hello and thanks forjoining us. lots to get through. we start at the women's world cup in australia and new zealand, where the line—up for the knockout stages is almost complete, but the last 16 will be missing two majorfootballing nations. brazil and italy are both out after failing to get out of their groups, on a day to rememberforjamaica and south africa. imran sidat has more. not many observers gave jamaica a chance of making the knockout stages, but they knew a draw against brazil will see them qualify. and they were soon under the cosh, with the legendary marta going close. it was a game of few chances, with the jamaicans hoping they wouldn't pay for khadija shaw's miss.

but the reggae girlz held firm despite a late scare and they got the draw they needed to progress and send the mighty brazilians out. like i said, as players and staff, we know that we've got a real togetherness and a family feel within our group. we're resilient and we had a point to prove. and for months, we've been saying it — "we're getting "out of this group" — and we've proven just that, and i was proud of everyone for sticking together and having that mentality and mindset. elsewhere in the group, panama were yet to score a goal, but marta cox soon changed that with one of the strikes of the tournament — a moment she'll never forget. the french had their shooting boots on, though, and came storming back — kadi diani's hat—trick sealing a 6—3 win and top spot in group f. in wellington, south africa and italy served up a five—goal cracker. benedetta orsi's spectacular own goal levelled the match at 1—1.

hildah magaia put south africa ahead, but the joy was short—lived, as italy levelled soon after. at that point, italy were through, but up stepped thembi kgatlana to edge her name into south african history forever with a 92nd—minute winner, an incredible show of character after the death of three of herfamily members in recent weeks. history has been made today, and it feels amazing. i really can't explain how i'm feeling, but i can really thank the team—mates and the coaching staff and the planning that we had to beat italy today. sweden won the group after a 2—0 victory against argentina, to set up a mouthwatering clash against the usa on monday, as the excitement builds for the knockout stages. imran sidat, bbc news. so an amazing day for jamaica and south africa, but a sad one for brazil and for their legendary striker marta. her country's early exit from the tournament saw her bring down the curtain on her international career, having played in six world cups.

translation: women's soccer doesn't end here. brazilian women's soccer doesn't end here. we need to understand that. people who like to watch our work, people who support, they'll continue to support us, but those who don't like it can criticise because that's normal, and we have to know how to deal with criticism. it's life that will go on, but soccer is soccer. well, on thursday, germany will be aiming to avoid becoming another big—name nation — like brazil and italy — to exit the tournament early. to do that, they'll need to avoid defeat against south korea to secure their place in the last 16, whilst a win could see them top the group if colombia lose against morocco. translation: | can only - emphasise that we have a very good atmosphere in our team. we talk about things, we have constructive criticism. we don't have to create an artificial positive atmosphere. we just stay ourselves. we analyse things clearly and then we take the next step. so, first of all, we want to enjoy the next world cup match. we want to win it. we want to progress

to the round of 16. in italy, it's the end of an era, with goalkeeper gianluigi buffon announcing his retirement at the age of a5. having made his debut for parma as a 17—year—old, he returned to the club last season but decided to retire a year before the end of his contract. buffon brings an end to a 28—year career that saw him lift the world cup in 2006 along with ten serie a titles with juventus and ligue 1 with paris saint—germain. sadio mane is the latest in a long list of stars heading to saudi arabia. the former bayern and liverpool man joins the likes of cristiano ronaldo, karim benzema, n'golo kante, riyad mahrez and fabinho, just to name a few, in the saudi league. and as the biggest football story of the off—season continues, we caught up with eminent sports media executive peter hutton, who is on the board of the saudi pro league, to get an insight into the country's football plans.

it is remarkable. i've worked in sport for a0 years now, and i've never seen a project as big as this, as ambitious as this and maybe as determined as this to be a success. and the bit that really attracted me to it is the fact that it's notjust about headline players and about the big, glamourous transfer fee and wages, it's also about the whole saudi football infrastructure — whether that be women, whether that be youth — creating a whole pyramid that really transforms the sport in the country. and i love the scale of that vision and seeing it come into practice is remarkable. i think the main ambition is really to do what every league tries to do, which is to create stories, to make people excited, to really invigorate the sport in the kingdom of saudi arabia. you know, that's the first and foremost ambition.

it clearly wants to be one of the better leagues in the world, but i think the best part of it is about, "what can we do within the country? "what can we create? "what sort of dreams, what sort of ambitions can "we stimulate for both young women and young male players?" england's cricketers have been docked 19 world test championship points after their slow over rate during the ashes, while australia have lost ten points. it means england have gone from joint first to fifth in ther world test championship standings and australia have dropped down to fourth, having shared top spot with england. both sets of players have also lost a percentage of their match fees, depending on how slow their over rate was for each test. england's biggest penalty came in the second test, where players lost 45% of their match fee. australia, meanwhile, were fined 50% of their match fees for the fourth test. perhaps unsurprisingly, the news hasn't gone down too well with the players, australia opener usman khawja letting his feelings be known on social media.....

