russia is preparing for a major ukrainian offensive, with vast defenses set up in key areas in the south of the country, including crimea. we ll have all the details from our new bbc verify team it s been investigating. also on the programme. we will bring you the latest updates on the search for madeleine mccann, who disappeared in southern portugal in 2007. police are to search around a reservoir near where the british three year old girl went missing. and we ll look at the political headaches that greeted joe biden and rishi sunak on their return from the g7 leaders summit injapan. the prime minister has met with his ethics adviser over what to do about suella braverman. the home secretary was caught speeding in 2022 and asked the civil service for advice on arranging a private speed awareness course. she says she s confident nothing untoward happened . meanwhile, president biden returns to the negotiating table in washington for talks with the republican house speaker
facing onto the street while they were eating with friends at the hotel restaurant. local media reports say that detectives will begin a search at the arade dam a man made reservoir, about 50 kilometres from praia da luz on tuesday morning. so far, there s been no official comment from the portuguese, german, or british police, and the mccann family has not released any new statement. 0ur reporter ellie price has the details. 16 years after madeleine mccann disappeared, a new hunt for answers. local media reported this area was sealed off ahead of the search, expected to start tomorrow morning. it will be the first major search in this case since 2014. madeleine mccann disappeared days before her fourth birthday. despite her case being one of the most high profile missing person cases ever, no one has been charged in connection with her disappearance. her parents, kate and gerry, have always maintained hope of finding their daughter.
fascinating to talk to you. thanks, then. we will talk about that a little more in the programme. but also developing tonight. police in portugal are investigating a new lead in the disappearance of madeleine mccann the british three year old who disappeared while on a family holiday in southern portugal. specialist teams will carry out a search of a reservoir. parts of the area have already been cordoned off with what appear to be forensic tents set up. it s not yet clear if the search will concentrate on the land around the reservoir or the water itself. it follows a request by police in germany, who have tracked the movements of this man, christian bruckner, back in 2007. he s the german national who was made a formal suspect by portugese police last year. he s denied any involvement and has never been charged in connection with the incident. he s known to have been in portugal s southern algarve region when the mccanns were on holiday there. they say their daughter went missing f
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.
though, as you may know, is just the latest in a series of ceasefire announcements, none of which in the past have been previously upheld. the difference this time, though, you may have heard that formal talks have been brokered by saudi arabia. this ceasefire is the result of those talks. saudi arabia and the us involved, so it is hoped that the humanitarian ceasefire could allow more people to escape and for aid to be brought in for people who are still there caught in the fighting. so that, the announcement of a new seven day ceasefire in sudan. around the world and across the uk, you re watching bbc news. let s look at some stories making news across the uk. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are to carry out searches at a reservoir in portugal. a search of the arade dam will begin on tuesday, 50km from where the toddler went missing in praia da luz in 2007. christian brueckner, a5, was made a formal suspect,