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owe i’ over the much. over the shop over the country, thank you so much for listening this morning, and thank you for watching. we will see you tomorrow! live from london, this is bbc news. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann begin searching a reservoir in portugal. police confirm two teenagers died in a crash before a riot broke out in cardiff on monday evening. sudan's latest ceasefire appears to be holding despite some breaches, raising hopes that vital humanitarian aid can be delivered. in sydney — tens of thousands fill a stadium to see india's prime minister, narendra modi, addressing a rally. hello. police have begun a new search for the british toddler madeleine mccann who disappeared during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago.
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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
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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 should be coming to us we hope in the next few minutes. the reason why they are here is because they say that the man who has been named as the official suspect by portuguese authorities into the disappearance of madeline mccann visited this area around the time when she disappeared. he is a german national currently serving a prison sentence in germany over the rate of a 72—year—old woman and 2005 in the same area madeline went missing, although he has denied any involvement in madeline plasma disappearance and has not been formally charged. local media have reported that an area of the reservoir�*s peninsula just over a mile long was sealed off yesterday,
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they say the search is going to begin today and going to tomorrow and that around 20 police officers have been assigned to that search. as we were hearing a moment ago, this dam has been searched before a year ago after she went missing. a private portuguese lawyer paid for specialist divers to search the area. that investigation came to nothing but the hope is this time round there may be some answers found which can unlock the question of one of the most high—profile missing person cases ever. live now to our correspondent damien mcguinness who is in berlin. what is the latest from the german police who of course are leading this? ., �* , police who of course are leading this? . �* , , ., this? that's right. german investigators _ this? that's right. german investigators are - this? that's right. german investigators are leading l this? that's right. german l investigators are leading the investigation and out talk to the chief prosecutor in the region where
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the man is being held prisoner. he told me on the phone that the investigation and research in portugal right now at that reservoir and in the area around it is indeed connected to the allegations that this man has something to do with the disappearance of madeleine mccann. he denies all these allegations but he is a scene in germany by state prosecutors as the prime suspect. they say they have a lot of evidence against them including sightings of his vw camper van in the region the day madeleine mccann went missing and also phone records showing he was in the immediate vicinity when it happened. none of this so far has been enough to charge him in connection with the disappearance of madeleine but that is what prosecutors are now hoping and they declined to tell us any concrete information about what's happening at the reservoir, they say
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because it an ongoing investigation they want to keep things as close or as secret as possible because they have been so many conspiracy theories and false leads that have swirled around this case fears and thatis swirled around this case fears and that is very painful for the family of madeline and i think that's why german officials are so cautious now to only release information when they know they have got something definitive. that will be the next stage. we know this search is in connection with the investigation but what we don't know exactly is what german prosecutors suspect and what german prosecutors suspect and what they hope to find in the lake. that would really be the next stage, to find out and to wait and see when german officials can confirm something and if they find something and if so what. police have confirmed two teenagers
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were killed in a car crashjust before riots broke out in the district of ely in the welsh capital, cardiff on monday evening. cars were set alight and objects thrown at police near the scene of the crash after more than 100 people gathered there. our correspondent tomas morgan has been giving us the latest from ely in south wales. we have actually had some more information about what possibly started all of this last night. the police and crime commissioner, alan michael, has done a radio interview for the bbc, in which he said two teenagers had died yesterday. he has said there were rumours going around that they were involved in a police chase. that was simply not the case, he said. and that speculation that the police were involved in those deaths has possibly led to the violence we saw here overnight. and that violence that we saw live streamed, it was quite extraordinary. oh, no, no, no, no, no. chaos in cardiff. rocks, paving stones
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and fireworks hurled at police after they were called to deal with a road accident in cardiff on the west side of the city and one of wales's most deprived areas. following their arrival, it appears the situation and the mood in the area escalated quickly. these pictures were streamed live on social media. get back! at several stages, the crowd seemed to charge forward, and riot police forced them back with their shields and batons. south wales police described it as a large—scale disorder, urging local residents to stay indoors and not to speculate online, insisting the original accident had happened before they went to the scene. forensic and specialist teams are continuing their investigation. you can see the remnants of that disaster that happened last night. these two cars, we have spoken to
