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More Or Less checks out a fact quoted in the film the Big Short that for every 1% that unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die. But is there any truth in this statistic? It turns out it is a figure that has been around for many decades. Charlotte McDonald explores its origins. And, is it true that the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world, as said by many politicians in the debate over whether the UK should leave the European Union?

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trending reports on a story shared on Weibo, about a girl forced to have an abortion when her boyfriend could not pay her family to marry her. It has raised the issue of ‘bride price’ payments in China. And there is news of Ese, a Nigerian girl who was abducted last August, but returned to her family this week thanks in part to a hashtag campaign - #FreeEse.

And, the Why Factor asks why throughout history people have held conspiracy theories which cast doubt on the official narratives of some very serious events - from the Holocaust to 9/11, Diana to JFK, Lockerbie to Sandy Hook. What prompts people to think in this way and how should governments react to the people who doubt them? Mike Williams reports.

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