import re


def sanitize_text(text: str) -> str:
    r"""Sanitizes the text for tts.
        What gets removed:
     - following characters`^_~@!&;#:-%“”‘"%*/{}[]()\|<>?=+`
     - any http or https links

    Args:
        text (str): Text to be sanitized

    Returns:
        str: Sanitized text
    """

    # remove any urls from the text
    regex_urls = r"((http|https)\:\/\/)?[a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\?\:@\-_=#]+\.([a-zA-Z]){2,6}([a-zA-Z0-9\.\&\/\?\:@\-_=#])*"

    result = re.sub(regex_urls, " ", text)

    # note: not removing apostrophes
    regex_expr = r"\s['|’]|['|’]\s|[\^_~@!&;#:\-%“”‘\"%\*/{}\[\]\(\)\\|<>=+]"
    result = re.sub(regex_expr, " ", result)
    result = result.replace("+", "plus").replace("&", "and")
    # remove extra whitespace
    return " ".join(result.split())