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the family member that owned this car and he says that it —— this is his nephew's car and he woke up to see it in ruins this morning. look at all the rubble on the floor. you have a child car seat over there, a firework, you've got pallets and rubble, huge bricks. as we saw in that footage a number of these items were used by some people in that crowd and thrown at the police when they came here. a number of the residency assay that crowd and all of those people in that mob, they don't live here, so the residence you are angry and they are shocked at what happened outside their homes. they were not involved and they did not want to be part of this. they had to stay inside and fearfor their this. they had to stay inside and fear for their safety this. they had to stay inside and fearfor their safety and this. they had to stay inside and fear for their safety and this is what they are left with this morning. ukraine's president zelensky has visited troops on the frontline in the country's eastern region of donetsk, where russian forces are concentrating their efforts
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to recapture territory. the president met with senior officials responsible for forces in the area, and handed out awards to soldiers stationed in the battle—scarred region. mr zelensky also used the visit to commemorate the �*day of the ukrainian marines�*, announcing the formation of a new marine corps. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has addressed a large rally in australia, where he's been greeted by thousands of cheering supporters at sydney's olympic park. he appeared on stage alongside the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, who lauded the warmth of relations between the two countries. mr modi wants to boost economic ties with australia, where there's a growing indian diaspora. our corresondent in sydney, phil mercer, has more. it is a typical example of narendra modi's oratory skills. very charismatic piece of oratory from the indian prime minister, talking about and praising local politicians in australia, food and cricket, referring
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to the passing of the australian cricket legend shane warne a year ago. and also, asking the audience if they share his dream, his ambition of india becoming a developed country. that drew a huge amount of applause. mr modi is addressing a crowd of about 20,000 people at sydney olympic park. the venue for the olympics back in 2000. there was a slight bit of tension outside the arena. riot police were called into what they say de—escalated bit of friction between sikh activists and narendra modi supporters. i think it's important to say that the visit of the indian prime minister to australia really highlights divisions within the expatriate migrant indian community in this country. there are muslim members
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of the community and sikh campaigners who want to raise various human rights and other political grievances. but as far as the audience inside the arena here in sydney is concerned they are seeing what they've described as a once—in—a—lifetime leader. how does australia see these ties? because i'm bound to say, india is somewhat controversial in the context of the conflict in ukraine. india is australia's sixth largest trading partner, two—way trade between the two countries was worth last year about $30 billion. australia wants much, much more. there are negotiations towards a free trade agreement. so, speaking economically australia believes there are enormous opportunities. australia is quite keen to diversify away from its trading reliance on china, for example. we've also been speaking to experts
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here who believe that closer ties between india and china are driven by a desire to counter china's rise in the indo—pacific. so, much for narendra modi to speak about during his trip to australia, which is becoming an increasingly close ally. prince harry has lost a legal challenge over his bid to be allowed to make private payments for police protection. harry was stripped of the security usually afforded to royal figures after he and his wife meghan stepped down from their official roles to move to the us. the high court in london ruled he could not also seek a judicial review over whether to let him pay for the specialist police officers himself. with more on this we can join royal correspondent sean coughlan in the newsroom. what is the background to this? this is about him seeking to make private contributions to the cost of his
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security after he stepped down as a working royal. that raised at the principle about when individuals can make financial contributions like that in the court has found that he won't be allowed to. this wasn't a full hearing of that application, it was a bit on his part to have a judicial review of it being turned down and there was a hearing last week where it was debated and he put the claim that they were situations in which people could make private contributions. at the home office said that might work for something like a football match with extra police might be funded by a private organisation but it wouldn't apply in the security situation with armed guards. so it established the principle that wealthy individuals can't buy security.— principle that wealthy individuals can't buy security. from the state of course. — can't buy security. from the state of course. they — can't buy security. from the state of course, they can _ can't buy security. from the state of course, they can privately? - can't buy security. from the state | of course, they can privately? any sort of private _ of course, they can privately? sin; sort of private security would be of course, they can privately? jifiy sort of private security would be a matter for themselves but this involved when prince harry and his family came to visit the uk and is
