>> hello, this is the news hour live from london. coming up: >> as europe struggles to find a strategy to cope with hundreds of thousands of refugees, we join one syrian family on the road to munich. >> thousands rally in london and across europe to tell refugees you're welcome. >> also coming up, saudi arabia's king heads to mecca to oversee an investigation into a train collapse that killed 107

people. >> german football champions extend a welcome to the refugees arriving in the country. >> as europe struggles to find a strategy for dealing with the refugees arriving from the middle east and africa, thousands of ordinary people are rallying across the country. the largest of the europe it is welcome events isis london where thousands turned out to march. there have been a number of anti migration protests, mostly in poland. meanwhile, more than 10,000 refugees are expected in munich by the end of the day. hungarian prime minister proposed that the e.u. should give $3.4 billion to turkey, jordan and lebanon to stem the throw leaving the refugee camps.

on drew simmons joins some syrian refugees on their journey from hungary to germany. >> father and daughter alone with their thoughts. they've come so far, herded from one place to the next. like others here bedding down for the night, it's the uncertainty that hurts as much as the bruises. >> sometimes we feel like we will die, in the sea, everywhere, everywhere, when we sleep in the street, when you without anything. >> if all goes well, this is the day they're painful odyssey will end in germany. if you're a refugee, this is the only way you can board a train in budapest. it's the strongest who make the most headway.

without help, the youngest are in danger of being crushed. the police have ordered to let through only enough people to fill one carriage of each train. he and his only daughter have waited eight hours to get to this point, but they make it. on the move again, destination germany. >> i just want to make him feel like i'm strong, and make him strong. i am happy to make him happy, also. >> the last person to join the group had been this young man. he ended up separated from friends in a detention center. he showed yesterday of a camp and says he had no means of leaving this room. >> they didn't let us go to the toilet. they didn't let us to speak, to

make a call, to do anything. >> he's under 18, so classed as a child, but he's grown up on this trip. >> it was cruel, and i feel lonely. i miss my father and my mother. >> every one of these carriages is filled with accounts of tragedy and persian execution from all over the globe, but as this train hurdles through the countryside on the last leg of their incredible journey, the atmosphere isn't necessarily one of joy and exhilaration. there's a somber real estatation of the people and places they've left behind, but they are going to safety. >> she hopes to settle her father in sweden. she wants to compete her university studies and return to her homeland as a medic. >> i will go back to syria and

make everything, everything for people, for children, for syrians. >> god, please look after the sickened people. >> how do you feel about leaving syria? why are you sad? >> since arriving in munich, he's composed again. germany is offering more of a welcome than everywhere else. this colossal mass movement has shuffled some of the complacency. she tries to disguised her doubts. >> everything will be like what i want. >> you're always the optimist, good luck. >> andrew simmons is now back outside the train station in budapest and he joins us know.

it was very touching your report, andrew, just seeing just the story of two people making their way hopefully to sweden in their case. the difficulties for many of those left behind in hungary still remain. now austria has closed the rail ways. what effect is that going to have on the refugees struggling to reach safety? >> well, barbara, it's mad an effect, certainly at this station, because you can no longer get direct trains to munich. that's not possible, but what's happening here is extraordinary organization. it's beyond aljazeera america. this used to be effectively a place where you would just stay often for weeks, sometimes months, but now look at it. it's become literally a one stop shop. you look over there, you'll see all of those folk helping the refugees, volunteers, all around the station, not only the food with clothing, with advice, but

with railway tickets often to the border towns. what people are doing in those advice in all languages on the wall there now, there never used to be, where people can get towards the border towns, there they go by train, queue sometimes for hours to get there by train and then they walk across the border into austria and get more trains, buses. what's happening is the tide of people are moving on to germany, it's still big, and the numbers are estimated at something like up to 40,000 this weekend alone, possibly. you saw my report there. well, on the sixth days prior to our arrival in munich, more than 40,000 had actually arrived there. what you can hear right now by the way is a pop concert that is

