The Latest Breaking News from McCanns

Julia Wandelt, 22, from Poland, has been making claims she could be the missing youngster this week.

Julia Wandelt went viral after posting on social media, claiming that she is Madeleine McCann, who d­isappeared in May 2007. She now claims that missing girl’s family have asked her to take a DNA test.

German prosecutors have said Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the case, has been charged with separate offences of rape and child sex abuse.

Lawyers for Kate and Gerry McCann had argued that Portuguese authorities had breached their right to respect for a private and family life in the way the courts there dealt with their libel claims against Goncalo Amaral.

Child vanished from Portuguese holiday resort 15 years ago and never found but emergence of new suspect has brought fresh hope of answers and closure

But Kate and Gerry McCann said the focus is now rightly on the search for their daughter and her abductor(s).

Portuguese police have formally identified German national Christian Brueckner as a murder suspect

The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost the latest stage of their legal battle over comments made by a retired Portuguese detective claiming they were involved in her disappearance. Lawyers for Kate and Gerry McCann argued that Portuguese authorities had breached their right to respect for a private and family…

He had claimed that the McCanns were involved in their daughter Madeleine's disappearance