and beyond knowing that christian bruckner spent time in the | christian bruckner spent time in the algarvelly know why he is a suspect in the madeleine mccann case, do we? is a suspect in the madeleine mccann case. do we?— case, do we? well, there have been some details — case, do we? well, there have been some details released _ case, do we? well, there have been some details released by _ case, do we? well, there have been some details released by german i some details released by german prosecutors as to why they think that christian bruckner is the main suspect. they have actually classed it as a murder inquiry. but you're right, overall, they have never released the full details of their investigation, and he has never, to this day, been charged. so, one of the reasons i think that this trial is of interest to the overall picture in the madeleine mccann case is that christian bruckner is already serving a jail term at the moment for seven years for another sex offences that he was convicted fourin sex offences that he was convicted four in 2019, but a jail term is due to end in decemb

so in the press. nicknamed the rapist pedophile christian brückner, law enforcement officers believe involved in the mysterious disappearance of the most wanted girl in the world, three-year-old madeline macan from britain, but now brückner will have to answer for other atrocities, with details from the head of the european news bureau anastasia popova. a short video from a court in the german city of braunschwijk, a german christian brückner, previously convicted of drug trafficking and pedophilia, walks with a stone face in a gray rumpled jacket. britain, germany, portugal, the german monster, as journalists dubbed it. he was detained in the case of the rape of a seventy-two-year-old woman, this episode is key to the accusation, although many europeans his name is known in the light of a much more scandalous and... discussed story, it is connected with the disappearance of a three-year-old baby from britain, madeleine macan, she is called the most wanted girl in the world. madeleine mccann disappeared on may 3, 2007, from a portuguese resort. a family with children came on vacation

results, until police from germany, investigating a series of sexual crimes, found the trail of christian brücknerled medellin mccann. we analyzed billing data, at that moment his mobile phone was near the crime scene. but bruckner’s involvement in the girl’s disappearance still needs to be proven. in the summer of 2020, detective. searched the suspect's property on the outskirts of hannover. neighbors reported that they often saw a trailer here, in which brückner traveled around portugal in 27, staying at the resort of prayada luz, at the same time as madeleine macan’s family. in that same trailer , investigators found a huge number of children's worn swimsuits. last summer german tabloids reported new traces of brutner in the case of the missing baby. detectives cleared a large area of ​​forested reservoir near the portuguese. overgrown with legends, while there is no official data, journalists savor the versions. obviously , until the body and significant evidence are found, the german monster himself remains silent to accuse brückner of kidnapping and murdering the baby, and judging by his beh

christian bruckner has been charged with a series of unrelated rape and other sexual offences.nrelated rape and other sexual offences. a pretty confusing morning here in the courthouse in brunswick. proceedings got under way, 47—year—old he won the main suspect jane by german prosecutors him at mcgann's experience, although he has already denied involvement and was never charged but —— madeleine mccann. he is in court to face five other related allegations of sex offences. as the trial started, the defence team objected to one of the layjudges that defence team objected to one of the lay judges that was defence team objected to one of the layjudges that was sitting in the court. they said that she had previously on social media showed radical views completely unrelated to their trial or to christian brueckner. they said she posted social media posts inciting violence against a former brazilian president bolsonaro, but they said it showed she wasn't suitable for the role so there was a break in proceedings of about half an hour and then everyone went back into the court room, ba

christian bruckner has been charged with a series of unrelated sexual offences.? , ,, look ahead to the trial itself for us? , , ., us? yes, as you say, this is a trial we expect — us? yes, as you say, this is a trial we owed to _ us? yes, as you say, this is a trial we expect to stretch _ us? yes, as you say, this is a trial we expect to stretch on _ us? yes, as you say, this is a trial we expect to stretch on until - us? yes, as you say, this is a trial we expect to stretch on until late| we expect to stretch on until late june, where christian bruckner, the main suspect named in the madeleine mccann disappearance, although he has denied involvement and has never been charged, but he will face charges of five unrelated sex offences. this is the first time that we have actually seen christian bruckner in public court since he was named as a suspect in the madeleine mccann case back in 2020 by german prosecutors. the reason for that is he was already in prison on a separate charge. and the other reason that this case is significant as well is that because of the