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referred they no longer have the security afforded to members of the royal family under the terms which is the committee which decides these things. he wanted to make his own private contributions to get that same police protection. it is particularly _ same police protection. it is particularly significant because we've heard reports of a car chase in new york involving the suffixes and one might argue that that highlights the facts that they are of significant interest and could be chased by the paparazzi or indeed pursued by people with mall intent? that's right and he is one of the most newsworthy figures in the world at the moment. i suppose that incident happened in new york where he would have had his own private security so it wasn't the same sort of thing as would happen here. what it also says is that if he does come here they would still be arrangements in place. it's not as if he wouldn't have any security. but also the police would provide
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appropriate security on a case—by—case basis. we have seen with police riders travelling during the coronation so i think that possibly will still be of rearrangement. he will come back and they will be police protection but it won't be at the level he had before. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some stories making news across the uk: an investigation has found that more than 35,000 incidents of sexual misconduct or sexual violence were recorded on nhs premises in england between 2017 and 2022. rape, sexual assault or being touched without consent accounted for more than one in five of those cases, while more than half involved patients abusing staff. the former deputy prime minister, dominic raab, will stand down as an mp at the next election. he resigned from the cabinet last month after an inquiry upheld two claims of bullying against him. his departure means
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the conservative party will have to find a new candidate for the surrey constituency — a key election target for the liberal democrats. bbc news has found that vapes confiscated from school pupils contained high levels of metals. tests of some of the vapes showed children using them could be inhaling more than twice the daily safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. this is bbc news. you are live with bbc news. some breaking news now and spanish police have detained three people in connection with racist insults against. a footballer who was subjected to racist chants and he has been very vocal on that subject. that is the update on that news. more now and our main story.
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now, let's bring more on our main story. police have begun a new search for the british toddler madeleine mccann who disappeared during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. madeleine vanished from a portuguese holiday home 16 years ago, on the 3rd of may, 2007. that's when police started searching for her. 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 issue 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. although portuguese authorities do not formally reveal the suspect�*s name. jim gamble, a former police officer who's helped with the madeleine mccann investigation, has been explaining more about what's happening today.
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simply put, it's the right thing to do. simply put, it's the right thing to do the — simply put, it's the right thing to do. the german prosecutor and german police _ do. the german prosecutor and german police have _ do. the german prosecutor and german police have a _ do. the german prosecutor and german police have a suspect, a credible suspect — police have a suspect, a credible suspect. they have some information we are _ suspect. they have some information we are not— suspect. they have some information we are not sharing with the wider public— we are not sharing with the wider public and — we are not sharing with the wider public and that of course is the right— public and that of course is the right thing to do. but from that you've — right thing to do. but from that you've got to make an assumption that this _ you've got to make an assumption that this is — you've got to make an assumption that this is a line of inquiry that they— that this is a line of inquiry that they feel— that this is a line of inquiry that they feel is potentially valuable and given the portuguese police are supporting and facilitating the search — supporting and facilitating the search i— supporting and facilitating the search i think it's reasonable to be hopeful— search i think it's reasonable to be hopeful to— search i think it's reasonable to be hopeful to fold, one is the german police _ hopeful to fold, one is the german police are — hopeful to fold, one is the german police are continuing apace and are not taking — police are continuing apace and are not taking off the pressure and they are continuing to invest resources. a number— are continuing to invest resources. a number two, are continuing to invest resources. a numbertwo, at are continuing to invest resources. a number two, at some stage there has got _ a number two, at some stage there has got to— a number two, at some stage there has got to be a breakthrough in this case _ has got to be a breakthrough in this case at _ has got to be a breakthrough in this case. at some stage, look at the turn _ case. at some stage, look at the turn in _ case. at some stage, look at the turn in the — case. at some stage, look at the turn in the right thing needs to happen— turn in the right thing needs to happen so that the parents of madeleine get some kind of peace and the rest _
