Portuguese police aided by German and British officers have resumed their search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in the country’s southern Algarve region 16 years ago.

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FILE - This undated file photo shows Madeleine McCann. British police said on Wednesday June 3, 2020, a German man has been identified as a suspect in the case of a 3-year-old British girl who disappeared 13 years ago while on a family holiday in Portugal. (AP Photo/File)LONDON British police said Wednesday a German man has been identified as a suspect in the case of a 3-year-old British girl who disappeared 13 years ago while on holiday in Portugal. Officers were tipped off about the German suspect following a 2017 appeal, 10 years after the girl went missing. German police are treating Madeleines disappearance as a murder investigation but Britains Metropolitan Police has always considered the case a missing persons inquiry.