50 years of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Friends

**Andrew Peach** (0:00)
This is Andrew Peach with World Business Report. Today, the US jobs market makes stronger gains than expected, but does that mean interest rates will now go up? Also on the way, opposition in Venezuela, the US controlling the country's resources, and the British studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep celebrates 50 years in business. Those stories on the way after the latest BBC World News.

**Fiona MacDonald** (0:30)
BBC News with Fiona MacDonald. A Russian drone has struck the headquarters of Ukraine's security service, the SBU, in central Kiev. At least 12 people were injured in the attack. A US judge in the high-profile murder trial of a mother charged with killing her three small children has declared a mistrial because the jury was deadlocked. Lindsay Clancy admitted to strangling her children, but pleaded not guilty to the murders by reason of insanity due to postpartum psychosis.
Job creation in the United States was far stronger than expected in August. The Labour Department said the economy added 162,000 jobs. The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution calling for the traditional world map to be replaced with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. Only the US voted against the resolution.
Houthi fighters and pro-government forces in Yemen have been battling each other in some of the worst clashes for years. At least 122 people are reported to have been killed.
The Lebanese Health Ministry says three people have been killed by Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon. The Israeli military said it was carrying out strikes in response to Hezbollah launching a drone attack towards Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.
The UAE has pardoned an Egyptian dissident poet who is the son of the renowned Islamic scholar and television host Yusuf al-Karadawi. Abd al-Rahman Yusuf al-Karadawi was sentenced to 10 years in jail for activities intended to undermine public security. And France's Culture Minister Catherine Pégard has paid tribute to the French film director Tony Gatleaf, who has died age 77 She said Gatleaf, whose films celebrated Roma culture worldwide, created films on exile, music and lives that are all too often overlooked. BBC News.

**Andrew Peach** (2:30)
Is jobs growth good news?

**SPEAKER_3** (2:32)
The US job market made stronger than expected gains last month, increasing the likelihood that interest rates will go up.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:39)
Instead of losing 23,000 jobs, the economy actually added 21,000 jobs.

**Andrew Peach** (2:45)
It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
This is Andrew Peach. On the way, we'll look at why US job numbers are up, and the argument about raising or cutting rates. Also, today, reaction in Venezuela to the US taking control of tens of billions of barrels of its crude oil. And it's happy birthday to the British studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. We'll hear how it's changed the face of animation.
Let's start with those job numbers, though. Job creation in the US much stronger than expected last month. The Labour Department said the economy added 162,000 jobs in August. Those figures as well as stubbornly high inflation in the US could well mean the Fed has to raise rates. Now, when we talked about job numbers back in June, just before the World Cup, we took you to Philadelphia on the show and spoke to Mark Prinzinger, who runs the Lion Sports Bar there. So I thought we'd get Mark back on the programme today. Hi Mark.

**Mark Prinzinger** (3:48)
Andrew, how are we doing?

**Andrew Peach** (3:49)
Good to be back. Good to be talking to you. You are hiring ahead of the World Cup because obviously you'd be doing extra business during the football tournament. How are things now?

**Mark Prinzinger** (3:59)
Well, unfortunately, at the end of the tournament, we saw a big drop off, which was kind of expected because people were coming to Philadelphia on holiday, spending lots of money, but obviously those people left Philadelphia when the tournament ended. So we let a lot of people go.
But this month, I got to tell you, we did hire some of those folks back, thankfully, because we're anticipating a strong fall season. We're anticipating people coming out to the bar for NFL football, for Premier League football. So we did in anticipation of bringing higher crowds, bringing some folks back in.

**Andrew Peach** (4:36)
Is hospitality doing okay across the board? I remember you saying last time, well, we're doing well, but the hotels, that's a different story.

**Mark Prinzinger** (4:45)
No, we really haven't seen a bump in business over the last couple of months. It's been pretty flat. In fact, I speak with other owners around Philadelphia, and business is not very good. Like I said, for us, hiring some people right now is more anticipation of increased growth next month. It's really not because of demand right now.