stephanie bennett has more from london. >> it was christian bruckner's first public appearance in courtdeleine mccann case for years ago. however this weeks at trial is unrelated to her disappearance. and said the 47-year-old german went to to trial at the state court in northern germany on friday to face and three counts of rate. >> into of sexual abuse of children. the allegations date back between 2,002,017 in portugal were at the time he was living and working odd jobs. the trial was ultimately postponed by a week to rule on whether the lay judges should be removed over tweets in which she allegedly called for the killing of a former brazilian president in 2019 citing her work as a child psychologist as a potential source of a bias in the case pick of the chamber will now decide on the defense's motion as to whether or not they lay judge should be dismissed due to concerns about bias i will then announce his decision at the next hearing and then we'll see what happens next. it is possible a substitute lay judge may then be deployed. however there were already substitute lay judges w

cage to take part in court, a high-profile trial began in germany in the case of pedophile christian bruckner of murder by the most wanted girls in the world, babes from britain, but is being tried for violence against pensioners. why don’t bruckner’s case include facts related to the brutal massacre of a three-year-old child? was it really a mistake by german law enforcement officers? nah unkenntnisen, we have every reason to believe that the accused killed medlin mccann. what secrets did the pedophile bury in the ground, who actually kidnapped and killed little madeline makan, and what does this have to do with the international gang that kidnapped children on the orders of influential perverts. about the unpredictable trial that the whole of europe is watching, andrey. over the past 5 years in moscow region , the number of robberies decreased by 2 and a half times and car thefts decreased by 4 and a half times. these figures were announced by the head of the moscow region main directorate of the ministry of internal affairs, viktor paukov , during the annual report at a meeting of the mosc

german christian brückner, previously convicted of drug trafficking and pedophilia , walks into the hall gray rumpled jacket. one minute before the start meeting, looks around at his lawyers, zero emotions and no reaction to the press. behind the high-profile trial in the case. all of europe will investigate. the criminal trail of his actions affected many countries. britain, germany, portugal. the german monster, as journalists dubbed him. he was detained in connection with the rape of a seventy-two-year-old woman. this episode is key to the accusation, although many europeans know his name in the light of a much more scandalous and discussed story. it is connected with the disappearance of a three-year-old baby from britain, madeleine macan. she is called the most wanted girl in the world. madeleine macan disappeared on may 3, 2007 , in the portuguese resort of praia daluz. a family with children came on holiday from britain. one evening, the parents put the baby and her brother and sister to bed, and they themselves went to a restaurant for dinner. every 30 minutes, the adults took tu

christian bruckner is due in court next week, accused of five offences between 2000 and 2017 in portugal has denied any involvement with mccann�*s disappearance. the prince of wales has thanked the country for its support, after his father, king charles, was diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer. william's public engagements mark a return to his royal duties, after taking a step back last month when his wife, princess catherine, had abdominal surgery. you're live with bbc news. we have a little bit of breaking news from the states. we told you earlier about the five us marines who have died in a helicopter crash. there has been a statement from the president, joe biden, and he said, jill and i are heartbroken at the loss of five us marines while the aircraft crashed flying from california to nevada during a routine mission. as the department of defence continues to assess what occurred, we send our deepest condolences to their families. their squadron and the us marine corps as we grieve the loss of five of our nation's finest warriors. he added that he is deeply grateful to the l

christian bruckner is due in court next week, accused of five offences between 2000 and 2017 in portugals disappearance. the prince of wales has thanked the country for its support after his father was diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer. he took a step back last month when his wife had abdominal surgery. officers have been searching for abdul ezedi since the attack in south london. you're live with bbc news. iraq's army has said an american drone strike on an iranian—backed militia in the iraqi capital, baghdad has threatened security and stability in the region. three people were killed in the attack, including a commander of the group that us officials say was behind recent attacks on us bases in iraq and syria. this was the scene in baghdad earlier. you can see there angry crowds surrounding the burnt out vehicle hit in the attack — chanting, "america is the biggest devil". our middle east correspondent hugo bachega is in baghdad and told us more about the significance of the attack. it is a significant escalation because this american retaliation has now come to the country

