Kate and Gerry McCann are back in Portugal today for the latest hearing in their ongoing libel trial against a former police chief.

The parents of Madeleine McCann have branded the latest delay in their libel case against former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral as a "blatant and cynical" attempt to hold up the trial after he sacked his legal team.

Kate and Gerry McCann have criticised the former police officer in charge of the hunt for their missing daughter after he delayed their libel action against him again.

Kate and Gerry McCann will appear in a Portuguese court today to deliver personal statements on how accusations in a former police chief’s book have affected them.

Kate McCann has asked to give evidence at the Portuguese libel trial over a book by a former local police chief.

The McCanns’ pain over the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine was “multiplied 100 times” by a book by a former Portuguese police chief, a court has heard.

Libel proceedings brought by the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann against a former Portuguese detective who wrote a book about the case have been abruptly suspended.

The mother of missing Madeleine McCann has said she is in Portugal to “stop the damage” she believes is being caused to the search for her daughter by a former local police chief.

Kate and Gerry McCann today criticised the “heartbreaking” failure by police to investigate new leads in their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance as they called for a full case review.

Kate and Gerry McCann will speak publicly for the first time today about a Portuguese court’s decision to uphold a ban on a book claiming their daughter Madeleine is dead.

FORMER Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral yesterday lost an attempt to overturn a ban on his book claiming that Madeleine McCann is dead.

Former Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral today lost an attempt to overturn a ban on his book claiming that Madeleine McCann is dead, a spokeswoman for the child’s parents said.

Gerry and Kate McCann will have to wait until next week to find out if a former senior detective has succeeded in overturning the couple's ban on his book after a court hearing in Portugal ended without a decision today.

MADELEINE McCann’s parents will lodge a complaint with Portuguese police alleging that former detective Goncalo Amaral broke his country’s strict judicial secrecy laws, the couple’s lawyer said.

Madeleine McCann’s parents will lodge a complaint with Portuguese police alleging that former detective Goncalo Amaral broke his country’s strict judicial secrecy laws, the couple’s lawyer has said.

KATE McCann admitted yesterday that listening to claims that she faked her daughter Madeleine’s abduction was difficult – but said nothing could be as bad as losing her child.

Goncalo Amaral vowed today to appeal to Europe if he loses a legal battle over his book which claims that Madeleine McCann is dead.

Kate McCann admitted today that listening to claims that she faked her daughter Madeleine's abduction was difficult - but said nothing could be as bad as losing her child.

GERRY McCANN yesterday defended his legal action against a Portuguese detective who led the investigation into his daughter’s disappearance, saying his book had damaged the search for Madeleine.

Gerry McCann angrily dismissed Portuguese detectives' claims that his daughter Madeleine is dead as he arrived at court today.

PORTUGUESE police believed Madeleine McCann died in her family’s holiday flat and that her parents faked her abduction, a court heard yesterday.

Portuguese police believed Madeleine McCann died in her family’s holiday flat and that her parents faked her abduction, a court heard today.

A libel trial will start today of a former senior Portuguese detective who published a book alleging that Madeleine McCann died inside her parents’ apartment.

KATE and Gerry McCann returned to Portugal yesterday for the libel trial of the former Portuguese detective who headed the investigation into their daughter, Madeleine’s, disappearance.

KATE McCANN felt closer to her missing daughter Madeleine after returning to Praia da Luz for the first time since she was named a prime suspect by police investigating the little girl’s disappearance, she has said.

A LIBEL trial against a policeman in Portugal who claimed missing British girl Madeleine McCann was dead and that her parents could have hidden the corpse opened yesterday but was immediately postponed.

A Lisbon court has postponed the start of a libel action brought by the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann against a former Portuguese detective.

The libel trial of a Portuguese policeman who published a book including claims missing Madeleine McCann was dead is set to start today.

THE decision of a Portuguese policeman to launch his second book on the day a libel trial is to start concerning his first book on Madeleine McCann was described as “regrettable” by her parents’ spokesman yesterday.

Madeleine McCann’s parents will fly to Portugal tomorrow for the start of a libel trial against former Portuguese policeman Goncalo Amaral.

Kate McCann has spoken of how she cries every day for her missing daughter Madeleine.

MADELEINE McCann’s parents were told yesterday they could receive more than £1 million (€1.1m) compensation from a former police detective who claimed she was dead.

A PORTUGUESE judge has banned further sales or publications of a former policeman’s book which claimed Madeleine McCann is dead, a spokesman for the missing girl’s parents said.

BRAZILIAN Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said last night a 5-kilometre path of wreckage found in the Atlantic is confirmation that an Air France jet that carried 228 people crashed in the ocean.

An Air France jet missing with 228 people - including three Irish citizens - on board ran into a towering wall of thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean, officials said tonight.

THE parents of Madeleine McCann are preparing to sue the disgraced former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral.

KATE McCann has strongly criticised the Portuguese detective who named her and her husband Gerry as suspects in their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

Gerry and Kate McCann were given fresh heartbreak today as they waited to learn whether they will be cleared of involvement in their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

A young girl with feet so deformed they appear almost backward is hoping surgeons can transform her life.

Tourists who stayed at the resort where Madeleine McCann went missing have been asked to provide DNA samples and fingerprints, it was reported last night.

The new head of the Portuguese police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann should “refocus” the inquiry on finding the youngster, the family’s spokesman said today.

Drug and people smugglers have established a number of illegal routes from Morocco to Portugal which could be used to traffic people out of Europe.

Violence erupted again yesterday in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince as the decapitated bodies of three police were found, bringing the death toll to at least seven people in two days of protests by Haitians demanding the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.