he left belmarsh prison in london on monday. he is then driven to stansted airport before boarding a flight. the guilty plea is due to be confirmed on wednesday when mr assange will appear in front of a court in the northern mariana islands, a us territory in the pacific. he is then expected to return home to his native australia. julian assange spent seven years held up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london as washington tried to extradite him over the wikileaks files which disclosed confidential documents about the iraq and afghanistan wars in what turned out to be one of the biggest leaks of national security in american history. he was arrested in april 2019 over a breach of his bail conditions, and had spent the last five years inside a london prison, fighting his extradition to the united states. last month, a uk court ruled last month that he could appeal this decision after mr assange argued that he would not receive a fair trial. our north america correspondent,
northern england, more cloud and the odd shower or a splash of rain. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 25th june. the bbc has been told that the gambling commission is considering whether more police officers are involved in alleged betting on the date of the general election. four conservatives and a police officer assigned to the protection of rishi sunak are known to be facing inquiries. scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it s been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister who s also a conservative candidate said he d made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewe
fighting his extradition to the us. a uk court ruled last month that he could appeal this decision after mr assange argued that he would not receive a fair trial. now he s agreed a plea deal, and legal documents show that mr assange is set to appear before a court in a us territory in the pacific ocean before an expected return to his home nation australia. paul hawkins has more. wikileaks published this clip on social media showing its founder flying published this clip on social media showing its founderflying out published this clip on social media showing its founder flying out of the country late on monday afternoon. it said it spent 9000 2/9000 days in prison for publishing what he called ground breaking stories of corruption and human rights abuses in this stories of corruption and human rights abuses i stories of corruption and human rights abuses in this period of our lives, i rights abuses in this period of our lives. i am rights abuses in this period of our live
the last couple of days. we ve also seen so many people with vigils and people have outreached directly to some of the victims families. so we do know that there s this overwhelming support as well. you have received hate mail in the last few days, since these shootings? yes. i don t yeah, i mean, what nature of things, and what does that tell you? i think what it shows is that the anti-asian hate has not gone away since this incident. it s still alive and well. and those individuals feel really still emboldened to outreach and to attack asian women in particular. what do you want to hear from the president and vice president today, and what needs to be said to them? i think i want to hear in the same way that former president trump consistently called it the china flu, the wuhan flu. that actually is something that i want biden and harris administration to do differently. consistently come out and negate that. consistently come out in favor of the asian-americ