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
de donalds should be focused on three key issues. one of them, he, the economy and inflation also immigration, crime. they are trying to convince donald trump to stay on message. i hope that the fact that we ve been able to free julian assange today against all the odds and against one of the most powerful governments in the world. we ll give hope to all journalists and publishers were imprisoned around the world for amines are gearing up to elect a new head of government. because while this country will be getting a new president, one thing that s unlikely to change in iranian foreign policy live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, and a warm welcome to all of us joining us from around the world. i, max fostered is wednesday, june the 26, 9:00 a.m. here in london 4m in atlanta when cnn will host the first us presidential debate of the 2024 election between president joe biden and former president donald trump on thursday in our atlanta studio, mr. bide
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i m sure you would love to believe that that film is like a museum piece. like it s no longer relevant. but does it feel that way to you? no. i would love to. ..to think the opposite. i would love to think that each of my movies are relevant forever and will be remembered forever. but i guess what i meant was, wouldn t it be great if some of the issues. were not. yes. ..you had exposed were no longer issues? the problem is that i make political movies. and i did a movie like ten years ago, 15 years ago that s back on the news today because we have a revolt in new caledonia. that s a film called rebellion. rebellion, yeah. so, you know, that s, when you do political movies, either you re totally wrong and you re not relevant or you re right and nobody s listening. so, so that s, erm, that s. that was the case with rebellion, that was the case with la haine. but here we sit talking in paris. you live in paris. does it feel like paris still has a profound problem with, for examp
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,