managed to fool hsbc‘s voice recognition security system, designed to prevent fraud. good morning, it s friday, 19th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. breaking news this morning. swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, julian assange, who has been accused of rape. mr assange, who s a5, has been living at the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. scotla nd scotland yard says it is obliged to arrest him for breaching bail conditions if he leaves the embassy. julian assange has just tweeted this picture. this is in reaction to that means from sweden. that is the first reaction from julian assange, though no statement from him as yet. let s cfoss no statement from him as yet. let s cross to the ecuadorian embassy in london. our correspondent, richard lister, is there. richard, so, any expectation we might seejulian assange leading that embassy any time
it could hinge on a board meeting after the fa cup final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prosecutors in sweden have dropped their seven year long investigation, into allegations of rape against the founder of the wikileaks website, julian assange. he s been a fugitive, living at the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, avoiding extradition. mr assange has always denied the allegations, saying they re politically motivated. let s go live to richard lister, who s outside the embassy for us this afternoon. clive, it is four years and 11 months to the david julian assange took refuge at the ecuadorian embassy. he has remained behind those net curtains ever since. he never left. at today, as the news came out from sweden, he tweeted a smiling photograph of himself. that is the only comment he has made an today s developments. as caroline hawley reports, he remains a wanted man. victory as howard julian assange‘s lawyer described today s news. the wikileak
probably a bit of both! it depends what you fancy, maybe it depends what you fancy, maybe it depends what you fancy, maybe it depends what you are having the dinner. it was certainly a soggy day in the south east yesterday, ending with heavy bursts of rain and that has been sliding northwards along the east coast of england. the rain now not as happy as it was but still providing a rather grey and damp afternoon gci’oss providing a rather grey and damp afternoon across north east england, said that was the scene for one of oui’ said that was the scene for one of our weather watchers in newcastle, perhaps a day to stay indoors and have a glass of wine later on. across the east coast and south east scotland, damp weather continuing through the afternoon, feeling cool as well, turning brighter across east anglia and the south east. as we, further west, you can see for yourself, a mixture of sunny spells but also heavy downpours, the showers slow moving, a lot of rain in a sh
is released from prison. the former entertainer was convicted and sentenced in 2014. also in the next hour, digital departures. one british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use digital technology to monitor planes from 80 miles away. maria sharapova has announced she will not seek a wild card into wimbledon‘s main draw and will instead play the qualifying rounds to secure a place. hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the wikilea ks founder, julian assange, has issued an angry response to the announcement by authorities in sweden that they would no longer pursue a rape allegation against him. in a tweet he claimed he had been detained for seven years without charge, saying he had been slandered and that he would not forgive or forget . mr assange, who s a5, has not left the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. scotland yard says it s obliged to arrest him for breaching his bail conditions i
the former entertainer was convicted and sentenced in 2014. also in the next hour, digital departures. one british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use digital technology to monitor planes from 80 miles away. a bbc reporter and his twin have managed to fool hsbc‘s voice recognition security system, which is designed to prevent fraud. maria sharapova has announced she will not seek a wild card into wimbledon‘s main draw and will instead play the qualifying rounds to secure a place. hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the wikilea ks founder, julian assange, has issued an angry response to the announcement by authorities in sweden that they would no longer pursue a rape allegation against him. in a tweet he claimed he had been detained for seven years without charge, saying he had been slandered and that he would not forgive or forget . mr assange, who s a5, has not left the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid