I was working in a coffee shop in Boston to help pay rent while I was training for the trials

and so people kept joking and they were like oh yeah she just took a two-hour coffee break

and went and ran the Olympic trials bare at that. On the podium is back with more Olympians

and Paralympians sharing their journeys to the top. On the podium from the BBC World Service,

listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World

Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 15th of August, these are our

main stories. We're in Washington for reaction after prosecutors in the US State of Georgia

charged 19 people including former President Donald Trump in connection with the 2020 election.

British police have arrested and charged three Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying for Russia.

Spain are through to the final of the women's world cup after beating Sweden 21.

Also in this podcast two years on from the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan,

women in the country tell us about their lives. Right in front of this restaurant there's a building,

it used to be the Ministry of Women's Affairs but guess what the Taliban government has turned

into the Ministry of Vice and Virtuno. And why the true story that inspired the Oscar-winning film

The Blind Side has taken a much darker turn. We begin with Donald Trump. He's already the first

former US President to face criminal charges and now he's facing a further tranche of allegations.

Donald Trump and 18 of his closest allies have been indicted on state racketeering and conspiracy

charges in the state of Georgia over alleged efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential

election. The Fulton County District Attorney is funny with us. A Fulton County grand jury returned

a true bill of indictment charging 19 individuals with violations of Georgia law arising from a

criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in this state.

The Democratic Congressman Adam Smith, one of Mr. Trump's political opponents, gave the BBC his

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