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Trending: YouTube Star LeFloid and a Filipina Rescue

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29/11/2014

YouTube Star LeFloid and a Filipina Rescue

BBC World Service - Trending, YouTube Star LeFloid and a Filipina Rescue

German celebrity vlogger, and a Filipina maid in Saudi Arabia

We meet one of Germany’s biggest YouTube stars, LeFloid, in Berlin. He takes an alternative look at current affairs in a bid to get people talking.

A German YouTube Star
Charlotte McDonald has been to Berlin to meet one of Germany’s biggest YouTube personalities, Le Floid. The 27-year-old vlogger is the man behind ‘LeNews’, a channel that takes a different twist on current affairs in a bid to get people talking. 

Rescue in Saudi Arabia 
When a Filipina domestic worker in Saudi Arabia posted a video of her living conditions it was shared over 400,000 times across the world. We find out how the video led to her removal from the house and provoked debate in Saudi Arabia. 

The Trending Minute
We talk flying lambchops, #fergusonriottips, dancing in Iran and Pit Bulls in America – all in 60 seconds. 

(Image: YouTube star LeFloid in Berlin. BBC copyright)

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