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Shiite Hezbollah flag over a Islamic State mural.

26/11/2015 GMT

Has Islamic State Been Losing Territory?

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More Or Less asks if Islamic State has been losing territory

More Or Less asks if Islamic State has been losing territory, BBC Trending reports on racial abuse of Westerners in Taiwan and the Why Factor explains why we like T-shirts.

More Or Less asks if so-called Islamic State has been losing territory. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has claimed IS have lost about 25-30% of their territory in Iraq. Is this true? Plus, is Premier League footballer Héctor Bellerín faster than Usain Bolt? Bellerín can reportedly run 40 metres in 4.41 seconds. Ruth Alexander asks how their times compare.

BBC Trending reports on the Smartphone footage of an Englishman being racially abused in Taiwan which has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube. What does this reveal about attitudes to foreigners? And what lies behind a popular hashtag which claims that India is 'choking' Nepal by stopping fuel and medical supplies getting into the country – claims which the Indian government denies. 

And, in the Why Factor, Mike Williams traces the history of the T-shirt from its humble origins as an undergarment to its current status as a tool of the rebel, the protester, the campaigner and the corporate marketeer.

(Photo: A Shiite Hezbollah flag on top of a mural depicting the emblem of the Islamic State group. Credit: Getty Images)

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