..with the emoji of a man facepalming. defending champions new zealand have missed the chance to book their place in the netball world cup semifinals, but they are still on course to reach the final four. a win against south africa would have confirmed their progression — and it was all going to plan against the hosts in cape town, the silver ferns leading 26—21 at half—time. but the hosts fought back in the third and fourth quarter to draw 48—48. it means south africa must beat malawi in their final match on wednesday and hope new zealand lose to jamaica to stand any chance of progressing. on wednesday, more records were broken at the para swimming world championships in manchester, and there was more success for the home nation — great britain. rachael latham reports. on day three of these championships, great britain's maisie summers—newton, who won gold in the commonwealth games last year,

stormed to victory in the sm6 200 metres individual medley, retaining her world title in front of her home crowd. but even a world champion has to deal with a few nerves. you'd think i'd be less nervous the more and more i race here, but to be honest with you, ijust keep getting more and more nervous! but i think that kind of shows, i guess, that i want to stay at the top and i want to keep winning medals. and, you know, sometimes i think i put a bit too much pressure on myself? but, no, i couldn't be happier. i'm so, so proud, thank you. and sticking with world champions, jessica long from the usa, who's known as one of the best para swimmers from around the world, won gold in the s8100 metres butterfly. i spoke to the now 36—times world champion after the race about what motivates her to keep going. my love of sport. i love the paralympics- and i want every single person in the world to know— what the paralympic games is. so i started when i was 12, i plan to end my career- in la 2028, but i'm justl enjoying my time before the next year, for paris 2024. and how about this

for an achievement? identical twins debora and beatriz borges carneiro from brazil won a gold and a silver in the s14 100 metres breaststroke, for athletes with intellectual impairments. and finally, who doesn't love a big auction with some massive numbers thrown around for seemingly niche items to those not in the know? sotheby�*s is auctioning an illustrious piece of memorabilia and expects it to achieve in excess of $4 million usd. it's wilt chamberlain�*s 1972 nba finals game 5 la lakers jersey. if you're not into your basketball or you're a newer nba fan, it might mean nothing to you, but the hall of famer wore the jersey in multiple playoff games in 1972 but specifically on the 7th of may, when he scored 2a points and 29 rebounds to lead the lakers to their first—ever nba title, while nursing a broken hand, may i add. that's all the time from us

here at the bbc sport centre. before we go, just a recap of our top story — it's all about the reggae girlz. jamaica's footballers crowdfunding their way to the world cup and knocking out brazil to reach the last 16. what a great story. bye— bye. hello there. wednesday's weather did not look or feel particularly summer—like across large swathes of the uk, thanks to an area of low pressure, this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. this was named storm patricia by the french weather service because of impacts it had in france, but particularly on the southern flank of that storm system, we've had some very strong winds. there have been some really heavy downpours, but that area of low pressure is now rolling away eastwards. in its wake, though, we're going to be left with a brisk northerly wind, which will make it feel decidedly cool over the next couple of days.

that cool breeze a big feature of thursday's weather, a mix of sunny spells and showers. some quite large areas of cloud, particularly across northern parts of scotland, where we will see some bits and pieces of rain. but for southern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, it's a mixed bag — some spells of sunshine, some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. but there will be places that avoid the showers and stayjust about dry. temperatures ranging from 1a degrees in stornoway to 22 in london. and then as we head through thursday night, we will continue to see some of these showers. some clear spells here and there. i think out west, it will be mostly dry by the end of the night. temperatures typically holding up at between 11 and 1a degrees. so we head into friday, still feeling the effects of that northerly breeze. some spells of sunshine, some showers too. this time, those showers mostly across central and eastern parts of england. the odd heavy, thundery one. elsewhere, more in the way of dry weather, although we will see cloud filling the sky across northern ireland later in the day ahead of this

next weather system. and temperatures 16 to 20 degrees at best. and then let me show you what happens on saturday, because this area of low pressure is going to push its way in from the atlantic, the fourth weekend in a row dominated by low pressure. this one quite a deep affair. a bout of heavy rain, could well be some thunder and some lightning mixing in. northern scotland likely to avoid it, but some wet weather elsewhere and the potential for gales, particularly around some western coasts. and with the cloud, the rain, the strength of the wind, temperatures really will struggle — 1a to 18 degrees. we would expect temperatures higher than that at this point in early august. but as we look further ahead into the middle part of next week, there are some signs that things could turn a bit drier and warmer.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm monica miller. the headlines: donald trump is due in court on thrusday after he was indicted on four charges relating to alleged attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. a gunman who killed 11 people at a synagogue in pittsburgh in 2018 is sentenced to death. we have a special report from a town in northern india which has been hit by religious violence. and typhoon khanun hits the 0kinawa islands injapan.

we speak to a storm chaser. live from the studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. we begin in america where former president donald trump has lashed out at charges against him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election result. mr rump already faces two other criminal cases, but the election he was charged with on tuesday is widely seen as the most serious of them all. authorities in washington are ramping up security ahead of his court hearing which will take place later on thursday. 0ur correspondent has the latest from outside the court hours. donald trump is due to appear behind us on thursday. we

understand that he has the