former brazilian presidentjair bolsonaro is being questioning by federal police. them as official gifts by saudi arabia. police are investigating allegations that members of the former president's inner circle sold off official gifts for bolsonaro's "illicit enrichment." thursday's interrogation of bolsonaro is his sixth since leaving office at the end of 2022. police in norfolk in nebraska pulled over a car for having a huge bull standing in its passenger seat. the car had half of its roof cut off to fit the animal in. the man driving the car was given a warning by police, and was ordered to take the bull back home. luckily, no—one was injured. andrew pfeifer, who actually found the bull in the car and filmed the footage you saw on screen, says it was quite the sight to behold. i hopped in the car and i drove west for a solid 10, 15 minutes, watching the cars pass by — nothing, nothing. and sure enough, i kind of see this little black speck in the distance get closer and closer, and i'm like, that is a full—grown bull. and eventually i pulled a u—turn, pulled up

federal agents in brazil have searched the homes of four individuals linked to the former presidentjair bolsonaroigation into embezzlement and money laundering allegations. police say mr bolsonaro took at least $1 million in official gifts given by the leaders of other nations during his term in office. the former president denies any wrongdoing. you're live with bbc news. in a surprise announcement friday, us attorney general merrick garland named a special prosecutor in the investigation of president joe biden�*s son, hunter biden. garland named david weiss, a trump—appointed us attorney for delaware, who has been leading the inquiry into hunter biden�*s business dealings. mr weiss will now continue overseeing the hunter biden probe in delaware — independent from the day—to—day supervision of the justice department. now, a special counsel appointment usually comes about when the justice department feels it has a conflict of interest or wants to avoid political entanglement. mr weiss will now be provided with extra resources. he'll also be able to issue subpoenas, search warrants and indictments

that includes reversing the deforestation that was rising under his predecessor, presidentjair bolsonaroook at the numbers, he's doing a very good job because the national space agency has said that injuly of 2023, there's been a 66% drop compared tojuly of 2022. and if you look at the last few months, that's a drop, a trend that we've been seeing. now, he's also committed to zero deforestation by 2030. so how is he going about things like this? well, he's looking to tackle things like mining and illegal logging. and if you look at the fines in the first seven months of 2023, they've already risen by nearly 150%. so those are really big actions that he's taking in a short amount of time. now, the outcome of the summit isn'tjust important to those who are looking at combating climate change. it's also hugely important to indigenous leaders and activists who are looking at protecting their ancestral land. and so while the results of this summit are currently unknown, there's a lot of hope in terms of what this could mean for the amazon itself. so, do the scientists share that hope — and ho

under brazil's former presidentjair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon were seen.e on the map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022. that's in the state where the summit is. but new data shows a positive shift. deforestation in the amazon fell by 66% last month compared to the a year before. it is now in its lowest rate in six years. our correspondent katy watson is in the amazon at the summit. virgin forest still exists here in the amazon but every day the illegal loggers get closer. from up high you can see the damage done. large patches of land totally cleared. this part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. underjair bolsonaro, country. under jair bolsonaro, illegal logging country. underjair bolsonaro, illegal logging sword. president lula da silva has promised to fix the problem. translation: the challen . es the problem. translation: the challenges of _ the problem. translation: tue: challenges of our the problem. translation: tte: challenges of our era the problem. translation: t'te: challenges of our era and the p