organized by volunteers from a whole rost of organizations, and it's part of the whole campaign today for welcoming refugees. >> you mentioned those volunteers, today has been a day of solidarity for refugees. we've seen marches in support saying they are welcome across europe, yet the prime minister there in hungary soon really emphasizing that the solution would be to make sure the refugees don't come to europe in the first place. tell us what's been happening there in budapest and hungary. >> let me show you this to give you an idea of solidarity. this man here, refugee, sorting himself out with shoes. that is solidarity for you. there are lots of hungarian's from all over, bringing garments in within bringing food in, doing their bit, but it would seem they're the minority,

because the advisors to the prime minister suggesting that his actions, his hard line actions in this crisis have gained the popularity stakes, upped the popularity stakes for him domestically. of course it's a high wire act, because if things go wrong, it would not go in a liberal direction here. it would go toward the far right, because a far right party is in the wings and could easily stoke the fire even more in terms of even hard herb line action. but really to survive here, there is a better atmosphere, but the--is increasing all the time, because the prime minister is continuing to up the stakes, taking on europe, insisting he will not be involved in any mandatory quota for refugees and insisting he will go ahead with

legislation which will criminalize the act of coming into this country. that's just a couple of days away. however, he has made one concession. he's been told by the u.n. that setting up camps, actually in no man's land could be contravening international law. that's left -- disorganized state, because where will the refugees go? they'll have to go to the country to go to camps within the country. what will he do? put them in detention centers? if he does, he puts them in centers that are in a very poor state, not new ones, so this is by no means a settled situation. it's going in the wrong direction all the time, the wrong direction, according to a lot of people, the spiral the prime minister has gotten it

into. >> thank you. >> meanwhile, the u.n. says that a million more refugees will be displaced by the syrian conflict by the end of 2015. many of those traveling to europe are children. some of them are traveling on their own. we have a report now from the greece-macedonian border. >> when boats land ashore, children are often crammed in the middle. some of only a few months old. the others -- some are only a few months old. for the others, it's an experience that will mark them as much as the war they fled. >> we were frightened on the boat. i thought we would drown. we were so scared that the coast guard would take us back to turkey. we had life vests but i was very scared. i was afraid to sleep on the

streets of lesbos, but what could i do? i had a sleeping bag, i rolled it out on the sleep and slept. that's it. >> living in syria four weeks ago, his brother are killed by a barrel bomb. ual the road, he met another syrian and they became like brothers, giving courage to each other as they continue their travels. there is no age limit to be a refugee. entire families are on the move, walking on roads, sleeping wherever they can. there's little space for youngsters to be children these days. parents often say it's for their sake that they beg their why through europe, but often, it's the kids and their resilience that give them the courage to continue. deciding to leave kabul, she said her school was bombed by the taliban. >> my friend die, my teacher

die. that's not very good. that's very bad. after the bomb, we don't have a school, because the school go to early, and i stay in home, don't go out, because my father said if you go, maybe the taliban kill you, because we are young girl. we have difficult life. we have difficult travel. i wish -- i want better life, without kill, without stress. i want a life, simple life. >> the children have their own answer to challenges ahead. he doesn't know when he will see his parents again. he hopes as soon as he will get his paperwork done. easy also aware that perhaps the road ahead is more difficult, that some in europe don't want him or his friend. >> please, open the borders so

we can continue. don't be frightened of us. we are not scary people. we're escaping war, that's it. we're not here to hurt you. we don't eat people. we left because we fear of dying from barrel bombs even sleeping in our bed. we are coming to europe to protect ourselves a little. just a little. >> worries of an adult, felt by a child. >> some of the children there traveling on their own. syria's war has put the refugees in the spotlight. that's not the only place from where people are fleeing in search of safety and a better life. many afghans are also paying thousands of dollars to people smugglers, as jennifer glasse now reports. >> this is the first step on the road out of afghanistan. the passport office, the sheer numbers here show the desperation brought on by deteriorating security and a

