of california. this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines: ukrainian authorities say fighting is continuing in a number of areas in the east as the country s forces retake more territory from the russians, in the south. twitter has confirmed the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. the united states, japan and south korea have all conducted military drills in response to north korea s first test launch of a ballistic missile overjapan in five years. south korean and us aircraft
The latest Tweet by Elon Musk states, Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app Buying Twitter is an Accelerant to Creating X, the Everything App - Latest Tweet by Elon Musk.
Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app, Musk tweeted on Tuesday night, hours after he offered to complete the buyout at his original offer price of $44 billion.
permanently suspended from twitter last year in the wake of the capital riots and it ll be interesting now to see if mr musk, if he does go through with this deal, whether he reevaluates, when he wants those kinds of people on his platform and whether or not that kind of change happens but once again there are a lot of details we don t know sarah remains to be seen what plays out. remains to be seen what plays out, , ., , remains to be seen what plays out. , .,, ., out. some people say the deal, he is overpaying out. some people say the deal, he is overpaying for out. some people say the deal, he is overpaying for the - he is overpaying for the company, a lot of people have left, there is a bit of a toxic environment, created because it s gone in a very public way for months. people are not feeling particularly confident. have you heard anything in terms of whether it is worth the price he is paying? it terms of whether it is worth the price he is paying? it has been a really the
twitter, the shares have really, to put it bluntly, they tanked. so twitter investors have really suffered and mr musk was due to be in court later this month in delaware to go later this month in delaware to 9° up later this month in delaware to go up against twitter. it is generally believed the reason that he at this point is because he believes that was probably a lost cause and inevitably he would lose. that s if he did lose that maybe it would be a worse outcome that he d have to face penalties for causing some of the turbulence which led twitter investors, many twitter investors, to face such a challenging time. those twitter investors and twitter lawyers, if the deal eventually goes through, will be the people most particularly happy. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: fullfilling a childhood dream we meet the man who spent 16 years building his own spitfire from scratch.