ah, ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. the hands off approach to social media content . that's what the long mask is promising for twitter. tesla c o has close to $44000000000.00 deal to buy the social media platform. he says he wants to protect free speech by unleashing twitters full potential. also coming up ahead of a key gathering of global defense ministers, russia intensifies its bombardment of ukraine targets. foreign land, easton, ukraine are now in russia's crossed as,

as brains troops and civilians hold on to help and turkey hands down a life sentence for human rights campaign. osman kabbalah is found guilty of trying to overthrow the government charges he says are fabricated. ah, i'm gabelle has walk up to the program. elan mosque is promising a more lenient touch to policing content on twitter after the social media company accepted his $44000000000.00. takeover bit mosque is best known as sea off tesla electric cars, but describes himself as the defender of free speech. she has pledged a largely hands off approach to controlling what is written on twitter. at a time of growing concern about the role social media plays in spreading disinformation. ah glad months you on mosque was clearly in

a celebratory mood as he opened a 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 finish 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 and band, 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, but press secretary gen saki told reporters for president biden was concerned about social media's power. new agreement might, 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 have that 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 correspondence in washington dc. explain to us how twitter could change on the ellen mosques.

ownership is 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 his deal ill on 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 twitter is 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 twitter c e o 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. that was the deb. you corresponded sousa, montgomery reporting from washington, d. c. and we'll have more on ellen mosques take over later in the business news

with christy plants and right after this program and returned to russia's warn you cry. now us defense secretary lloyd austin or will host a gathering of top military leaders from about 40 countries at the u. s. as in ramstein, germany in the coming hours, they expected to focus on how best to assist the ukrainian military with where weaponry to ward off the invasion. this comes after a day of heavy bombardment on the east and north east regions of the country. this, this man is being evacuated from his home and her keith dropped in his flat. but it is a miracle he survived. you know an ignore in noise . they've been bombarding us all day and all night now sheila blew up in the beginning. it was a quieter light is sparkling, the bombing only happened during the day or will over but later they begun bombing at night too. oh, nice little girl boulevard, also hit here in the yard,

but really killer. who would war? harkey. hasn't yoda, beverage of russian attacks. constant shelling has reduced much of the city to ashes. now, some 50 residents have been evacuated from one front line 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 as up 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. ukraine's president,

while loading his zalinski has asked allies for more support few, every one in the world, even those who openly did not support us here, now agrees that the fate of 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 and i'm stein air based in germany. you as defense. i could hurry lloyd austin said to host talks that we'll focus on arming ukraine or did others, rebecca or it as, as in the ukraine, him capital or kia for back up. what is the government a key if they're expecting from that war conference of 40 nations in rushed on to that? well, the only thing guess how that key really wong says the lance he has been calling for is of course weapons bad. today's meeting is less about what keith wants and more about the us trying to get our eyes on board. and in those delegates the

hosting the meeting today, lloyd austin and the secretary of state antony blink. and we're in cave over the weekend may came, bringing support, offering more weapons, more support, that was after they already announced, and another $800000000.00 package of weapons and other financial support to cave. and so today is less about what's wanted from our president lensky. and from cave and more about the us turning to its allies. it's nato allies in particular, and getting everybody to try and sing from the same songbook. europe circuited general is also engaging in some shuttle diplomacy to help in this conflict, just the government and key, if there are hold of any hope that would terrace visit to moscow today, we'll have some success. i don't think, i think that's probably too optimistic. i really, i don't think that cave assumes that this visit by antonio terrace will yield the

result of any kind of p steel or even to resuscitate the peace negotiations. largely, i, you know, antonia good harish is, is, is meeting with vladimir putin ahead of coming here to care. but peace negotiations have been stalled for some time now. something else that may be on the agenda that may be more hopeful, more successful is trying to broker some kind of humanitarian corridor in mary you, paul, that received city to the south. and we know that there is still around about 2000 ukrainian fighters in that as of steel plants, that last bastion of ukrainian defense. and one thing that president lensky has really been calling for is to try and get them out as well as around about a 1000 civilians believe to be there as well. he said that if they don't come out safely, if that if russia do, in fact, kill those soldiers or take those soldiers, then peace negotiations will in fact be dead in the water. so that is something

that could be on guitars agenda, and that something that is perhaps more hopeful of success than any real pe steel, rebecca register reporting from your friend and capital q. thank you, rebecca. let's have a look now at some of the other stories we're keeping track of for you today. for you, as president donald trump has been held in contempt of court in the state of new york, trump must pay a fine of $10000.00 per day until he turns over documents to a prob, into whether his company lied about the value of his assets in financial statements over that of thousands of fuel shortages have caused long queues and for some gas stations to shut down in haiti, there, caribbean nation was already facing an energy crisis. you too powerful earthquake last year with some homes and hospitals still relying on gasoline generators. airport authorities, board shortages could cause flight cancellations,

as well as face ex dragon capsule has returned to earth from the international space station during the 1st proof on a fully private space flight on board with 3 businessman from the u. s. canada as well as well as a retired nasa astronaut. dragging in turkey, a court has sentenced human rights campaign, or osmond kabbalah to life in prison. he was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. kabbalah had been in detention since 2017. he says the charges against him have been fabricated. the ruling by the istanbul caught true loud protests from supporters of horsemen corolla. ah, 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 hoped that would help

his case opposition. lawmakers slammed the ruling up the letter 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 istanbul, gacy park, the prosecution claimed he was aiming to topple antwan'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 sentenced to 18 years in prison. all of the defendants have pledged to appeal

the verdict. people, the chinese capital bay ging are rushing to stock up on groceries and household goods as cove 19 case numbers increase. they fear authorities will lock the city down under china's strength, 0 covey policy. as the country struggles with its worst outbreak, for 2 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 impending lockdown. government assurances that there is enough food have done little to dissuade 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. seen so many people buying food at the same time made me 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 obit. 5 of the cities remaining districts on tuesday. residents, we hoping that a shanghai style locked down won't be next, but until they know more, many will keep preparing for the worst you know,

at cdw news. that's it from me on the news team for now. do not go away though christy. pleasant is op. next with business and a lot more on the ellen mosques purchase off a twitter. and of course there's a lot more news on the websites d, w dot com. i'm got office in berlin from the other team here. thanks for your company. ah, ah ah, ah, ah, it started out we spooky intimidation and transformed into an orgy of hate and violence. the history of the ku klux klan, the oldest terrorist organization in the united states, its members fight for races, state ruled by white supremacy.