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German prosecutors say investigators found on the attacker's phone a video pledging allegiance to ISIL, suggesting motive for the Berlin Pride attack; 21-year-old Abdul Ballout was killed by police after ramming a crowd with a van and wielding a machete, and investigators note his ISIL contacts, a 2025 trip to Lebanon to join ISIL in Syria, and a prior juvenile court conviction for planned violence.
German prosecutors have secured some items during a search of a reservoir in Portugal in the hunt for missing British girl Madeleine McCann, which they will evaluate in the coming days and weeks. The convicted child abuser and drug dealer, Christian Brueckner, has been named as an official suspect in McCann's disappearance, but he has denied any involvement. No body has been found, and the investigations against the 46-year-old suspect will likely last a long time still, according to German prosecutors.