Timeline: Key events in Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter

Here is a timeline of how Musk's deal to buy Twitter has unfolded

Musk’s deal appears to be on the verge of collapse (Yui Mok/PA)

Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter appears to have collapsed

In a letter, the Tesla and SpaceX boss’s lawyers said the platform has “not complied with its contractual obligations” surrounding the deal, namely giving him enough information to “make an independent assessment of the prevalence of fake or spam accounts on Twitter’s platform”.