poor economy. >> there is no security, there is suicide talks, bombing. what kind of situation is it? there is nothing here. >> getting a passport is just the beginning. it's securing a visa to travel that's the big challenge. the most desperate turn to men like this, a people smuggler who says business is booming. he says recent high profile attacks in kabul had killed at least 60 afghans in august alone, had sent his client numbers skyrocketing. he was sending 10-15 people a month, now it's 10 times that and it's not cheap. >> the people with money who choose to go by air, they pay about $26,000. if they go partially by road, it's about $9,000 to $14,000 per person, an even cheaper way if they're willing to go from kabul to germany by land, that will

cost $6.5000 to $7,000. >> the main group goes through iran to turkey, turkey to bulgaria and depending on where the smugglers' police contacts are, through romania to serbia, hungary, then austria. that's where the journey ends. the refugees then make their own way to germany. this smuggler doesn't offer a sea route, it's too dangerous. the land route isn'tative either. >> recently boys ages 12 to 14 were shot and killed by police on the border between iran and turkey. >> they weren't his clients who he says have a 50-50 chance of reaching europe. people are so debt pretty, they don't care. >> this process a few months ago that took a few hours enough takes a month or more. >> he is getting passports for his whole family, 13 in all.

he said it's not just terrible security driving afghans out. >> people don't have any job here. young people want to leave. there is no work, no job. that's why everyone is getting passport. he says he's note sure how his family will travel, but they plan to go to europe any way they can. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> as we mentioned, thousands of people rallied across europe. in madrid, thousands was taken to the streets to call on their government to help those fleeing war. spain has agreed to take $15,000 extra refugees under a proposed e.u. quota system. tens of thousands of protestors rallied in london against the u.k. government's response to the crisis. al jazeera's barnaby phillips is at the event. he sent us this update. >> many thousands marched through central london today.

it last of the crowd, having something of a party outside parliament here, people in the crowd were saying refugees are welcome. they were saying that britain has been put in the shade, has been shamed by other countries like germany and sweden taking more, the prime minister, david cameron disagrees. he reversed his poles of a week ago, saying now britain will take some 20,000 syrian refugees over the next five years, and he points out that britain is a much more generous donor of aid to syrian refugees in the region in immediate surrounding countries. of course, he'll want to know to what extent his political instincts on this issue are aligned with those of middle england. the people who were out here today disagree with their government. >> coming up here on al jazeera,

egypt's whole cabinet has resigned in a surprise move following a number of corruption allegations. >> japan's deadly floods are finally receding, but many are left with nowhere to go. >> in sport, after her surprising knockout in the u.s. openly, we examine how grand karina is lagging behind the rest. >> first, saudi arabia's king solomon is heading to mecca to oversee an investigation into a crane collapse which killed more than 100 people on friday. it happened at mecca's grand mosque just before the hajj pilgrimage. the german company which provided the crane said it is helping with the investigation. we have this report. >> hundreds of people were

inside the grand mosque when tons of construction machinery came crushing down. as the crane toppled over, it broke through the roof of the building. underneath, hundreds of people were inside. some of them were praying. they stood no chance of escape. on the other side, these images gave an idea of the stormy weather outside. >> you can just see. the panicked people fell even outside the mosque. people inside couldn't have seen it coming. one witness who spoke to al jazeera on the phone said he almost died. >> nobody had a clue what happened. i compare the situation to a bomb blast. >> the emergency crews were dealing with the hundreds of dead and injured for hours.

