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Twitter shareholders approve $44bn Musk deal

Twitter's shareholders have voted to approve a deal with Elon Musk to buy the company for $44bn.This means Twitter will now try to force Mr Musk to buy the company in the courts.

Twitter's shareholders have voted to approve a deal with Elon Musk to buy the company for $44bn, which means Twitter will now try to force Elon Musk to buy the company in the courts. Cara Lombardo, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal who broke the news of the results gives us an update.

Canada is seeing a mass exodus of workers from the workplace. It's happening in many countries, but what has been called the Great Resignation, is a bit different in Canada. Rural workers are becoming scarce, and the government of the province of Alberta is using a rural immigration programme to try to address the shortage. We hear from local business in Alberta.

One of the giants of French cinema, Jon Luc Godard, has died at the age of 91. He was the godfather of the New Wave of French cinema and one of the most influential directors in the history of filmmaking. But whatever happened to French cinema? Documentary filmmaker and theoretician Eyal Sivan speaks to us from in Marseille.

(Picture: In this photo illustration Elon Musk Twitter logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen with Twitter logo in the background in Athens, Greece on July 11, 2022.)

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