hiring and employers are sticking around more. you also in the last month have to remember that we saw the numbers boosted slightly because remember the auto workers who are members of the auto workers union and as well as the actors in hollywood, though strikes and it's that help to boost novembers numbers but i think this slowdown shows that you are still seeing a strong amount ofjob growth. remember by historical standards this is still a good number. but it is a slower rate but we have seen in the past and thatis but we have seen in the past and that is significant because the federal reserve, america's federal bank, has raised interest rates from zero in march 2021, 2022 to above 5% in a short order to try to tackle inflation. it is beginning to ease and i think people will look at this number to say if we see a slowdown injob number to say if we see a slowdown in job growth may number to say if we see a slowdown injob growth may be number to say if we see a slowdown in job growth may be that means the fed campaign to raising rates to tame inflation will be done and i think that is what these numbers show is that we are seeing strong job growth but it is moderating and not too much that maybe there is a harsh recession next year and i think that is what a lot of people have been worried about. shelli think that is what a lot of people have been worried about. shell in new york thank _ have been worried about. shell in new york thank you _ have been worried about. shell in new york thank you so _ have been worried about. shell in new york thank you so much - have been worried about. shell in new york thank you so much for. have been worried about. shell in . new york thank you so much for that insight. to japan now, where the value of the yen is going up as investors gamble that the country is finally going to see an end of negative interest rates. good news for holders of the yen, but perhaps not for the markets. joao da silva has the details. japan's nikkei ended the session down nearly 1.7%. meanwhile, the yen has gone the other way, making significant gains against the us dollar. it's really a continuation of what we have seen in recent days, with the japanese currency rising sharply and reaching multi—month highs against other major currencies. now the yen has, of course, received a bit of a boost from remarks by the governor ofjapan�*s central bank, who on thursday spoke of a difficult year ahead in terms of policy making and crucially talked about possible paths out of negative interest rates. those comments seem to have fuelled bets that the bank of japan is about to change gears and start unwinding its ultra loose monetary policy, meaning the boj would continue on a counter—cyclical tack. but this time around, hiking rates while much of the rest of the world gets ready to do the exact opposite. well, as i mentioned, if such a prospect proved bullish for the japanese currency, that obviously wasn't the case for stocks, which really continue to drop, with investors taking a cautious approach, particularly with those sectors that are more likely to be impacted. that's, of course, majorjapanese exporters like auto makers and machinery manufacturers whose price advantage would take a hit from a stronger yen. now, it must be said all of this market action is pretty speculative at this stage. japan's central bank will hold its meeting on december 19. that's when we should have a clearer picture of whetherjapan�*s central bankers are really ready to turn the page on years of monetary easing. the un climate summit — cop28 — continutes in dubai today, with delegates being urged to "step up" and help phase out fossil fuels. the former irish leader, mary robinson is adding to that pressure, calling for countries to do more than just offer superficial pledges. she's the chair of the elders, a body of statesmen and women, founded by nelson mandela. let's cross to dubai where we're joined by faraz khan, the boss of spectreco which helps companies develop their environment, social and governance policies. thank you forjoining us. just tell me what progress are you seeing in cop at the moment?— cop at the moment? thank you for havin: cop at the moment? thank you for having us- — cop at the moment? thank you for having us. this _ cop at the moment? thank you for having us. this cop _ cop at the moment? thank you for having us. this cop 28 _ cop at the moment? thank you for having us. this cop 28 has - cop at the moment? thank you for having us. this cop 28 has been i having us. this cop 28 has been unprecedented in terms of the spotlight it has shed on the climate issue. the pledges, the commitments, the deliberation on big issues. but it seems three important stakeholders are still not in the centre stage. number one, 5 m e's who are the backbone of the economy. sme's being small enterprises. yes. sme's being small enterprises. yes, the second ones _ sme's being small enterprises. yes, the second ones are _ sme's being small enterprises. yes, the second ones are the _ sme's being small enterprises. 133 the second ones are the regulatory regime that is taking place in europe, in the uk it is very much there, and it is coming in the next three years as well. are there, and it is coming in the next three years as well.— three years as well. are you still with us? i _ three years as well. are you still with us? i am — three years as well. are you still with us? i am interested - three years as well. are you still with us? i am interested in - three years as well. are you still with us? i am interested in that| with us? i am interested in that small medium enterprises because the vast majority of businesses around the world fit into that category. you think that's not enough has been done to include them in the process don't you? done to include them in the process don't ou? ~ , f don't you? absolutely? the transition _ don't you? absolutely? the transition finance _ don't you? absolutely? the transition finance and - don't you? absolutely? the transition finance and the l don't you? absolutely? the - transition finance and the access to patient capital for sme's to make that transition towards net zero, number two the lack of daytime technology that enables these sme's to move towards their climate neutrality goals. number three the regulatory regimes and capital