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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
officers are being scrutinised. welcome to newsnight for your weeknightly interviews and insight. let me introduce you to our political panel for this evening claire ainsley, former head of policy for sir keir starmer, and henry hill, who is the acting editor of the tory website conservative home, plus dal babu, a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police, and nick is here as always. nick, the betting scandal has widened today and here at newsnight we have new revelations to bring to our audience this evening. i have been looking at this. well, i have been looking into this and have learnt of a series or developments covering the conservative party, and the labour party. in my investigation i have found out that. up to 15 conservative party candidates and officials are being scrutinised for alleged betting on the timing of the election. also craig williams is expected to be interviewed this week by gambling commission officials. and the labour party made a mi
conservative manifesto launch. last night saw four party leaders grilled by a challenging question time audience on bbc one. rishi sunak was asked about the investigation into alleged bets made by two tory candidates as well as the party s director of campaigning and one of his own close protection officers. the prime minister said he was incredibly angry and that anyone with connections to him or the conservative party found to have broken gambling rules should face the full force of the law. the labour leader sir keir starmer was pushed on his previous support for former leaderjeremy corbyn, who he said would have made a better prime minister than borisjohnson. sir ed davey of the liberal democrats and the snp sjohn swinney were also grilled on the nhs, trust and past promises. but it was the prime minister who arguably faced the most challenging questions of the evening on the alleged betting scandal. when asked why those under investigation hadn t been suspended fro