favourite things to do in my whole career, and to catch the edge a couple times was truly wonderful. england maintain their winning streak at the netball world championships, as scotland and wales lose against two of the favourites. australia avoid an upset to make the knockouts of the women's world cup in style, at the expense of the olympic champions. a classic ashes series had a hollywood ending — stuart broad, who announced on saturday his retirement from cricket, took the last two wickets in the final test match at the oval in london. it means the series is drawn 2—2, but australia retain the ashes. though broad will get the headlines, this was a team performance, asjoe wilson reports. stuart broad's celebrations may

well provide the defining image of this match and this series. imagine, in yourfinalact, your final delivery, to take the wicket to win the test match. beyond even his dreams, but there's far more to tell about this final day. when travis head and steve smith were batting together, australia's victory certainly seemed feasible, even after a lengthy rain delay. the wickets of chris woakes in this match and in this series have really changed things in england's favour. and moeen ali did his bit as the last day spin bowler, despite his groin injury. now, obviously, remember, the series finished 2—2 so australia retain the ashes. they lifted the urn, but not with the full sense of celebrations they'd have wanted. but they played their full part. the fact is, the teams have been so competitive throughout the weeks, and that's what's revived this historic series. well, stuart broad said he wanted to go out on top,

playing on the biggest stage after a summer he's loved. he's done just that in a series that'll live long in the memory. i made the decision on friday night — you start thinking, "what will your last ball will be and how that will be remembered?" to get to bowl, they were just swinging around a little bit, to get to bowl with a couple of minutes left, i managed to pull some left—handers, which is some of my favourite things to do in my career, and to catch the edge a couple of times was truly wonderful. this series was anything goes. the last— this series was anything goes. the last day was always going to go— the last day was always going to go down to the wire and it did~ — to go down to the wire and it did. fantastic series, fantastic day of cricket, but england _ fantastic day of cricket, but england got in the end. yeah, it is_ england got in the end. yeah, it is no— england got in the end. yeah, it is no small feat coming and retaining _ it is no small feat coming and retaining the ashes. england are really strong side. coming over_ are really strong side. coming over here _ are really strong side. coming over here and playing well is really — over here and playing well is really tough, so in some regards _ really tough, so in some regards and little bit of a missed _ regards and little bit of a missed opportunity, i think of having — missed opportunity, i think of having three cracks to finish the series, but i think we all can— the series, but i think we all can be — the series, but i think we all can be pretty proud on the

flight home. no sooner does the ashes finish than the hundred begins, but leg—spinner rashid khan has had to pull out of the tournament with an injury. the afghanistan captain was due to play for the trent rockets in their first three games before leaving for international duty. the number one—ranked t20 bowler in the world will be replaced by pakistan's imad wasim before new zealand's ish sodhi comes in. at the women's world cup, the co—hosts australia had to win to make it to the last 16, and they did, in style, beating the olympic champions, canada, 4—0, while in group c, there was an eye—catching win for one of the tournament favourites japan — they thumped spain. ben croucher reports. this could have been australia's last dance at their own world cup, but the matildas will keep on waltzing. with the proud home crowd proving the perfect soundtrack in melbourne, it didn't take long to find their groove. some goals are pretty, all are effective. hayley raso's brace set australia up for the win that assured safe passage

into the knockouts. with huff, puff and scuff, the olympic champions were blown away. their biggest win at a world cup, a performance full of heart. we know we might not have the best team on paper, we might not have the most top players and the top clubs in the top leagues, but we have something else that no—one can take away from this team, and that's the identity and the dna and the belief that lives in it. and them being on home soil, with the support as well from the fans, we have something unique which means we know we can beat anyone, any given day, when we come up with our a—game. for the republic of ireland, their world cup ended with little but frustration to show for their perspiration. already out, they came close against nigeria. nigeria came even closer against them. neither could find a way through. the goalless draw sees the super falcons soar unbeaten into the last 16, where they'll meet the winner of england's group. and ifjapan were hoping to make quiet progress to the next round, they can't deflect attention away any more. a 4—0 thrashing of spain

made it three wins from three for the 2011 champions. for them, it's norway next. ben croucher, bbc news. england face china in their final group game knowing a point or better will see them top group d. though they've won their opening two matches, they've not been at their best, and manager sarina wiegman is looking for improvements in key areas. it's a different game tomorrow than we had against haiti and denmark. i think we had moments in both games that we played fairly well and then we had moments that we lost the ball a little bit too much where they could counter attack. i think that is one thing that we want, to keep the patience, keep the ball going. keep the passing game in a good place and try and create chances, score goals, is what we always want. that, that's actually the main thing, i think, to keep control of the game as much as possible, because sometimes that's really

hard. now to the netball world cup, and england, scotland and wales have been taking part in the second stage of the competition in south africa. england made it four wins out of four with victory over tonga. it's a game you'd have expected them to win, but they had to work hard for it in a physical match. the final score was 72—46. i think every game has had its difficulties. we have always played against them before the competition, so we kind of knew what we were coming up against, but there's definitely things that we need to keep working on, our consistency. that is something that we keep saying after every game and we are slowly getting there and we're building. scotland were beaten convincingly by australia, the world's number one ranked side and one of the favourites this year. but it's a young team that's clearly making progress. they held australia to their lowest score of the tournament, losing 76—37. we got all 12 uncorked today,