markets need to speak together and sit together to provide specific solutions for sme's to move forward. he transition talent does not exist at this point of time for the targets that we have for the future. it sounds to me you are saying without the smaller businesses there can be no meaningful progress towards net to zero. what should be done to bring them into the fold? the sme's sector across the world are nervous and confused right now because they don't have the capacity nor the finances. the capacity through technology and data, and access to patient capital. these are two very clear elements that they need to provide to the sme's sector. the capital markets and the regulator need to find a mechanism that this transition actually happens for sme's otherwise we are looking at an unprecedented cost of living crisis and closure of businesses in times to come. we have to leave it there, _ businesses in times to come. we have to leave it there, thank _ businesses in times to come. we have to leave it there, thank you _ businesses in times to come. we have to leave it there, thank you so - businesses in times to come. we have to leave it there, thank you so much i to leave it there, thank you so much forjoining us from dubai. let's stay with cop28. aaron heslehurst has been speaking to the former boss of bp, lord browne for this week's talking business. he now runs a green investment firm — and says the fossil fuel industry needs to play a bigger part. since 1997 i have always been saying that the oil and gas industry has to be part of the solution, it can'tjust be sitting out there as a problem. so the better we engage, the better they see the concern that people have over them, and actually the fury in some cases. there are banners out there in cop that say ban oil, end oil, all of the sort of things. so it is actually good that the oil industry sees that. they need to see that there are many sides to the story, can't say we are here because you need us and we won't do anything, that is it. that sort of arrogance doesn't work. it doesn't work at all. the world has to replace oil and gas by expanding hugely all the cleaner energies. everything from fission, nuclearfission, maybe one day nuclearfusion. our last meeting here was on the concept of nuclear fusion and how possibly for the very first time this is something that will be delivered, notjust on the horizon forever. and you can get lots more on the challenges of greening the world economy — on this week's �*talking business weekly�*, here on the bbc news channel. to the video games business now — because one of the most successful titles in the world could be about to get bigger. fortnite already has more than 400 million registered players. now its developer, epic, has joined forces with lego, to try to appeal to younger players. but the move is proving controversial. our technology correspondent, marc chislak has more. the massively popular video game, fortnite has launched a high profile collaboration with lego. while fortnite is famous for blasting, building and last player standing battle royale, this new game is a survival crafting title, heavily leaning into the crafting element using lego bricks. fortnite is no stranger to controversy, with questions being raised about child safety in the game since it first launched. it has in—game purchases which used to be loot boxes, and it has the ability to talk to other players. so when i'm talking to parents what i wanted to make sure is that they understand that experience before they hand over to their child. so how has its developer epic games address these issues when working with famously family friendly lego? we've been on a journey. you don't implement these features in a week or a day. like these are things that we've been building for years and years. and so one of the things that we recently implemented was a rating system. so each piece of content is rated appropriately for the audience, and we allow through our parental controls, the parents to decide what type of content their kids will be able to see tonight. it's clear that this collaboration between lego and fortnite is about making the fortnite ecosystem more appealing to younger players. but for a game which has attracted criticism from a wide variety of different quarters parents, groups, even prince harry is seeking a younger players. a wise move. you can apply some of the criticism that's been levied at fortnite to video games in general, and a lot of that criticism is how are they interacting with other people on the internet? and it's a battle royale by its very nature. you're going to be in combat. and there are people who that's not what they're interested in, that's not what their tastes are, or there are people who, like with lego, are probably a bit too young for that. there are already lots of lego video games, but does collaborating with fortnite create a particular risk for the company? every collaboration and everything that you do always, especially things that are ambitious, there are a lot of unknowns because we don't yet know exactly how the game is going to land. let's see if it manages to build its makers an even bigger audience. mark cieslak, abc news. that's all. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start with the big news from the world of golf — as masters championjon rahm has left the pga tour to join the saudi—back liv golf venture. the u—turn from the world number three, has sent another shockwave through the sport, as the 29 year old becomes the biggest name to date to sign. he had previously ruled out joining liv since its inaugural season in 2021. the future of the sport is still unclear, with a deadline looming for the pga tour and the dp world tour to agree a deal to merge with the saudi arabian public investement fund, which supports liv our golf correspondent iain carter spoke to me earlier. i think it leaves us with a fundamental question, hasjohn ram fundamental question, has john ram going fundamental question, hasjohn ram going to live made it easier to get a deal done between the pga tour and the saudi arabians. right now the game is split into. it is deeply fractured and it somehow has to be put back together. again going back to rory michael roy, if that is what he is calling for. if you look at the power brokers as as far as the pga