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Hungarian elections
Russian social media campaign aims to help Orbán win

Russia is said to be behind an ongoing disinformation campaign aimed at helping Viktor Orbán win the Hungarian election, sources with knowledge of the matter have told the Financial Times.

Hundreds of posts on social media portray the incumbent prime minister as the only candidate who can keep Hungary sovereign. At the same time, Orbán's opponent, opposition leader Péter Magyar, is described as an EU "puppet".

According to the FT, the Kremlin-linked media company Social Design Agency is behind the campaign. Western countries have imposed sanctions on the company after it created the disinformation campaign "Doppelgänger", which spread fake news and AI-generated content.

The Kremlin and Hungary deny involvement in the campaign.

The world's richest
Musk by far the richest – Trump in 645th place

Elon Musk continues to be the world's richest person according to Forbes' annual billionaires list. His fortune has grown to a whopping $839 billion, which is equivalent to around SEK 7,700 billion.

Musk is thus the first ever to have a fortune greater than $800 billion, according to the list.

Second on the list is Google co-founder Larry Page, who has a fortune of $257 billion, which is $552 billion less than the X-Tesla and Space X owner.

Around 400 names are on the Forbes list, which means that there are 3,428 dollar billionaires according to it. Among the newcomers are rapper and producer Dr. Dre, artist Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and tennis legend Roger Federer.

According to the list, US President Donald Trump is worth $6.5 billion. His wealth increased by 27 percent last year and he is ranked 645th.

The Bus fire in Switzerland 
Police: Bus fire not being investigated as a terrorist crime

The fire that killed six people on a bus in western Switzerland yesterday was intentional, Swiss police say. However, the incident is not being investigated as a terrorist act, according to AFP.

The fire broke out on a bus in the town of Kerzers in the canton of Freiburg at 6:30 p.m. and videos from the incident show meter-high flames pouring from the vehicle's windows.

Reports have circulated that the fire started after a passenger set himself on fire, a report that the police would neither confirm nor deny.

Police spokesman Frederic Papaux says that there is much evidence that the fire was arson, but there is no evidence that it was a terrorist attack.