The captain, you know, he went on the radio and he's like,

we just want to make sure everyone knows he has a perfect champion on the plane.

On the podium is back with more Olympians and Paralympians sharing their remarkable stories.

On the podium, listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Peachan in the early hours of Saturday 12 August, these are our main stories.

The US Attorney General has given a federal prosecutor extra powers to investigate

President Joe Biden's son Hunter over allegations of improper business dealings overseas.

Police in Brazil have searched the homes of four people connected to the form of

President Jair Bolsonaro as part of an investigation into alleged fraud.

The authorities in Hawaii have begun partially reopening a town on the island of Maui,

it's been devastated by wildfires.

Also in this podcast, state authorities in California have approved the expansion of

driverless taxi services in San Francisco. I have not taken one, I actually called one the other week.

But what happened next will find out later in the Global News Podcast.

First, the prosecutor who filed criminal charges against President Biden's son Hunter

has been given the additional powers of a United States special council.

David Weiss will now investigate whether Hunter Biden engaged in improper business dealings.

Mr Weiss was appointed to the role as special council by the US Attorney General Merrick Garland.

As special council, he will continue to have the authority and responsibility

that he has previously exercised to oversee the investigation and decide where, when, and whether

to file charges. The move comes as Republicans in Congress threaten an impeachment inquiry into

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