ellie price, bbc news.ading this investigation have not formally confirmed they are starting the search tomorrow but the portuguese police have. the prosecutor says their policing statement in the morning and british police also will be there observing the surge over the next day to the equipment that you can already see that suggest this could be quite extensive operation at least a day or two. the german suspect in this investigation was living a transient lifestyle 16 years ago but he is coming towards the end of his current prison sentence and it's a bit of a race against time, this investigation, to bring charges before his release from prison among the evidence already been discussed that the police talked about a phone he was using and receiving a phone calljust about an hour before madeleine disappeared and german median disappeared and german media and portuguese media are saying he was a regular at the area where the search is taking place in describing it as his little paradise. but it is worth r

this report from ellie price contains some distressing detail. the parents of lucy letby, arriving at manchester crown court. their daughter's trial has been going on for the last six months. today, she gave evidence for the first time. fighting back tears, she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killing babies and to have her job as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked why. letby replied, because of what was being inferred. prosecutors allege that from june 2015 tojune 2016 she murdered seven babies and attacked ten others at the countess of chester hospital. she is accused of targeting the infants in subtle ways, including using injections of air and insulin poisoning. the 33—year—old has denied all the charges since she was first arrested in july 2018. this morning, letby was asked about notes she scribbled and why she had wri

ellie price, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is in the algarve for us now.to—date with the latest. the german prosecutors leading the investigation have not formally confirmed they are starting a search tomorrow but portuguese police have and the german prosecutors say they will release a statement in the morning. i understand british police will also be there observing the search over the next day or two. the tents and equipment you can see at the scene suggest it will be quite an extensive operation lasting at least a day or two. christian brueckner, the germans suspect at the centre of the investigation, was living a transient lifestyle in the algarve 16 years ago, but he is coming to the end of his current prison sentence so there is a race against time in this investigation to try to bring any charges if possible before he is released from prison. among the evidence already discussed, german prosecutors talked about a phone he was using at the time, receiving a phone call in praia da luz about an hour before madeleine mccann disappeared. german and port

this report from ellie price contains some distressing detail. parents of lucy letby, arriving at manchester crown court. their daughter's trial has been going on for the last six months. today she gave evidence for the first time. fighting back tears she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killing babies and to have herjob as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked why. letby replied, because of what was being inferred. prosecutors allege that from june 2015 to june 2016 inferred. prosecutors allege that from june 2015 tojune 2016 she murdered seven babies and attacked ten others at the countess of chester hospital. she is accused of targeting the infants in subtle ways, including using injections of air and ways, including using injections of airand insulin ways, including using injections of air and insulin poisoning. the 33—year

ellie price, bbc news. well, as we heard, this latest search was requested by german police.e latest from our correspondent in berlin, damian mcguinness. what more can you tell us about the investigation? as we heard in ellie's report, christian buchner is the prime suspect. when i talk to a state prosecutor this afternoon, he told me on the telephone that the would be a confirmation for about exactly what is going to happen in portugal. he did not confirm exactly that they were going to lead the search, but he confirmed that something was going to happen tomorrow. i think judging from the reports today, we only assume that is the search of this reservoir. the reason this is so important is that even though there is a prime suspect, even though he has a long record of various different offences, including the rape of a 72—year—old women in 2005, he has never been charged. what state prosecutors say, they are convinced he is their man, they are convinced he is their man, they say they have all sorts of proof, but so far not enough evidence to charge him. they are afraid that a

our news correspondent ellie price has been following today's developments.e to start tomorrow. we have been seeing pictures from local media this afternoon of the area being sealed off the interstate it is an area of around a mile long. that is so far being sealed off. german police say they will come up with a statement tomorrow morning. they are not think too much right now. we understand that this search will take place primarily led by the german police obviously help with the help of the portuguese police and obviously the input of british police as well. madeleine mccann went missing back in 2007 and since then, this is a story, a case that has gone on and on. with no one really ever charged with her disappearance. you mentioned there christian brueckner who is basically the prime suspect in this. somebody who the portuguese police have named last year as their prime suspect, never been charged with this case because as you say he is currently in prison for seven years based on another rape that he committed in the area in portugal. he has always denie

tom simmons, bbc news. 0ur correspondent ellie price was outside the high court a little earlier to explaine has been court documents released today where we've been getting more information into exactly what the claimants say has happened, what the unlawful information gathering might look like. in this afternoon, as you say, we've been hearing about the duke of sussex and about how he feels he was targeted since around the time of death of his mother in 1997. all through his career and right up to decades later. now i think what we hadn't heard before was details about his relationship with his then girlfriend chelsea davey. the court heard of in court documents today, we heard more about the concerns she had, as well as the duke, and that she felt inevitably the relationship broke up because of the intrusion of the media and the unlawful activities that were going on by some of the newspapers. so a quote we hear every time he was in a relationship or even a rumoured relationship, that whole person's family and friends would be dragged into the chaos and find themselves the subject of unl

