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In More Or Less, Ruth Alexander and Wesley Stephenson investigate whether so-called 鈥�100 year floods鈥� only happen once a century and ask if it鈥檚 true breathing the air in Beijing causes as much damage as smoking 40 cigarettes a day.

大象传媒 Trending reports on an alleged sexual assault which surfaced through the controversial social network Yeti 鈥� Campus Stories, also dubbed a college 鈥榩arty鈥� app. How does it work, and why are so many students using it to upload illicit material? And 鈥� a video that suggests an Egyptian man died after being tortured by police has been widely shared on Facebook. It鈥檚 the latest in a spate of recent deaths that have spurred people to speak out against the government on social media.

And in the The Why Factor Mike Williams looks at the meaning of wearing a skirt 鈥� a garment which throughout centuries has had social meaning, including the liberation and oppression of women. The programme includes an interview with Jung Chang, author of the bestselling 鈥淲ild Swans鈥�, who describes how it was dangerous to wear a skirt during the Cultural Revolution.

(Image: Flooding in Paris in 1910. Credit: Getty)