england's rugby players are making spots girls who have recently returned from kuwait. final preparations for the world cup final injapan, with the kick off just a few hours away. eddiejones' men will start the match against south africa as favourites to lift the trophy. a public health emergency has been declared in the indian capital delhi because of soaring air pollution levels. all schools have been shut we arranged to meet esther and two until tuesday and face masks are being handed out other girls away from the watchful to millions of pupils. eyes of the traffickers. the city's pollution level is 20 times higher that which the world health organisation considers acceptable. britain has become the latest european country to halt fracking for oil and gas because like fatou, they were all under age of safety concerns. it's been suspended since august when they went to work in kuwait. after tremors in north west england. experts told ministers they could not predict how often or how strong future tremors might be.

the company whirlpool has been criticised for the time it's taken to deal with potentially dangerous tumble dryers that have been linked to a spate of fires. mps on the business select committee say it's disgraceful that some customers who've been the victims of fires have been made to sign non—disclosure agreements to get compensation from the company. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. i've got some washing for you. caught up in the four—year process so far of whirlpool sorting out its danger dryers, stevie—jo from west london battled to get hers replaced, then found even the replacement was one of the models in kuwait, it is a crime for at risk of catching fire. it's scary to think that they've domestic workers to run away from taken so long to sort their employers, and many end up in this problem out. prison. that is where these goals eventually, after hounding them, i received a free—of—charge met. eventually, they were bailed replacement. out by their families. we wanted to i checked online to make sure know if they had seen fatou while that it wasn't on the recall list, they were in kuwait. after all the hassle that i'd had. lo and behold, it was on the recall list.

this has been the fear — a spate of fires like one in london's shepherds bush blamed on faulty dryers. we also show them the for sale app. the brands affected include hotpoint, indesit and swan. the company revealed to mps in the summer that up to 800,000 could still be in use. so i apologise to you for whatever distress... in their evidence, whirlpool said sorry to one customer they had made sign a nondisclosure agreement, attempting to silence her in exchange for getting compensation. when it came to adding the cost up for everything, as well, i felt like a criminal, like i were being questioned. their experiences have been moved gemma had had to get her baby and toddler out of the house multiple times between employers without any choice bear the signs of when her dryer caught light. as i opened the door and saw being bought and sold via the apps. the flames, i had to grab him and get out, and i had to get my son to help me grab my daughter out. i think it is absolutely appalling the majority of migrant domestic that whirlpool not only workers, women workers, are extremely vulnerable to exploitation was responsible for fires in people's homes, but then tried in modern slavery. here, we see an to stop them from speaking about it,

because we all know that the most powerful thing in terms of getting example of the hard digital those machines out of homes is others speaking technology is used negatively to violate their fundamental human about their experience. that's what encourages people rights. if google, apple, facebook to check their own machine. 01’ rights. if google, apple, facebook orany rights. if google, apple, facebook or any other companies are hosting whirlpool told us... apps like these, they have to be held accountable. what they are doing is promoting an online slave market. google, apple and facebook their factory near bristol all claim they prohibit human is producing a new dryer every ten trafficking on their platforms. but seconds to provide the safer replacements it is now we found thousands of domestic obliged to offer. workers being illegally sold using discriminant tree language on that is under the terms of the full facebook and instagram and apps product recall which the government hosted by google and apple. this is imposed three months ago. simon gompertz, bbc news. in clear violation of their own terms of service and international now on bbc news: our world. in the gulf, women employed law. in a statement, facebook, which as domestic workers are being sold on apps provided owns instagram, told us: by google and apple. it's been called an online slave market.

in kuwait, 90% of households employ but we found hundreds of accounts domestic workers. bbc news arabic still active using similar hashtags to sell domestic workers. for sale told the bbc... back in kuwait, we and our world go undercover in kuwait to reveal a disturbing illegal online trade in domestic workers. it's been called an online slave market. when i stab with my mother asleep me and the cows. we re told the bbc... back in kuwait, we were advised to take a video to the authorities to see if they can help find fatou. in this trade is taking place on apps hosted by the world ‘s biggest tech giants. what they're doing illegal, if google, apple, facebook oi’ illegal, if google, apple, facebook orany illegal, if google, apple, facebook or any other company is promoting apps like these, they are promoting an online slave market.

there are more than 700,000 domestic workers in kuwait. the government passed a new law giving domestic workers more rights and imposing stricter regulations on this multibillion dollar industry. but it has generated a lot of controversy on tv and social media. ten days later, the oed authorities contact ann. there is good news. they have found fatou. these new laws may have pushed many

to turn to a booming industry. by domestic workers can be bought and sold online. all you need is a smartphone. 0ur babysitter imposes a we arrive at the state—run for husband—and—wife looking to buy a domestic workers. a government domestic worker. ready? for their official is present and we are not allowed to film ann's meeting with safety we cannot reveal their fatou. there are more than 200 domestic workers in this shelter. identities. they download an app many are involved in court battles to decide theirfate. many are involved in court battles to decide their fate. as a minor, fatou is likely to be deported. 0ne called for sale, the most popular commodity up in kuwait, it's available on the apple app store and hour later, ann returns. google they amongst washing machines and tvs, there is a dedicated section where you can buy a domestic worker.