>> the incident happened at 5:23 p.m. due to the severe rain and wind speed as high as 83 kilometers. this caused the collapse and causing death and injuries. >> many people have begun to gather for the annual hajj pilgrimage. sawed authorities say they've launched an investigation. >> i would like to convey the condolences of the custody oudin of the two holy mosques and the crowned prince and all the officials in this state, the families involved in this painful incident. >> there's construction all around the ground, cranes surround the complex, part of a multi-billion dollars expansion project. the sheer number of people converging on mecca each year create security and s. changes. in the past there have been deadly stampedes. safety measures have been upgraded. this incident may have happened during the high winds and rains but could still force the safety

of those doing construction work at this land's holy site. the saudi authorities are taking this tragic incident very seriously but at the same time, they say hajj is going as planned. al jazeera. >> at least 16 people are still missing after severe flooding in japan. the water is now receding, but many don't know where to go after their homes were destroyed. we have this report. >> the typhoon season in japan ant over. work has begun to plug the gap in the flood wall in case waters rise again. against the weight of a swollen river, it collapsed after two days of heavy rain. the city was immersed, cars and buildings in the immediate vicinity of the break didn't stand a chance. thousands of people fled their homes. they have been staying in evacuation centers set up in schools and other community

buildings. for this extended family, after two nights, it was time to leave. >> we have to clean up. my parents are frail. i have small kids, too. first he took his parents back to check on their home, the water was gone, but left behind was a layer of sticky mud. >> i don't think we can use anything inside the house anymore, so we'll ask our children and grandchildren to help us clean up. >> inevitably, they will find themselves here. >> the clear skies and receding waters in some places have allowed many to begin the cleanup. here, a long line of people waiting to dump their destroyed positions. >> the water and mud claimed most of what was left behind. the disaster will have a big impact on the local economy, particularly farming. he and his wife worked this land for 30 years. they were supposed to be

harvesting their rice. instead, they were clearing debris and seeing if any of their crop can be saved. large parts of the area remain underwater with boats the only transport. here japan's self defense force is focusing its search for the missing. >> the area is submerged, so we cannot go there on foot. we are using both and going around each house. >> it won't have been the last major storm of the year, so while this part of the country begins to dry out, everyone is looking to the skies, hoping the rain stays away from here. wane hay, al jazeera, japan. >> six months ago, a category five cyclone hit the pacific island nation, devastating the area and killing several people. al jazeera's andrew tomas was one of the first journalists to arrive after the cyclone hit. now he has gone back to see the

extent of the recovery. >> six months on, he is ren acting actions he think saved his family. he lifted his house after the cyclone brought it down on his wife and children. >> i knew i had to safe them. somehow, i lifted up the house. >> all the family survived, almost every one here did. >> when i came here back in march immediately after the storm and saw the scale of the destruction, i was sure that hundreds must have died, so were those in the government. when communications were restored, the news was surprisingly good. nationwide, just 11 people had lost their lives. >> a big part of why, simple light structures, the deaths

that were were from collapsing brick walls. there isn't many of them. preparation was vital, too. there is a network of people organizing regular cyclone preparedness training, including information about which buildings are strongest and how to get people into them fast. >> getting there, we do with what we know to save the people. >> it helped that the cyclone was slow-moving. for a week, people knew it was on its way. as it drew close, people in this early warning center sent hourly text messages to alert people to its exact path. >> this is the location of the power of the wind, where the system is and what direction the system is moving. >> timing that the worst of the wind was during the morning helped some islands, too. >> we are lucky that the cyclone came that date.

that's the reason why nobody would stay inside. >> even when the storms came at night, few were badly hurt. across the pacific, this is becoming the guide for how to handle disasters right. prepare, use technology, and hope for a big dose of luck. andrew tomas, al jazeera. >> much more to come on the al jazeera news hour, including political fight back, britain's newly appointed opposition leader with momses from the labour party. >> deciding which film to honor with the golden lion prize. we'll tell you which film we think has a chance of winning. >> the poor start to the season for english champions chelsea, it's even worse at everton, details coming up with jo.

>> what's not to like.

