on the w ah ah ah ah, this is dw news ly from berlin, the world's richest man is now the owner of one of the world's most influential information platforms. tesla c, e o. l on moscow's a, 44000000000 dollar deal to buy twitter. he says he will quote, unleash it's full potential, wants to protect free speech. also coming up, ukraine says russia is trying to disrupt the flow of weapons coming in from abroad . at least 5 people are killed. that a series of missile attacks on railway stations asked russian forces strike deep inside ukraine. and turkey hands down a life sentence for

a human rights campaigner was my cavellas found guilty of trying to overthrow the government charges he says are fabricated? ah, and why bulletproof? welcome to the program. a lot musk they set to buy twitter after the social media company accepted his $44000000000.00 deal. it ends weeks of uncertainty over whether the sale would happen at all. moscow's best known for electric cars and private space flight describes himself as a free speech. absolutist is pledged a largely hands off approach to policing. what gets said on the platform at a time of growing concern about the role social media platforms play in spreading disinformation. ah, last month, elan mosque was clearly in a celebratory mood as he opens the car factory in berlin. now the world's richest

man is no doubt celebrating again. after reaching a $44000000000.00 agreement to buy twitter and take it private. while it's far from the largest or most profitable social media platform, twitter is highly influential. company management, initially try to fend off mosques take over. but stakeholders warm to the idea after he secured funding, the tesla co founder scene here and bow footage says he wants to use the platform to uphold free speech and reached out to opponents with a tweet saying, i hope that even my worst critics remain on twitter because that's what free speech means. must fans on freedom of expression has led some to speculate that he might, on ban former president trump, who was kicked off the service in 2021 after the riots at the u. s. capital the house republicans official twitter account is going so far as to urging mosque

to quote, free trump. the white house declined to comment. okay, press secretary gen saki told reporters for president biden was concerned about social media power, new agreement like well, i'm not going to comment on a specific transaction. ah, what i can tell you as a general matter, no matter who owns or runs at twitter, the president has long been concerned about the power of large social media platforms. what they had, the power they have over our everyday lives has long argued that tech platforms must be held accountable for the harms they caused. but for those worried about trumps re emerging on twitter, there was also some good news on monday, trump himself told fox news that he would not return to twitter, saying he would stick with his own new media platform instead of corresponding washington explained why this deal could have a huge impact on social media. well, william, whether you like it or not, whether you use twitter or not, it is,

as you already said, one of the most influential social media platforms in the world. it is where you will find presidents celebrities, millions more. and that is what makes this such a blockbuster deal. you have the richest man in the world buying such an important social media platform. and even the way that this deal went down was something of a wild ride as you hinted at it. he was just a few weeks ago that he la muska now said he was buying a big stake in the company. he wanted to see it on the board. the board members did not agree that he would be the right fit. they actually tried to prevent him from taking over the company with legal maneuvers. fast forward to now and they decided after negotiating on monday they would go ahead and william, that's because eli must got that financing together. he spent the last 2 weeks driving of the 44000000000 about half of it was raced in debt, half about half of it is his own money. and that seemed to change the minds of board members to go ahead. and it seems that investors agree the share prices for twitter, rows more than 5 percent in trading on monday. so they seem to be optimistic about

what this deal will meet. so good for business on one side. a lot of critics obviously must because describe himself as a free speech absolutist. what exactly could that mean for the platform or even beyond? that is the big question. william, he's made very clear that he thinks twitter need some major changes. so 1st and foremost, as he said, he believes it needs to be a bastion of free speech. she has criticize what he believes is too much content moderation on the platform right now. and if you look at that press statement that was released with this deal, isla musk writing that he sees free speech as a bedrock of a functioning democracy. and he also sees twitter as the digital town square. he also wants to tackle twitters algorithms to make them open source because he believes there need to be more transparency in the codes that decide what content gets pushed to the top of our news feed and why. but william twitter ceo actually told employees that the company does not know what elan mosque has in store for the future. so there is a lot of uncertainty about what he will actually end up pursuing as these next days

go forward. and also uncertain is any kind of regulatory trouble that he might run into. what can you say about that? while this is going to be for me them, one of the most interesting roadblocks to watch because both congress here in the u . s. and they're the european union, they have been cracking down on social media platforms, most notably facebook and the responsibility that these platforms have for the content that they host. and that criticism actually prompt a twitter in recent years to it's 2 more content moderation and, and moderate the type of speech that was allowed. that's what we saw, the former president donald trump banned from twitter. so if he'll a muscle wants to open those gates again, he could run into trouble, and we know that he prefers a more hands off approach to regulation, to put it mildly so we could be in for some big conflicts. there. that was, you have your correspondence to me, some misconduct reporting from washington, and we will have more. i'm ellen musket buying twitter later in the business news

