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The top 40 stories of the week across social media and online

5 live's rundown of the top 40 news, politics, sport and showbiz stories of the week that are making the biggest impact across social media and online

5 live Hit List: 15/11/2015

15/11/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 live Hit List, 15/11/2015

Emma Barnett presents the top 40 stories of the week across social media and online.

Emma Barnett is joined by author and Daily Telegraph reporter Jim White and editor, writer and feminist Bea Appleby.

Emma Barnett presents 5 live's rundown of the top 40 news, politics, sport and showbiz stories of the week that are making the biggest impact across social media and online. Joining Emma is the author and Daily Telegraph reporter, Jim White and editor, writer and feminist Bea Appleby. 
 
This week's chart:
 
40 Aung San Suu Kyi  and her party end 50 years of military rule in Myanmar.
 
39 Racing Extinction: a documentary that says half the world's animals could be gone in 100 years.
 
38 The "Force" is still awakening: another Star Wars teaser keeps the excitement bubbling.
 
37 Mysterious blue lights over Los Angeles send the internet into UFO meltdown .
 
36 Boris Johnson offends Palestinians.
 
35 American Chuck Esterly makes his debut as a stand-up at 89.
 
34 They're celebrities, get them in there! Welcome back to the Jungle.
 
33 Apple executives say sorry after black schoolboys are asked to leave one of the company's stores.
 
32 A sleeping nude by Modigliani sells for £120 million.
 
31 Italians rescue a labrador from the sea and find YouTube fame.
 
30 From games console to big screen, it's the trailer for the new Warcraft movie.
 
29 Indonesia plans to use crocodiles to guard criminals.
 
28 At least 43 people are killed by suicide bombers in Beirut.
 
27 Jeremy Corbyn, did he or didn't he kneel before the Queen?
 
26 The world record for the tightest reverse parallel park.
 
25 More than a decade after we Found Nemo, we're now "Finding Dory".
 
24 Hello London! The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Wembley.
 
23 It's a triple firing in the Apprentice.
 
22 An earthquake sparks tsunami fears in Japan.
 
21 Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey makes a full recovery.
 
20 Nico Rosberg wins the Brazilian Grand Prix.
 
19 Cambridge firemen score a hit with a Mary Poppins dance.
 
18 The Scotland Bill promising more powers for Holyrood is passed by MP's.
 
17 Arsene Wenger is worried about doping in football.
 
16 Andy White, who played drums on the Beatles' "Love Me Do" has died.
 
15 The new Call of Duty game, Black Ops 3.
 
14 A skier has a lucky escape when he takes a massive tumble down a mountain.
 
13 The Blue Moon, the most expensive diamond ever auctioned, sold for £32million in Geneva.
 
12 Otto the Bulldog has set a new world record for "longest human tunnel traveled through by a skateboarding dog".
 
11 The former Sunderland and Hungary goalkeeper Marton Fulop dies aged just 32.
 
10 It's Victoria's Secret, the annual show of women's underwear that always proves very popular for some reason.
 
9 Mohammed Emwazi, sometimes called Jihadi John  seems almost certain to have been killed in a drone strike.
 
8 Jorge Lorenzo wins motorcycling's top prize, the MotoGP world championship.
 
7 Fallout 4, the latest version of the post-apocalyptic computer game is released.
 
6 X factor. Max and Monica get sent home this week but Olly Murs and Caroline Flack somehow carry on.
 
5 Children in Need, £37million raised so far.
 
4 #Blackoncampus. Protests about racism at American Universities lead to resignations in Missouri.
 
3 Diwali, the Indian celebration of light. 
 
2 Remembrance as the nation marks those killed in war. 
 
1 Attacks on Paris.

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