but german police, who are leading the investigation, are treating it as a murder inquiry. madeleine mccann vanished from her room at the ocean club in praia da luz on the 3rd of may, 2007, as her parents were in a restaurant 100 yards away. despite months of extensive searching, no trace was found. in 2008, a private search of the reservoir funded by a portuguese lawyer found a bag of small bones, but they were not said to be of interest in the case. it is here that police will search again tomorrow. the surrounding area of the arade dam is around 50 kilometres away from where the family were staying. it is a place said to have been visited by this man. christian bruckner is being treated as a suspect by portuguese and german police. he is currently serving seven years in prison for the rape of a woman in portugal in 2005. he has never been charged over madeleine s disappearance and has denied any involvement, but he lived near praia da luz when the mccann family was on holiday.
city is about 100 millimetres, that s extreme rainfall but it s not the first time we ve seen that. so far this month we had not one lot across the start of the month, the second and 3rd of may, another one over recent days, more extreme rain this weekend, and that follows an extreme drought last year that was declared a state of emergency in parts of italy so that is the pattern that we see with climate change, these extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent and i think that s a good example. today, across the uk, we ve got a weak weather front moving into an area of high pressure. that s going to be bringing a bit of damp weather for west scotland and northern ireland, nothing significant really. england and wales a lot of dry and bright weather with hazy sunshine, a few showers developing from the washed down to southern england. the shower is not thundery but could be on the sharp side. temperatures in the brighter spells reaching the high teens, winds light. over
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to him that he had decided how and when this would happen without janice s consent. he had said that that was not true, he wanted her to calm down and waited eight or nine days for her to change her mind. i hope she would. there was no premeditation. this is really important because his legal team have always been arguing that this was not premeditated murder. assisted suicide it doesn t exist in cyprus which is why they were trying to change the charge to manslaughter. that was unsuccessful and that was because a judge said that the court had previously heard that the court had previously heard that janice that the court had previously heard thatjanice hunter was that the court had previously heard that janice hunter was suffocated over her mouth and nose and that was enough evidence to continue the trial on premeditated charges. the hearing has finished here in paphos for today. we spoke to his daughter who is following events in the uk. she says it has been an emotional experience t