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madeleine get some kind of peace and the rest of— madeleine get some kind of peace and the rest of the world finds out what happened _ the rest of the world finds out what happened to madeleine mccann. and all of this happened to madeleine mccann. all of this of happened to madeleine mccann. fific all of this of course is happened to madeleine mccann. fific all of this of course is very difficult for them. it’s difficult for them. it's unbelievably - difficult for them. it'sj unbelievably difficult. difficult for them. it's unbelievably difficult. they are living _ unbelievably difficult. they are living through every parent's worst nightmare — living through every parent's worst nightmare. in the last 16 years, and it's only— nightmare. in the last 16 years, and it's only nty— nightmare. in the last 16 years, and it's only my opinion from having engaged — it's only my opinion from having engaged with people in these circumstances, that you get up every day because — circumstances, that you get up every day because you have other children to look— day because you have other children to look after. you don't give up hope _ to look after. you don't give up hope that— to look after. you don't give up hope that you cling to hope and that's— hope that you cling to hope and that's why i've never personally prophesied about whether or not madeleine is alive or dead but the german— madeleine is alive or dead but the german prosecutor seems very adamant that she _ german prosecutor seems very adamant that she is _ german prosecutor seems very adamant that she is in — german prosecutor seems very adamant that she is in fact dead which is what _ that she is in fact dead which is what makes me think they have information and credible information that they— information and credible information that they have not shared and that's why anything they do in relation to this suspect is very interesting and potentially positive. the}r this suspect is very interesting and potentially positive.— potentially positive. they have restricted the _ potentially positive. they have restricted the search _ potentially positive. they have restricted the search to - potentially positive. they have
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restricted the search to two i potentially positive. they have l restricted the search to two days which suggests they are looking at a particularly limited area which suggests the evidence points them towards that area. i suggests the evidence points them towards that area.— towards that area. i think that's a fair hypothesis. _ towards that area. i think that's a fair hypothesis. at _ towards that area. i think that's a fair hypothesis. at the _ towards that area. i think that's a fair hypothesis. at the end - towards that area. i think that's a fair hypothesis. at the end of - towards that area. i think that's a fair hypothesis. at the end of the j fair hypothesis. at the end of the day, _ fair hypothesis. at the end of the day, what — fair hypothesis. at the end of the day, what i've been saying is let's hope _ day, what i've been saying is let's hope this— day, what i've been saying is let's hope this is— day, what i've been saying is let's hope this is a deliberate and focused _ hope this is a deliberate and focused search of particular areas on land _ focused search of particular areas on land and in the water because that is— on land and in the water because that is what you would expect if it was intelligence or evidence led rather— was intelligence or evidence led rather than annually in haystack search — rather than annually in haystack search. ~ ., , rather than annually in haystack search. ~ ~ , rather than annually in haystack search. ~ , ., rather than annually in haystack search. ~ ~ , , ., ., search. we will keep you updated on that of course. _ security forces remain on high alert in indian administered kashmir for the g20 working group meeting that is being held in sri nagar. new delhi seeks to project an image of normality in a region wracked for decades by violence. however, no delegates from china, turkey and saudi arabia are taking part. pakistan and china have objected
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to the event taking place in disputed territory. bbc�*s nitin srivastava reports from sri nagar. in kashmir valley, sri nagar continues to remain under heavy security presence. vehicles coming inside and going outside are thoroughly checked. anti—drone machines have been deployed in many parts of the city and choppers hovering in the sky checking neighbourhoods and areas are a common sight. without a pass you just cannot enter at least three kilometres around the place where the g20 delegates have been meeting today for a second day. now coming to what has happened so far in the g20, meeting here in sri nagar. china, saudi arabia and turkey have decided not to be a part of it. the indian government says it is in all its right to hold the summit because kashmir and sri nagar especially are a part of democratic india.
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the indian government is focusing heavily on more and more tourism for the state. according to government figures, at least 15 million tourists were here last year and only yesterday one of the senior ministers in the delegation said that this year the figure is expected to be 20 million. they talk about more and more development, they talk about more and more infrastructure in the state. the sense on the streets is rather mixed. i used to sell a0 to 50 items in a day but not any more. have changed. rising prices have hit as hard as everything from cooking gas to rice has hit the roof. i've been doing this for 40 years and tourism was badly hit due . to militancy in the state. only now tourists have started to come back. and we have some business.
