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Twitter have a new ownner for $44bn

The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had "tremendous potential" that he would unlock. He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts .The firm initially rebuffed Mr Musk's bid, but it will now ask shareholders to vote to approve the deal. Mr Musk is the  world's richest person , according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of $273.6bn mostly due to his shareholding in electric vehicle maker Tesla which he runs. He also leads the aerospace firm SpaceX. Why Elon Musk has been so keen to buy Twitter Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,  Mr Musk said in a statement announcing the deal.  "I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhanc

How reliant is the world on Russia for oil and gas?

Russia says it is no longer supplying gas to Poland and Bulgaria after the countries refused to pay for their supplies in roubles. The EU has said it considers the move to be a form of blackmail. How has Russia halted gas flows? Despite the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has continued to supply a large amount of gas to many European countries. However, after Western powers placed financial sanctions on Russia, President Putin announced that "unfriendly" countries would have to pay for gas in the Russian currency. The Russian-state-owned energy company Gazprom says it has cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria and will not restart these until payments are made in roubles. Who's paying in roubles? EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned that complying with Russian demands would breach EU sanctions and would be "high risk" for companies that did so. Gas companies in some EU countries, including Germany, Hungary and Slovakia, have agree