live now to our correspondent ellie price, who's outside the high court in london.mited in its scope? yes! but it is limited in its scope? yes, if the mirror— but it is limited in its scope? yes, if the mirror group _ but it is limited in its scope? yes if the mirror group newspaper were to accept all the charges we have been hearing about over the last few hours, there has been court documents released today where we have been getting more information into exactly what the claimants say has happened, what the unlawful information gathering might look like. this afternoon, as you say, we have been hearing about the duke of such sussex and how he feels he was targeted around the time of the death of his mother in 1997 and through his career and write up to decades later. i think what we haven't heard before is details about his relationship with his then girlfriend, chelsy davy. the court documents revealed more about the concerns she had, as well as the duke and she felt inevitably the relationship broke up because of the intrusion of the media and because of the un

ellie price reports from just outside buckingham palace. the party has started already.en't we? we have a garden party going on in buckingham palace as we speak. this is all part of the coronation celebrations. there are several thousand people in the grounds who have walked past as they go and do their thing in the grounds of buckingham palace. before we came on air, a cavalcade of cars came past and we think there could have been somebody royal in there because everyone cheered and was waving although we couldn't quite work out who it was. there are tents being set up three days out from the coronation are then going to introduce you to our ladies that we found to have been here since last night. the weather is much bettertoday, isn't it? it is indeed. where have you ladies come from? i have come from gillingham in north dorset. scotland. and i am from east dorset. so the obvious first question is what on earth are you doing here on wednesday when the coronation doesn't happen until saturday? well, this if we hadn't come yesterday we would not have got this spot. and t

let's go live now to buckingham palace and our correspondent ellie price.ce as we speak as part of the celebrations, several thousand people have walked past us in their glad rags and just before we came an air a cavalcade of cars came past, we think it might be somebody royal because everybody cheered but we could not see who it was. i willjust introduce you to these ladies who have been here since last night. the weather is much better today.— since last night. the weather is| much better today.- why since last night. the weather is i much better today.- why have much better today. indeed. why have ou come much better today. indeed. why have you come from? _ much better today. indeed. why have you come from? north _ much better today. indeed. why have you come from? north dorset. i- much better today. indeed. why have you come from? north dorset. i am l you come from? north dorset. i am from east dorset. _ you come from? north dorset. i am from east dorset. scotland. - you come from? north dorset. i am from east dorset. scotland. the i from east dorset. s

ellie price, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, damien mcguinness, is in berlin, and has more on why germanrvoir in portugal and the surrounding area is the first time in almost a decade that a large—scale search in portugal has been carried out in connection to the disappearance of maddie mccann. german prosecutors appear to be driving this and they are certainly driving the investigation into the prime suspect, christian bruckner, a german citizen who is in prison here in germany for a separate conviction, that of the rape of a 72—year—old woman in portugal in 2005. mr bruckner says he is innocent, but german state prosecutors believe he is guilty and believe that he is connected to the disappearance of maddie mccann. so far they haven't found enough evidence to press charges. they say they have got all sorts of leads, including phone data connecting him to the place where maddie mccann disappeared at that time. but it is not enough to press charges and that is why, for the state prosecutors, the race is on. they want to find enough evidence to press charges before mr bruckner�*s current

ellis this morning, i am honored to be joined by them because they are proof of the price that sometimesds to be paid for telling the truth. that can include censorship, assault, arrest, and imprisonment. please, join me in welcoming today a freelance journalist and a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council. also joining us, an international correspondent for arise news in nigeria, currently a nieman fellow at harvard, university. thank you for joining us. next to her is danny fenster, the editor-at-large of frontier myanmar, and also a nieman fellow at harvard. finally, last but not least, clayton weimer's is the executive director of the u.s. bureau of reporters without borders. thank you for being here this morning speaking about this issue and being willing to share your own stories of what you went through and the insights you now have as a result. want to start with you. you were a belarus journalists. in exile lithuania your government considered you a threat. there is a warrant out for your arrest. i feel like many would becan yot you committed to still covering repression in

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ellie and martin. let's go through some of those headlines in the papers this morning. joining us to do just that is journalist and author ella whelan the broadcaster pete whelan and the broadcaster pete priceking about death threats and the mental newne— death threats and the mental rrewrne rnee— death threats and the mental trauma that he's— death threats and the mental trauma that he's suffered at the name— trauma that he's suffered at the nenee er— trauma that he's suffered at the nenee er ne— trauma that he's suffered at the hands of his role. _ trauma that he's suffered at the hands of his role. /crrt.r:t1�* hands of his role. you can understand that there's a lot on his plate, isn't there ? he's got his plate, isn't there? he's got a deal with, especially, a lot to deal with, especially, you know, in the wake of grenfell terror attacks and grenfell and terror attacks and things like that. and top things like that. and on top of all there's all of that is there's criticism, i mean, criticism, isn't there? i mean, he's his role, he's open to that with his role, but is it is a of one but it is it is a lot of one person of course and i'm i don't think anyone sensible would pooh pooh the