with christy plot a chair over now to the latest developments in the warn ukraine. russia has launched a string of attacks against railway stations and fuel installations deep inside the country. it comes after russia's foreign minister said that weapons supplied by western nations could be a quote, legitimate target. moscow has been keeping up a showing of civilian areas in southern and eastern ukraine. this mom is being evacuated from his home and her keith dropped in his flat. but it is a miracle he survived. no. and he knew in north they've been bombarding us all day and all night now sheila blew up in the beginning. it was quiet her at night, spoke on the bombing only happened during the day on will uh but, but later they begun bombing at night too. oh, nice pool of greg boulevard, missouri hit here in the yard. if you look who would look. hark eve. hasn't yoda

burrage, of russian attacks. constant shelling has reduced much of the city to ashes. now some 50 residents have been evacuated from one frontline neighborhood. they have been taken to shelters, but they hope to be safe. about 400 kilometer south safety is still a distant dream. russian forces continue to pummel the adult standstill factory the last pocket of resistance and mary upon. the port city has been under siege for weeks now. most of it has been wiped out by russian bombardment. the dye fate of my apple has been a warning to other ukrainian cities and to protect them, the cranes president followed him. his zalinski has asked allies for more support

she every one in the world, even those who openly did not support as her now agrees that the fate out europe, the fate of global security and the fate of the democratic wisdom is being decided in ukraine. this is one representatives from across the world. we'll be meeting here at adams time air based in germany. you as defense, secretary, lloyd austin, beset to host talks that will focus on arming ukraine has turned out to some other stories we're following for you right now. former us president donald trump has been held in contempt of court in the state of new york. trump must pay a fine of $10000.00 a day until he turns over documents to a prob, into whether his company lied about the values of its assets in financial. stately be over that of thousands of tenant fuel shortages of cause long lines. and for some gas station to shut down in haiti,

the caribbean nation was already facing an energy crisis due to a powerful earthquake last year with some homes of hospitals. still relying on gasoline generators. airport authorities warned shortages could cause fly cancellations. like a japanese women believed to be the world's oldest person has died at $119.00 honey . tanaka died in the hospital, which she had been in and out of recently. according to her work, her dentist, world records entry. it's not got woke up at 6 am every day. i was a big fan of board games. a math pauses. and in turkey, a court there has sentenced human rights campaign or us my ca villa to life in prison. he was on guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. gal has been in detention since 2017. he says the charges against him. ive been fabricated, the ruling by the istanbul caught true loud protests from supporters of horsemen corolla. they vowed that the resistance against the

turkish government would continue. cavellas long imprisonment without trial had earlier prompted the council of europe to launch infringement proceedings against turkey. many had hope that would help his case opposition. lawmakers slammed the ruling up that the government is without shame. there just thugs, like the mafia. how can we take them seriously as judges and prosecutors? without cabala was convicted of organizing protests in 2013, against the building of a shopping center in eastern bulls, gacy park. the prosecution claimed he was aiming to topple edwin's government charges. he denies the european court of human rights call the case politically motivated. activists expressed shock at the ruling. it's far worse than anything any one expected. i think. and i mean, it feels like a kind of a huge act of defiance. coming from the

palace. the court also convicted 18 other people on trial with cabala. they were each sentence to 18 years in prison. all of the defendants have pledged to appeal the verdict. people in the chinese capital, beijing, or russian to stock, up on groceries and household goods. as coven 19 case numbers increase? there? they fear authorities will lock the city. downers, china strict 0 co policy. as the country struggles that's worse outbreak into years . ah, rushing to be ready. in the event of a lockdown. these are just some of the millions of residents. stockpiling essentials after authorities sparked fears of an impending lockdown. government assurances that there is enough food have done little to this. a cautious locals with cues forming outside some supermarkets. while in others, isles ended up nearly bare of sought after products like fresh meat supermarket

chains of boosted stock levels and extended opening hours in a bid to keep up with the increased demand. but some locals are anxious about the future. aim. how will glad we're afraid that if deliveries are cut off, supplies won't meet, demand the ship seen so many people buying food at the same time made me a little nervous, but actually the situation is still ok. only 70 covered cases have been discovered in the city of 21000000 since the outbreak was 1st detected on friday. but authorities have responded with the same strict zeroed covey toolkit china has used throughout the pandemic. mass testing is already underway here in beijing's biggest district when most of the cases have been found. and where some residential compounds have already been placed under lockdown. officials say testing will be expanded to all but 5 of the cities remaining districts on tuesday. residents,

we hoping that a shanghai style lockdown won't be next, but until they know more, many will keep preparing for the worst. now reminder of the top stories we're following for you. tesla basil on mosque has clenched a deal to buy twitter for $44000000000.00. platforms board resisted a hostile takeover bid, but since accepted the offer, musk has vowed to uphold free speech. on twitter. ukraine says, russian missiles have hit several runaway stations in an effort to disrupt supplies of weapons from abroad. earlier top u. s. officials travel by train to keep to announce the extra military aid. or should you have any news coming up next? is our documentary series of dock film, which this time is looking at how china is building a massive surveillance system to monitor it. citizens. of course you always get lots more on our website, you w dot com and follow us on twitter and instagram act you

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