if you paid any attention to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the last three years, there s a good chance you ve heard the phrase, better than expected. you ve probably heard it again over the last few days following the latest job in december. 216,000 new jobs were created. much better than expected for cnbc. back in the old days, weeks 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now 100 one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. well every available job is not matched every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more jobs than it has available workers. that s just the fact. december s 2100is not anomaly either. that s largely been the trend of the biden presidency since the office in 2021. you can find similar headlines about better than expected numbers for june 2021, january 2022, june 2022, september 2023, for example. this has been one of the top achievements of the biden presidency. it shows that he s been able to
of truth, dignity and respect. in a speech to cheering supporters in prague, petre pavel said it was time to return those values to politics. now on bbc news click. this week we are trying to get to space. which is even harder than it sounds. lara messes up the house. oh, no, i spilt my coffee! and then clears up. mind the cat, though. and fancy a drink? we are saving water. cheers. .and trying to save nick from himself. oh, no, he is getting a tattoo. there is no going back from this. lara: it is a pretty i spectacular view from earth s orbit. spencer: and there many things that have that view these days. a couple of space stations and thousands of satellites. and more and more companies want to put stuff up there. did you know that the closer you are to the equator, the easier it is to get things up to the right speed to go into orbit? ah. that is because that is where the earth is spinning fastest, so as you launch, it gives you an extra whang. and that is why the uk spa
you are to the equator, the easier it is to get things up to the right speed to go into orbit? that is because that is where the earth is spinning fastest, so as you launch, it gives you an extra whang. and that is why the uk space port is way down south in cornwall. and that is why it was there, earlier in the year that virgin orbit attempted the first satellite launch from uk soil. marc cieslak: the uk s first functioning spaceport is here in cornwall. we are creating a huge cluster of space technology. the global value of the space economy is somewhere in the region of $360 billion. to the uk it is 16.5 billion pounds every single year. newquay airport usually hosts small passenger and private aircraft but is now home to spaceport cornwall. rockets will not launch from the ground here. private companies instead will take advantage of the runway which is one of the longest in britain, and ideal for an innovative method of satellite deployment via a rocket called launcher 1,