The wikileaks founder has been held in Belmarsh Prison In London for five years. Our washington correspondent Gary Odonoghue had this update following joe biden s comment. Well, this was pretty much an off the cuff comment that he made as he was sort of walking through the colonnade at the white house and a reporter shouted to him, you know, will you consider australias request . Because of course australia, Julian Assange is australian and the Australian Parliament has passed a motion asking him to be returned to australia, saying would you consider ending the prosecution . He didnt seem to hear the question at first, but it was repeated and he said were considering it now. That would be a huge change, given that the us has been pursuing the extradition ofJulian Assange from the uk for years and the thing is still winding its way through the courts. The Home Secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but theres been Court Challenges to that and the high court is still waiting for