fatou told ann she had been in kuwait for nine months and worked for three households. but during that time, she had only received two months's salary. 0ur undercover team get ready to meet the seller. fatou is back in guinea.

her uncle and grandmother cannot afford to look after her so she is living with an adopted family. fatou did not want to share her face on camera but she wanted her story to be heard. the seller and our mall report outside for a cigarette. fatou is looking forward to rebuilding her life and going back to school. in the gulf, a domestic worker's she has managed to escape a life in visa is tied to the so—called kuwait but fatou is just one victim of today's online slave market. back sponsor visa is tied to the so—called sponsor or employer. they cannot quit theirjobs or leave the country without the sponsor ‘s leaving many women trapped. in kuwait, the policeman and the woman who tried to sell us fatou declined to comment. and no legal action has been taken against them.

as yet, regulations have been introduced to tackle the online market in domestic workers in kuwait. following our investigation, asale removed its domestic workers section. both google and apple told this policeman was breaking the law. the bbc that this type of behaviour he was trying to sell us his had no place on their application stores and that they are working with app developers to better prevent illegal activity like this domestic worker. he confiscated her on their platforms. but thousands of passport and didn't give her a day. all of which is illegal in kuwait. women and girls continue to be 0ver all of which is illegal in kuwait. over the course of the week, our bought and sold online. undercover team spoke to 57 users of the commodity up, asale. the apathy filter by race, by letting international law and collating law. women advertised to be us dollars.

—— between 2500 and $5,000. hello there. saturday threatens to bring rather stormy weather across some parts of the uk — a combination of gales and heavy rain, which could well cause some travel disruption. your bbc local radio station will always keep you up to date with things where you are. the culprit — an area of low pressure. you can see the clouds swirling here on the satellite picture, and as this area of low pressure has been approaching the british isles, it has been deepening. you can see on its southern flank particularly, a lot of white lines squeezing together, a lot of isobars. that shows a swathe of very strong it's not only happening in kuwait, winds which will continue to develop through the first parts of the day. some heavy rain pushing in as well and asale is not the only app being to wales in the south—west. used. in saudi arabia, where the employment system makes domestic workers are equally vulnerable, we found hundreds of women being sold that's where we'll have the strongest winds on another popular commodity up. and through the first part of the morning. on another popular commodity up. and on facebook and instagram, we found gusts of maybe 70—80 hundreds more. a new ad appears on mph for exposed coasts. through the day, those swathes of strong winds will head further east through southern england, up into the south midlands and parts

of east anglia as well. 4sale, an african domestic worker gusts of 50—60 miles an hour, for 3800 us dollars. possibly 65 or a little stronger than that for exposed coasts. we will have strong and potentially damaging winds. we'll also have some outbreaks of heavy rain drifting slowly east and north through the day. there will be parts of northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland that see a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine and lighter winds as well. but across northern scotland, here we will have heavy and persistent and potentially flooding rain, with easterly winds gusting to 50—60mph. again, that could cause some problems. lots going on with the weather through the day ahead, 0ur undercover team travel to meet top temperatures of 10—13. the winds will only slowly ease the seller. nothing can prepare them as we go through the evening, but into the early hours of sunday, it will be a little calmer out there. for what happens next. still some outbreaks of rain and temperatures between six and nine degrees. so low pressure still in charge of the scene on sunday but not as many of those white lines, isobars, around the lows. that means the winds

will be a bit lighter. we will still see showers or longer spells of rain at times, but it's certainly not all doom and gloom if you are planning to head out on sunday, because you can see some breaks in the cloud. there will be some spells of sunshine. top temperatures on sunday between 11 and 1a. it stays unsettled into the start of the new week. the employer admits she is selling a child. in kuwait, anyone who is in who employs a domestic worker under 21 convey six months in prison. —— can face six months in prison.

she was a child for sale, deprived of her passport by her employer. but not allowed any time. all of which is illegal in kuwait. this is bbc world news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: the countdown is on for the rugby world cup — the seller sends us the passport of england take on south the 16—year—old girl, who we will africa for the final — call fatou. we've got the latest from japan. live in central tokyo from where the so fatou was evidently a victim of trafficking, even before she arrived tea m live in central tokyo from where the team will depart bound for yokohama, in kuwait. 0nce the game of their lives and perhaps trafficking, even before she arrived a second world cup title. in kuwait. once you sold on, it might be impossible to find her britain bans fracking to extract shale gas because of concerns again. we took a video of fatou to about the link between drilling and earthquakes. someone we hope could help. beto o'rourke out of the race — the texan democrat hopeful announces he's giving up on his

american presidential dream. the red bush herbal tea that's become a money spinner for local indigenous people in south africa. and is a domestic worker from that of the prince, she runs an organisation which has rescued thousands of women from abusive households. and she contact the embassy for assistance. she doesn't wa nt to embassy for assistance. she doesn't want to involve the croatian authorities as it often results in the arrest of the domestic worker. but as time passes and no progress is made through the canadian embassy, and decides to contact the seller directly.

it was chance we hadn't come across this child for sale and already, she was lost. guinea. dozens of girls are trafficked from here each year the workers domestic workers in the gulf. it is often the last resort

for many families trying to escape poverty. we have arranged to meet a trafficker to see if he may have information about fatou. he agrees to talk to us, as long as we conceal his identity. as we are filming, he