Live: Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Assange seek bail.
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange will discover on Wednesday if he will be allowed to taste freedom after years of self-incarceration and jail time, following victory in his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States.
A British judge on Monday rejected a request from U.S. authorities for Assange, 49, to be sent across the Atlantic to face 18 criminal charges of breaking an espionage law and conspiring to hack government computers.
The charges relate to the release by WikiLeaks of hundreds of thousands of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables which U.S. officials say put lives in danger.
Although Judge Vanessa Baraitser accepted the U.S. legal arguments in the case, she said Assange’s mental health issues meant he would be at risk of suicide if he were extradited.
Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange WON’T be extradited to US to face spy charges due to suicide risk
www.thesun.co.uk/news/13641184/julian-assange-spy-charges-suicide/
From Brexit breaking news to HD movie trailers, The Sun newspaper brings you the latest news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world.
Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know
Read The Sun: www.thesun.co.uk
Like The Sun on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thesun/
Follow The Sun on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSun
Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: www.snapchat.com/discover/The_Sun/1633225139
Shocking moment huge explosion rocks Pro-Iranian group's Iraqi HQ - killing one and injuring eight.
A PRO-IRANIAN military base in Iraq was rocked by a huge explosion overnight in an alleged airstrike that killed one. The blast at the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Force (PMF) HQ in Kalso, south of Baghdad, reportedly wounded eight more. Read on: Th...
-
Ukraine special ops hero is leading strike force of stealth drone operators to hunt Putin’s forces.
AS Ukraine runs desperately short on ammunition, small killing machines buzz across the battlefield, hunting down the enemy and decimating its tanks. FPV drones are “our sword, our strike force” against Russia’s advance, special ops warrior “Arsen...
-
Iran's bloodthirsty allies 'primed and ready' to start SECOND war in Gaza.
Iran has vowed to launch ten times the amount of missiles in a fresh strike against Israel if it unleashes a retaliatory hit on Tehran. The new threat could see 1,460 missiles hurled at Israel as world leaders hold their breath to see if an "uncon...
-
'Horror and agony' of the Columbine school shooting 25 years on - and the tragedies that followed.
The Columbine High School shooting, occurring on April 20, 1999, was a devastating event that shook the world. Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, carried out a meticulously planned attack, resulting in the loss of 13 lives and injuring m...
-
Dubai's 'apocalyptic' floods cause $1bn of damage in a DAY after worst storm for 75 years.
THE destructive deluge that engulfed Dubai on Tuesday could end up costing the glitzy city $1billion to clean up after the "apocalyptic" floods. The torrential downpours left airports submerged underwater, roads at a standstill and homes and busin...
-