fantastic passages of play, and learning experiences. other than myself it is a really, really young team, so they really young team, so they really learned a lot today. not many international sport you see five games in five days, so it is a lot. between the end, we rest the legs, but tomorrow is a big competition against tonga and we are going out hard. and wales were outclassed by defending champions new zealand in their pool g match. the silver ferns were 40—16 up at half—time, with the match finishing 83—34. wales face uganda on wednesday knowing they can take plenty of positives from this performance. i think you always want to be tested by the best, and who better than to go up against the defending champions? so a few patches of play, we will be disappointed with. i think we wanted the overall score to be closer. i think we had moments in that game to close the gap, but there were some lovely patches of play that i think we'll look back on and take forward into the next round. it's been a fabulous opening day for great britain at the world para swimming

championships in manchester. they finished with four gold medals, two silvers and a bronze. suzanna hext was first in the s5 50 metres freestyle, while ellie challis defended her title in the 50 metres breaststroke. jessica—jane applegarth topped a gb one—two—three in the s14 200 metres freesyle, while simon clegg rounded up the gold rush in the 100 metres backstroke. here's rachel latham. what a night for great britain, with the headline act being the women's 200 metre freestyle s14, where gb secured a 1—2—3 podium finish. jessica—jane applegarth clinched the gold afterfinishing silver position in this event for the last ten years. her british team—mate bethany firth tonight won the silver and louise took the browns. —— tonight won the silver and louise took the bronze. i spoke to the newly crowned world champion applegate after her race. absolutely epic. can't believed it

happened because i had a crazy season, where i've torn my disc in my back and i'm getting really bad sciatica pains. every illness under the sun coming into trials, and my trials, i have to admit, they were not great trials. so i'm lucky to even be here. i absolutely crushed training. i can hand on heart say that i gave my training everything coming into this. i'm so relieved that it paid off. adding to the excitements, suzanna hext became world champion for the first time in the s5 50 metre freestyle. hext left paralysed after a horse riding accident in 2012 and also has a hearing impairment. recently she underwent a hearing operation and it has been a game changer. obviously, going through that has been life—changing for me, having bilateral implants, yeah, it felt kind of strange in some ways coming out and hearing the crowd, but it kind of lifted me, and i came out, especially for the final, a

home crowd, hearing that roar, it was like, oh, my god, come on! it kind of pushes you that bit more. on! it kind of pushes you that bit more-— on! it kind of pushes you that bitmore. ., . ,, bit more. and more gb success came from _ bit more. and more gb success came from teenager _ bit more. and more gb success came from teenager ellie - came from teenager ellie challis, retaining her title in the 50 metres breaststroke and stephen clegg stormed to victory, winning gold in the 100 metres backstroke for athletes with visual impairments. that is all your sport for now, goodbye. hello. july has certainly been a pretty wet month, and we started off the new working week with another dollop of rain, particularly across northern areas of the country. so skies quite cloudy like these in cumbria. it was also quite windy as well. and so far this month, we have seen some areas picking up more than three times as much rainfall as during an average july, for example, in preston. so it has been very wet.

even as the area of low pressure that brought the rain on monday starts to edge away, out in the atlantic, underneath this trough in the jet stream, we're developing another potent area of low pressure that's set to bring wet and windy weather our way by wednesday. now, over the next few hours, it is a story of the rain across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, gradually turning a little bit lighter and a bit patchier in nature. it's largely dry, though, further south for southern wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern parts of england. so it should be a fine start to the day for these areas. on tuesday we go, and i think the thickest cloud we'll see will be across southeast scotland, northeast england, threatening a few patches of rain, probably a few showers running into the north—west of both england and wales, but otherwise should be a brighter kind of day. a little bit of sunshine poking out to northern scotland and across wales and parts of southern england as well. heading into tuesday evening and overnight, that area of low pressure i showed you on the satellite picture will continue

to develop and will start to swing its way in. and this one will bring quite widespread outbreaks of rain and a swathe of strong winds just running in to its southern flank. so quite wet weather for northern ireland, northern england, some heavy rain also pushing into wales in the south—west, but it is across the south—west of england, really along the south coast, that we could get gusts of around a0 or 50 miles an hour, 50 to 60 perhaps across parts of northern france and the channel islands. that is likely to lead to some localised disruption. a few trees down in the ferries across the channel could be a few trees down and a few ferries across the channel could be affected by those strong winds and large waves as well. across northern scotland, that's probably where we'll have the best of the dry weather with some sunshine coming through. temperatures not that special across the north, not that special anywhere to be honest. highs of about 17—21. that low pressure pulls away and for thursday the winds get a bit stronger

in northern ireland for a time, but elsewhere the winds will gradually calm down. but it'll still be quite a blustery kind of day on thursday, a day of bright spells and passing showers. and as you can see, as we work deeper into the first week of august, there's no real change. it stays unsettled.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines. new claims that china is putting pressure on uyghurs muslims abroad to spy on human rights campaigners. as ukraine pushes to retake a key city, the bbc gets a look at a team of elite snipers on the front line. in cricket, the ashes series is drawn — after heroics from stuart broad in his final ever

test match for england. welcome to the programme. we begin in china where hundreds of thousands of uyghur muslims are subjected to mass incarceration — in the north west of the country. now, researchers say the chinese authorities are pressuring uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening their families back home. refugees and activisits say the tactic is tearing communities apart. one refugee living in the uk has been speaking to bbc newsnight�*s samjudah about his experience. a demonstration outside the foreign office with a dark twist. these uyghurs want the government to speak up about human rights abuses in china. but someone has been asked to infiltrate their ranks,

gather intelligence, and send details to the chinese authorities.