Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro remains in hospital with abdominal pain

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital on Friday (Eraldo Peres/AP)

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred on Saturday by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia after suffering abdominal pain.

Mr Bolsonaro was taken to hospital on Friday morning with abdominal pain while travelling in northeastern Brazil.