>> it was a total disaster for the labour party. >> i think it's inconceivable that he could lead the party to victory in the general election, but a lot of people clearly take a different view and a huge number of people voting for him today, so he has the right to try to prove people like me wrong. >> jeremy corbin supporters know every faces months if not years of open warfare from his political enemies many inside his own party. his vision is of a popular movement here, taking on entrenched corporate interests from the bottom-up. that either means a road back to relevance for the labour party or potentially the beginning of a funeral procession. lawrence lee, al jazeera, westminster in london. >> egypt's president al sisi has expected the resignation of his

entire cabinet, days after the prime minister said there would go no shakeup. there were allegations that he and others received over $1 million in bribes. >> away professor in modern and contemporary history of the middle east suggests the cabinet was forced to resign by al sisi himself. >> seems that the last three days, there was a meeting just three days ago that the cabinet and a lot of reports about the responsibility of other i would say maybe ministers or maybe the, you know, the -- some i would say top management within some ministries related to the agriculture, so it seems the minister was the core of this corruption with other people actually linked to that. it seemed it was a hazy, you know legends to handle, to sisi,

so the solution was to get rid of all the government and think of new option. of course you have to look at election is coming soon, the parliament and it seems that last year about you need the parliament, you need ministers to be held accountable, now he wants a better environment within egyptian political atmosphere so people can vote for the next parliament. >> at least 89 people have been kid in an explosion in the indian state. the venue was crowded with people having breakfast when a cooking gas cylinder exploded. the restaurant and an adjacent believe were flattened. detonators were stored in a building nearby. >> t.v. film and studio institute students have been

protesting since june against the number of a controversial appointments to the organizations management they argue are politically motivated. one student told us why he's taking action. >> i'm a third year student here. this institute has been on strike for the past 93 days. we've had art installations all across the institute. these were basically a symbol of how film culture and film tradition in this country is dying systematically in the happened of the government in power. that is something that symbolizes art, a dying school, which is being killed by the government. the students of this institute had no option but to go on hunger strike. we decided to start violating our bodies because that was the

only option left for us to make sure that the government does manage to hear us. some of us are really tired, 93 days is not an easy thing to do. we see no reason to give up, because we see this as an important resistance towards the larger agenda of this government, trying to systematically degrade institutions across our country. at some point or the other, the strike will have to end in its physicality, but the protest will go on and this is just the beginning of a long haul to get started. >> singapore's ruling party is celebrating a win in the general election. the people's action party won 83 of a possible 89 seats in parliament, leaving the opposition party with just six. the victory reverses a setback in popularity that the party suffered in the last election.

>> one month after an explosion at a chemical warehouse in china, authorities have set the final death toll at 173. the local government says there is no hope for finding the remaining eight missing people. those who survived still fear contamination from the blast, as adrien brown now reports. >> the epicenter, one month on. the explosions level part of the port, incinerating vehicles, buildings, shipping coiners and people. smoke was again rising over the disaster zone on thursday afternoon, another unexplained explosion. nearby, we found specialists, testing the air quality. >> is the air safe today? >> they left as soon as we started asking questions, saying they had no information about the latest explosion. despite the danger, those forced to evacuate homes are returning to collect possessions under the

supervision of military police. those possessions in many cases are now unfit for use. >> you have to throw this away. >> through these to the rubbish box. >> because it's been contaminated. >> yes, yes. >> the emotions are still raw. >> i feel so sad, my mother's still in the hospital. if my tears could solve all my problems, i would cry for a year. >> this had been a thriving economic zone. this was the exhibition center, now a showcase for china's worst industrial accident. no one knows for about of course how long the cleanup operation will go on. it could last for months, if not years. the air here at the epicenter has a sort of sweet metallic chemical taste and people nearby don't know whether the air even

outside of the exclusion zone is safe to breathe right now. >> environmental groups say this was a man made disaster, the result of rapid economic development that put profit ahead of safety. >> i would say this negligence of the government to handle this, because we've seen there are actually a lot of loopholes and shortcomings of how it has managed for now. >> the government has moved swiftly on compensation, offering around $400,000 to each of the families of the more than 100 firefighters who perished. a majority of the 6,000 families made homeless have agreed compensation terms. it's not clear what will happen to the homes they abandoned. we met no one who believed it will ever be safe to return. al jazeera, northeast china. >> after 10 days of flashy premiers, red carpets and movie

