,

including nominations for helena bonham carter‘s princess margaret... i, charles... and josh o‘connor‘s prince of wales. nothing, though, for olivia colman as the queen. do you want to know what gift i‘m giving yourfather? 0rfor her comedy turn in fleabag, which does have performance nominations for phoebe waller—bridge and sian clifford. newsnight‘s headline making interview with prince andrew about his friendship withjeffrey epstein has been nominated for best news coverage. you are staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. it was a convenient place to stay. coronavirus means that the july ceremony won‘t see any stars on the red carpet. good evening, ladies and gentlemen... it will be a virtual event, similar to bafta‘s games awards earlier this year, something that could possibly be the format for future awards shows like the next film baftas. we are all trying to plan ahead whilst there is so much uncertainty. obviously we've got quite

a bit of time until those awards, so we're just working through a number of scenarios at the moment. i think it‘s pretty obvious i don‘t want you to leave. i don't find it obvious what you want. whatever happens, the hope is that by next year when there might well be recognition for shows like normal people, normal awards service might well have been resumed. lizo mzimba, bbc news. britain‘s most visited zoo has warned it‘s at risk of closing for good because of the lockdown. the end of visitors has cost chester zoo £5 million so far. no sign of the thousands of visitors that normally make this place the uk‘s busiest zoo. forced to close its doors at the beginning of lockdown, no ticket sales means a loss of 97% of its income, leaving chester zoo fighting for its future.

we did think we were going to open a few weeks ago and the government changed regulations just over sunday into monday, which now means we can‘t open at all and they haven‘t even given us a date, so we can‘t even plan for the future. we are in our peak season now, june, july, august, is where we make the majority of our money, we are a very seasonal organisation, so we are really, really concerned that this could be the end of chester zoo. when it comes to zoos, it is easy to see what makes this place the main event. over 500 species across 128 acres, attracting more than 2 million visitors last year. the running costs of this place amount to over £1.6 million per month and that is notjust to care for the 35,000 animals who live here, although there are some pretty big mouths to feed, it is also to cover the costs of the staff, of the site, of the insurance and all the conservation projects that are all going on behind closed doors. it's really difficult right now, i mean, forzoos, the main income is the visitors and to look after these animals, they all need specialist care, it is notjust simply about feeding them, it is about specialist knowledge and everything that goes

on behind the scenes. so, for us, it is really worrying times. the government says it has provided a £40 million fund to zoos to support animal care, but here, they say that is simply not enough and failure to allow them to reopen within weeks could put this place at risk of extinction. holly hamilton, bbc news, chester. time for a look at the weather. here‘s louise lear. they are any fuzz oozes the weather has been glorious of late. this was last weekend, blue skies, sunshine, temperatures into the mid 20s. but this weekend, the first full weekend ofjune, cloudy, cool, quite a strong northerly wind and some rain at times. we are actually seeing that change through the day to day as well, quite a lot of cloud across the country. that cloud is producing some showers, mostly across scotland. fairly light at the moment but there could be the odd lightning and one or two sharp ones as we