Apache2 server failed to start due to error in conf - apache

Question

I am trying to start the apache2 server installed on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop. However the restart failed and from what I can see in the error log, it is related to my configuration. However I cannot debug further on the exact issue. My apache2 server configuration is as below.
cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
#ServerName www.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
WSGIDaemonProcess flaskapp threads=5 python-home=/home/hd2900/Documents/Python/hd2900TakeawayPrint/env
WSGIScriptAlias / /home/hd2900/Documents/Python/hd2900TakeawayPrint/flaskapp.wsgi
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
<Directory /home/hd2900/Documents/Python/hd2900TakeawayPrint>
          WSGIProcessGroup flaskapp
          Require all granted
</Directory>
# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
# modules, e.g.
#LogLevel info ssl:warn
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
When trying to start the server
sudo service apache2 restart
Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xeu apache2.service" for details.
Digging further into systemctl status apache2.service it seems that I have an issue on line 18 in my apache2 configuration file. I have checked that line, and cannot see exactly what the issue is.
systemctl status apache2.service
× apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2022-08-28 00:11:46 CEST; 1min 14s ago
Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
Process: 4561 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 66ms
Aug 28 00:11:45 hd2900 systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Aug 28 00:11:46 hd2900 apachectl[4564]: AH00526: Syntax error on line 18 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:
Aug 28 00:11:46 hd2900 apachectl[4564]: Invalid command '\xe2\x80\x86', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
Aug 28 00:11:46 hd2900 apachectl[4561]: Action 'start' failed.
Aug 28 00:11:46 hd2900 apachectl[4561]: The Apache error log may have more information.
Aug 28 00:11:46 hd2900 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 28 00:11:46 hd2900 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 28 00:11:46 hd2900 systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
I also checked the error.log and get the below print out. I am still not sure what the exact issue is.
cat /var/log/apache2/error.log
[Sat Aug 27 23:42:48.764507 2022] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 2886:tid 281473433382944] AH00489: Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Aug 27 23:42:48.765058 2022] [core:notice] [pid 2886:tid 281473433382944] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[Sat Aug 27 23:46:40.942688 2022] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 2886:tid 281473433382944] AH00492: caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully
[Sat Aug 27 23:46:41.074596 2022] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 4010:tid 281473172430880] AH00489: Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/4.9.0 Python/3.10 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Aug 27 23:46:41.075061 2022] [core:notice] [pid 4010:tid 281473172430880] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[Sat Aug 27 23:52:16.956956 2022] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 4010:tid 281473172430880] AH00491: caught SIGTERM, shutting down