stars, the venice film festival is drug to a close. not of course before announcing the winner of this year's prestigious golden lion award for the best film. we are joined live from the festival red carpet. as i understand, angela, the winner has just been announced, so tell us who it is and what the reaction's been. >> yes, just in the last 15 minutes, we've heard the announcements for all of the prizes. you can see some of the stars starting to spill out of the cinema here behind me. it's always a surprise here. critics thoughted winners would be a documentary about the assassination or a french film, but they pulled one out of the bag with a first time film from a venezuelan director telling the story of a slow blossoming relationship between a middle aged loper and a young man.

critics here say that it's graceful, subtle and that is a spanish language film. this is going to give it the international exposure that a lot of fortune language films don't usually get, so a big surprise here in venice. >> what about the other prizes, best director, best screen play. who got them? >> the silver lion for best director went to an argentinean. this is one of the many films vend at festival this year based on true events, a true story of a family in argentina in the 1980 said who kidnapped and killed with impunity set against the backdrop of a military dictatorship. there is fantastic jobs and brooding performances, again, another for the purpose language film. the screen play was met with a

muted response here, the best reaction was for the prize that went to the child soldier in beast of no nation. he said a 9-year-old boy orphaned and forced to kill by an african war lord. it was a heartbreaking performance and even know disturbing, because we know that has been the reality for thousands was children in uganda. amongst the glamour has been a lot of gritty films this year. >> the venice film festival always good to give them an international prom nance on the international market. thanks so much. >> still lots more to come after the break. pardon from the pope, cuba releases thousands was visitors ahead of the visit to the island. >> the race for the title after a record breaking day.

details coming up with jo in sport.

>> police officers from across the united states will hold their biggest training exercise in california this weekend. they will test the latest equipment. after a year of debate about whether police forces have become too militarized, we went along to see if tactics have changed. >> step around, they'll put you

down for six hours. >> even though the focus of urban shield is tactical emergencies like terrorist attacks or hostage situations, it's clear some of the weaponry for sale here can be used for other purposes. >> most of the riot and problem is not the crowd, it's one guy in the group causing the problem. you want to that i can that person out. >> there was little controversy here about the use of such equipment. >> it provides safety for citizens. >> it has an offensive capability as well. >> it just has a turret. we could if we needed to, open the turret pop and if you had to, fire and provide safety. >> it is a complex issue. >> the point you're bringing is that is inciting. >> inciting with an armored vehicle, that's bad, right?

>> not necessarily, because what's causing it, what came first, the chicken or the egg? >> police fatties are considerably lower than 20 years ago, yet according to the washington post, the number of people killed so far this year by the police is higher than any year since 1976 and there is still three months to go. those protesting against urban shield feel their message isn't getting through. >> a lot of the people black people are getting murdered by police is not because of emergency situations and they're too quick to respond to anything as though it is an emergency situation and that's how we end up dead. >> that wasn't the view inside the conference at all, though on closing inspection, there was awareness of the debate underway outside. al jazeera, california. >> cuba will release 3,500 prisoners in a good will gesture ahead of a visit by pope francis next week. political prisoners will not be

included. >> another pope is coming to cuba, which means the country's crowded prisons are losing some inmates. >> the council of the states of the republic of cuba agreed on the occasion of the pope's visit to pardon 3,522 prisoners, taking into account the nature of the crimes they committed, behavior in prison and time served, as well as health conversations. it's similar to what happened when pope down paul ii and pope benedict visited. >> many people may think that it's a publicity stunt, because the pope is coming. it seems to me that it's a reflection of the reality we live in. >> the pope is coming, those pardoned have the right to a second opportunity. it could be that miracles are beginning to take place. >> note for everyone. this quote, gesture of good will ahead of the pope's visit excludes prisoners who committed