christian bruckner is due in court next week, accused of five offences between 2000 and 2017 in portugaldenied any involvment with madeleine mccann's disappearance. friends of the woman who was injured in a chemical attack in south london have launched a fundraiser to support her family. eight days on, the mother—of—two remains sedated in hospital. and may lose the sight in her right eye. police are still hunting suspect abdul shokoor ezedi who was last seen on 31 january on vauxhall bridge road just after 11 on the night of the attack. you're live with bbc news. we are going to take you to a press conference, the only presidential hopeful to oppose the war in ukraine has been blocked for running for election. that is in moscow now. we do not have a translation for this, thatis do not have a translation for this, that is the seen live in moscow, let's found might find out more about this. our correspond is in the neighbourhood. explain the context. basically this was the only anti—war candidate standing or trying to stand against vladimir putin in the elections next month. he has been di

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christian bruckner is due in court next week, accused of five offences between 2000 and 2017 in portugalarance. you're live with bbc news. iraq's army has said an american drone strike in baghdad last night has threatened security and stability in the region. the target was the leader of a powerful iranian—backed militia. an interior ministry official said a total of three people, two kataeb hezbollah leaders and their driver, died in the strike, which was carried out by a drone in the east baghdad neighbourhood of machtal. before the funeral began our correspondent, hugo bachega, sent this report from baghdad. evening rush hour in baghdad — this was when the us chose to strike. this car was carrying three members of a top iranian—backed militia, kataib hezbollah. all three were killed instantly when a us drone hit their car last night. as news spread of who was behind the explosion, people began to arrive and the protests soon became angry. "america is the biggest devil," the crowd chanted. after the relative calm of the last few years in iraq, a strike in the heart of the capital is a

christian bruckner is due in court next week, accused of five offences between 2000 and 2017 in portugalce of wales has thanked the country for its support after his father was diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer. he took a step back last month when his wife had abdominal surgery. you're live with bbc news. officers have been searching for abdul ezedi since the attack in south london. our correspondent is in london. what are the details of this latest development? the latest details this latest development? the latest detai . , this latest development? the latest detai ., , ., details were revealed this morning and they see _ details were revealed this morning and they see two _ details were revealed this morning and they see two warrants - details were revealed this morning and they see two warrants were i and they see two warrants were issued for searches for two properties linked to the suspect, 35—year—old abdul shokoor ezedi. those searches were carried out near newcastle city centre. in the early hours of this morning and see no arrests were made and the manhunt continues

christian bruckner is accused of five offences between 2000 and 2017 in portugal.of those legal arguments going on in the supreme court. we have regular updates on the side of the screen in terms of what some of the lawyers have been saying that there in the court and what some of the questions have been like from the justices. that are still going on, we have a correspondent in the courts were keeping an eye on that and regularly through the programme will bring you the significant bit is. due to head to the website as well, there is more information on that ongoing case. meanwhile, the earth is at another significant and worrying milestone, for the first time, global temperatures affect 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels across an entire year. european union's climate services service release new evidence recording the highest 12 month global temperature average on record. this breach does not breach the 2015 paris agreement limit long—term temperature rises to 15 degrees but does bring a lot closer to doing so. global warming was believed to be the main driv

whether or not we will learn more about madeleine's fates, high stephanie progress hi it was christian bruckner'sas a priy suspect in the missing madeleine mccann case he mentioned that four years ago. as you mentioned this weeks trial is unrelated to her disappearance the 47 real german first went to trial on friday at the state court in northern germany to face three counts of rape and two of sexual abuse for the allegations date back to between 2,002,017 in portugal were at the time he was living and working odd jobs the chargers are for five separate offenses including the rape of a woman in her 70s at her home the sexual abuse of a girl aged at least 14 the 2004 rape at knife point in her home of a young irish woman. an act he is accused of recording a video as well as a couple other alleged sexual abuse acts on children. tparadethe trial was ultimately postponed by a week to rule by the judge should be removed over tweets in which she allegedly called for the killing of a former brazilian president in 2019 citing her work as a child psychologist as a potential source of bias in the case. >>