this is bbc world news. the headlines. south africa is celebrating after becoming rugby world cup champions for a third time in the tournament's history. the springboks beat england 32—12 in the final injapan, a victory led by the team's first black captain. a car bomb has killed at least 13 people in the syrian town of tal abyad, close to the turkish border. the town is occupied by turkish forces. ankara blames kurdish militants for the attack. thousands of pro—democracy protesters in hong kong have once again clashed with police. activists, many of them wearing masks, hurled bricks, blocked roads and set fire to a metro station.

conservatives in the german city of dresden have criticised this week's decision by the city council to declare a nazi state of emergency. the move was the idea of a councillor from what began as a spoof party. at ten o'clock, kate silverton will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first, it is time for our world. in the gulf, women employed as domestic workers are being sold on apps provided by google and apple. it's been called an online slave market. in kuwait, 90% of households employ a domestic worker. bbc news arabic 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. and this trade is taking place on apps hosted by some of the world's biggest tech giants. what they're doing is 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. in 2015, the government here passed

a new law giving domestic workers more rights, and imposing stricter regulations on this multibillion dollar industry. but it's generated a lot of controversy on tv and on social media. these new laws may have pushed many to turn to a booming new industry, where domestic workers can be bought and sold online. all you need is a smartphone. 0ur bbc team poses a husband

and wife looking to buy a domestic worker. for their safety we cannot reveal their identities. they download an app called 4sale, the most popular commodity app in kuwait. it's available on the apple app store and google play. amongst cars, washing machines and tvs, there is a dedicated section where you can buy a domestic worker.

0ur undercover team get ready to meet the seller.

the seller invites our male reporter outside for a cigarette. in the gulf, a domestic worker's visa is tied to their so—called sponsor or employer. they cannot quit theirjob or leave the country without their sponsor's permission, leaving many women trapped.

this policeman was breaking the law. he was trying to sell us his domestic worker. he'd confiscated her passport and didn't give her a day off — all of which is illegal in kuwait. over the course of the week, our undercover team spoke to 57 users of the commodity app, asale. the app lets you filter by race, violating international law and kuwaiti law. women are advertised at between 2,500 and us$5,000.

it's not only happening in kuwait, and asale is not the only app being used. in saudi arabia, where the employment system makes domestic workers equally vulnerable, we found hundreds of women being sold on another popular commodity app, called haraj. and on facebook and instagram, we found hundreds more. a new ad appears on 4sale, an african domestic workerfor us$3,800.

0ur undercover team travel to meet the seller. nothing can prepare them for what happens next.

the employer admits she is selling a child. in kuwait, anyone who employs a domestic worker under 21 can face six months in prison. she was a child for sale, deprived of her passport by her employer, and not allowed any time off —

all of which is illegal in kuwait. the seller sends us the passport of the 16—year—old girl, who we will call fatou. so fatou was evidently a victim of trafficking, even before she arrived in kuwait. 0nce she's sold on, it might be impossible to find her again. we took our video of fatou to someone we hoped could help. ann abunda is a former domestic worker from the philippines.

she now runs an organisation called sandigan, which has rescued thousands of women from abusive households. ann contacts the guinean embassy for assistance. she doesn't want to involve the kuwaiti authorities, as it often results in the arrest of the domestic worker. but as time passes and no progress is made through the guinean embassy, ann decides to contact the seller directly.

it was chance we'd come across this child for sale and already, she was lost. conakry, guinea. thousands of girls are trafficked from here each year to work as domestic workers in the gulf. it's often the last resort for many families trying to escape poverty. we've arranged to meet a trafficker to see if he might have information about fatou. he agrees to talk to us,

as long as we conceal his identity. as we're filming, he spots some girls who've recently returned from kuwait. we arrange to meet esther and two other girls away from the watchful eyes of the traffickers.

like fatou, they were all underage when they went to work in kuwait.

in kuwait, it's a crime for domestic workers to run away from their employers, and many end up in prison. that's where biba, nana and esther met. eventually, they were bailed out by their families. we wanted to know if they'd seen fatou while they were in kuwait. we also show them the asale app.

their experiences of being moved multiple times between employers without any choice bear the signs of being bought and sold via the apps. the majority of migrant domestic workers, women workers, are extremely vulnerable to exploitation in modern slavery. here, we see an example of how digital technology is used negatively to violate their fundamental human rights. if google, apple, facebook or any other companies are hosting apps like these, they have to be held accountable. what they are doing is promoting an online slave market. google, apple and facebook all claim that they prohibit human trafficking on their platforms.