murder, rape, i will leally killed cattle, or dissidence. the non-government human rights reconciliation commission estimates there are at least 60ing in prison political dissidents. 53 others were released in december to mark the detente between the united states and cuba. during pope john paul ii's historic trib to cuba. fidel castro released 100 incarcerated opponents. not this time around, it seems. the ladies in white is asking for a meeting with pope francis to discuss human rights, a meeting that the vatican has apparently ruled out. al jazeera. >> it will definitely be an interesting visit. let's get all the sports news. here's jo. >> thank you so much. we begin with two of the biggest

teams in the premier league going head-to-head as they look to improve on a so far lackluster start to the season. with the opener just after the break, scoring from a penalty doubles that lead. the win is sealed, they go second in the league. >> in the early kickoff, champions chelsea traveled to everton, the home side off to a great start with steven naismith, scoring twice in the face of five minutes to give the home side the lead. pulling one back before the break, but any chance of a chelsea comeback ended with the hat trick, confining them to their third defeat in five games. >> a loft minute goal, arsenal hit for two. wins also for watford and nor

ridge city. >> top of the standings after a -- >> an awful italian final at the u.s. open for the women. we are of course trying to get joanna up again. actually, i think we can cross to her now. let's try. can you hear me? >> i can hear you, barbara. i'm hoping that you can hear me. we're going to pick up where we left off, german football chance have shown support for the refugees who have been coming to the country ahead of their match, which they won 2-1.

players walked out holding hands with refugees and german children, the displays part of a wider push by football clubs and fans across germany to help welcome refugees into their communities. the club is also setting up a training camp that would give german lessons, meals and football equipment. refugees welcome banners were seen across the country during the last round of club games. many clubs made hundreds of tickets veil for ref jeers and germany's football federation has collected $800,000 to help amateur clubs across the country provide financial assistance to those who want to play football. more than 600 clubs have received grants. >> tennis's world number one serena williams lost her way mentally and tactically in the final, according to her coach. she woke up feel off before being knocked out.

she'd been trying to sweep all four majors in her calendar year for the first time since 1988. italian prime minister has flown into new york for the all italian final. the tickets have plummeted from $1,500 to just $370 in the wake of williams knockout. we have this report. >> the biggest star in women's tennis now out in a u.s. open final to relatively unknown names now in. it's a big hole to fill in terms of marketing and ratings but by any standards, serena williams has had a great year. despite the loss, her overall dominance of the sport is not being matched in endorsements. she's won 21 grand slam tights over his career far ahead of her

nearest competitor, who's won five. however in 2014, williams earned $11 million in sponsor ship deals, only half of the $22 million sharapova earned in the same year. ♪ >> this nike commercial featured sharapova, cementing her prays as a tennis player and sex symbol. >> serena williams is seen first and foremost as an athlete. that hasn't helped on the forbes list of the world's top paid athletes, she ranks 47th and of the seven tennis players on the list, dead last in endorsement deals, so the question becomes why. >> there is an issue of race. there is an issue of sexism in terms of serena williams. she's a very unique character, amazing tennis player and a

beautiful lady, so she's got the goods. >> with $50 billion a year spent on sponsorship and advertising, dean crutch field said it's also about brands asking themselves business questions. >> don't forgot if you bring on a celebrity, you're looking to develop more customers. what is that account you're after, profile you're after and potentially she doesn't fit the profile, so they don't consider her. they might likely researched it, but find other sports people are more relevant to be associated with their band. >> if williams hoped to get more endorsements to gain the gap on her more well paid rivals, friday's defeat likely won't help. she will likely be back and ranked in the top, even though when it comes to endorsements, she's not. >> keeping up the pressure with

six races left in the season, setting the fastest ever lap time at the track in the grand prix. the rider has pole position for the race. >> that is all the sport for now. >> jo, thank you very much for that, and remember of course, that even though this is the end of the news hour, you can get much more on everything we have been covering today on our website. the sports news, and then of course, the main news, you can see one of our top stories there, the saudi government probing the deadly mecca crane collapse that happened on friday afternoon, killing 107 people, injuring more that are not 200. more news in a few minutes. stay with us.

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