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some people feel that this g20 summit and it being held and it being international news will actually help india's goes and it will bring more tourists here. many on the streets, many shopkeepers and businesses have been speaking to say this is not going to help them. they want more domestic tourism coming here. they say they want more roads and they say they want industry which has been missing because kashmir has been under a spell of rather disturbance after the turmoil of the 1990s. after 2019 the indian government scrapped the specialist status given to this state under article 370 of the indian constitution and after that it has promised to start a democratic process which political parties here feel as yet to begin formally and fully. sudan's latest ceasefire now appears
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to be holding despite early breaches of the deal, with reports of airstrikes and clashes in the capital khartoum as it came into force on monday evening. it's hoped the ceasefire will enable the delivery of badly needed humanitarian aid. the conflict between the sudanese army and the para—military group rapid support forces, or rsf, broke out five weeks ago. since the fighting began, an estimated 700 people have been killed and more than one million have been displaced. our correspondent barbara plett usher sent this update from nairobi. we are still hearing from residents in khartoum that the capital is calm. they were reported air strikes in fighting overnight and this stage that has stopped. one resident in east khartoum told us they were rss militiamen wandering around her neighbourhood killing dogs and shooting in the air. she said they are drunk and people are afraid to
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venture out of their houses. she said they are basically stuck in their houses because of this lawless behaviour. there is however no fighting between the two forces we know of and it's hoped this means aid workers will be able to deliver humanitarian supplies. there is a ceasefire mechanism to monitor and this will be the platform to check any violations of the truce and try to resolve disputes and to coordinate with these humanitarian actors. haste coordinate with these humanitarian actors. ~ ., coordinate with these humanitarian actors. ., , , actors. we have some breaking news relatin: to actors. we have some breaking news relating to the _ actors. we have some breaking news relating to the match _ actors. we have some breaking news relating to the match held _ actors. we have some breaking news relating to the match held in - actors. we have some breaking news relating to the match held in spain i relating to the match held in spain last sunday in valencia and spanish police have arrested three people in valencia in connection with racist slurs allegedly hurled at the real madrid brazilian forward finishes junior. he has complained about these racist slurs and now we can
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report that spanish police have arrested three people in that context. this is bbc news. hello. plenty of fine weather out there at the moment. it will stay dry and fairly sunny for the rest of today. we have areas of cloud just floating across the uk but good spells of sunshine and be an largely dry. that continues not only for this afternoon but for the next few days as well. this big area of high pressure extending its way from the azores is keeping things settled. one of the weather fronts brushing around the north of that so we could see some rain affecting the far north of scotland during this afternoon. light and patchy here. a bit more cloud across northern scotland as well. a bit of cloud moving into the midlands and eastern england and southern england during the afternoon but on the whole sum
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plenty of dry and bright weather. temperatures not as high as yesterday but still high teens. and of course where you get sunshine for uv levels will be higher across many parts of finland and wales. through tonight, more cloud again over scotland but otherwise clear skies and a bit of cloud drifting down the eastern side of england into wednesday morning. overnight temperatures down to about five celsius. anotherfairly temperatures down to about five celsius. another fairly quiet night to come. into wednesday and you can see this area of cloud to the north and west, sunshine for much of england and wales and as we go through the day they will be a bit of cloud floating around for most of us some lengthy spells of sunshine. temperatures creeping up a touch on wednesday and we could see highs of 22 celsius in the south—east. 18 degrees in central areas of scotland. by the end of the week this area of high pressure will move
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its way a little bit closer to the uk and that's going to bring more sunshine for many of us to lots of sunshine for many of us to lots of sunshine expected on friday and thursday. a bit of cloud in the south—east. it's all about the temperatures on thursday which will be up into the high teens to low 20s. be up into the high teens to low 205. 22 be up into the high teens to low 20s. 22 celsius in cardiff and london. those temperatures could rise for friday and into the weekend and of course bank holiday monday. 23 to 24 and of course bank holiday monday. 23 to 2a degrees possible and as you can see lots of sunny symbols on the chart so dry and sunny for most of us. goodbye.
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took an upgrade to the uk's growth forecast. the imf says the uk will now avoid recession this year. and we look at russia's relationship with china as the russian prime minister arrives in shanghai. welcome to world business report. we start here in the uk where there is good news on the economic outlook. not something we say everyday. the international monetary fund says it is not expecting the uk economy to fall into recession this year —
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