after spending the majority of the last decade behind bars or inside the ecuadorian embassy in london. speaking outside the court, julian assange s lawyer, barry pollock, said the prosecution of the wikileaks founder was unprecedented . in the hundred years of the espionage act, it has never been used by the united states to pursue a publisher, a journalist like mr assange. mr assange revealed truthful, important and newsworthy information including revealing the united states had committed war crimes and he has suffered tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom tremendously in his fight for free speech, forfreedom of tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom of the press, and to make sure the american public and the world community gets truthful and important newsworthy information. we firmly believe that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act and engaged in exercise that journalists engage in every day and we are thankfu
julian responsible pleaded guilty to one charge under the sp on act julian assange. we will get reaction from the us. good evening. first the conservatives, now labour both main parties embroiled in the betting scandal. today, the tories withdrew support from two of their candidates, craig williams and laura saunders, who had bet on the timing of the election. both are on the ballot as conservatives, but will sit as independents if they are elected. and then tonight, labour suspending one of their candidates kevin craig, who reportedly had bet against himself. the party has returned £100,000 in donations the businessman had given them. there is a sense that we don t yet know the full extent of the investigation. the gambling commission says five more metropolitan police officers are alleged to have placed bets. 0ur political editor chris mason has more. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister. he turned down my request for an interv
the gambling commission over a bet about the timing of the election. russell george who is a member of the welsh parliament has stepped back from his party s shadow cabinet and says he will co operate fully . wikileaks founderjulian assange leaves prison in britain and flies to an american territory in the pacific after reaching a plea deal with the us. he will not face further prison time after pleading guilty, and he will be free to return to australia, his home country. at least five people are shot dead in kenya as police crack down on protests against tax increases. the kenyan government has announced that the military have now been deployed. and a former fujitsu engineer who helped design the horizon it system tells the post office inquiry that he thought the software worked well, most of the time. garethjenkin gave evidence in the pivotal 2010 trial of seema misra, who was jailed while pregnant. the wikileaks founderjulian assange will land this hour in the us t
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