but we found thousands of domestic workers being illegally sold using discriminatory language on facebook—owned instagram and apps hosted by google and apple. this is in clear violation of their own terms of service, and international law. in a statement, facebook, which owns instagram, told us:. but we found hundreds of accounts still active using similar hashtags to sell domestic workers. asale told the bbc:. back in kuwait, we were

advised to take our video to the authorities to see if they can help find fatou.

ten days later, the kuwaiti authorities contact ann. there's good news. they've found fatou. we arrive at the state—run shelter for domestic workers. a government official is present and we're not allowed to film ann's meeting with fatou. there are more than 200 domestic

workers in this shelter. many are involved in court battles to decide theirfate. as a minor, fatou is likely to be deported. an hour later, ann returns. fatou told ann she'd been in kuwait for nine months and worked for three households. but during that time, she'd only received two months‘ salary.

fatou is back in guinea. her uncle and grandmother can't afford to take care of her, so she's living with an adopted family. fatou didn't want to show her face on camera, but she wants her story to be heard.

fatou is looking forward to rebuilding her life and going back to school. she has managed to escape her life in kuwait, but fatou isjust one victim of today's online slave market. back 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, no new 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 the bbc that this type of behaviour had no place on their application stores, and that they are working with app developers to better prevent

illegal activity like this on their platforms. but thousands of women and girls continue to be bought and sold online. hello. we had some very lively weather for the first half of the weekend. saturday brought some heavy rain and some really strong winds, too. these are some of the gusts that were recorded on saturday. 109

mph at the needles on the isle of wight, shoreham in west sussex, still at 66 mph. the weather has caused some significant disruption. through the week ahead, we are not expecting wind speeds similar to what we had on saturday. rain at times and things will be turning colder through the middle part of the week. but it won't be as windy as it has been. 0n the week. but it won't be as windy as it has been. on sunday, we still have low pressure very much with us but not so many isobars on the map so but not so many isobars on the map so light wind across the uk during the day on sunday. still a few blustery showers around, particularly for northern and eastern scotland and parts of northern england and also working in from the south—west later in the day, a few more showers. in between, quite a lot of dry weather for much of northern ireland, north wales, down towards east anglia and the south—east. temperatures are still on the mild side, 10—14dc on sunday although it will turn cooler later in the week. moving through sunday night and into the new working week, this very slow moving area of low pressure is still sitting across the uk. further weather fronts rotating around it. that means for monday, we

are set to see a similar kind of data sunday. more showery rain, especially for eastern scotland and eastern england, northern ireland and down towards the southern parts of england, we could well see some heavy and thundery showers around. in between, quite a bit of dry weather so we are likely to see some sunshine for east anglia, through to the midlands. 10—13dc, still relatively mild through the day on monday. eventually, we will start to see this area of low pressure starting to squeeze away towards the near continent as we headed to tuesday. the isobars turning to a more northerly direction so the wind coming in from the north, a different feel to the weather as we go through tuesday. probably the best of the sunshine for western scotland, northern ireland, down towards wales and the south—west. a few more showers lingering towards the east. looking at single figures across much of scotland, but still double figures for the rest of the uk on tuesday. looking further ahead towards the middle of the week, the yellow colours, the mild air gets squeezed away towards the south. you will notice the blue colour is

returning to the map. colder air to start wednesday and a frost likely first thing as well as mist and fog patches. wednesday is probably the best day of the week ahead. we are expecting quite a good deal of dry and sunny weather, a bit of rain working in from the west later in the day. but temperatures are showing we are back into single figures, perhapsjust showing we are back into single figures, perhaps just touching double figures in the south—west. wednesday to thursday, the blue colour still very much with us but there will be weather fronts starting to try to work in from the west which means during the day on thursday, we are set to see a bit of rain. some uncertainty about the positioning of this area of rain by the time we get to thursday can most likely across southern and western parts of the uk. look at the temperatures, again, most of us down in single figures. that is because the jet stream which delivers our weather systems will be sitting towards the south, quite often, over much of the coming week or so so we are on the cold edge of the jet stream. at times, low pressure systems will move gradually south—eastwards in the flow but towards the end of the period, we are expecting higher pressure. high

pressure a cross are expecting higher pressure. high pressure across scandinavia and another one close to the azores. 0ver another one close to the azores. over the next ten days also, things starting pretty unsettled. it will turn colder later and then perhaps towards the end of the period, a little bit drier, too. that is it 110w. little bit drier, too. that is it now. goodbye.

this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 10: celebration for south africa as they beat england to lift the rugby world cup injapan, bringing jubilation to fans. bitter disappointment for england fans but, for some, a chance to remember the exciting performances that made them believe they could win the world cup. the best english team we've ever seen, the best mentality, the best players, but you cannot take away from south africa. unreal, unreal. the government halts fracking for gas in england until there's evidence the controversial process is safe. high winds and rain sweep across southern england and wales,