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28/04/2016 GMT

Most Expensive Building, Don’t Buy Death, How America Sees Itself

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Will a new nuclear power station in the UK be the most expensive 'object' ever built?

Will a new nuclear power station in the UK be the most expensive 'object' ever built? Why Somalis are using a hashtag to discourage emigration and how Americans see themselves.

What is the most expensive 'object' ever built? There are plans in the UK to build a brand new nuclear power station called Hinckley Point C. The environmental charity Greenpeace has claimed it is set to be the most expensive object on Earth. But could it really cost more to build than the Great Pyramid of Giza? More Or Less takes a look at some of the most costly building projects on the planet.

Why are Somalis using a hashtag to try and persuade young people not to make the dangerous journey to Europe? #DhimashoHaGadan, which translates as “Don’t buy death”, aims to counteract the positive and sometimes misleading pictures many emigrants post to social media. Students in South Africa are publishing the names of alleged rapists online. They say it is to make people take sexual assault seriously, but others have accused them of mob justice. Also in BBC Trending, how three Indian students are using Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe to make a point about overbearing mothers-in-law.

And what are notions of national identity and how do they arise? Mike Williams travels around the United States of America for the Why Factor to find out how Americans see themselves.

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