it s a miracle. covid didn t beat him, can the nhs say the same? clive myrie, bbc news. the wikileaks founder julian assange has won the right to ask the supreme court to block his extradition to the us. a ruling in the high court today means mr assange who is wanted in the us for the publication of classified documents can petition the uk s highest court for a hearing, stalling any extradition from the uk for now. it doesn t mean he definitely will be granted a hearing but it does mean a delay of many more months before his case can come to a conclusion. new details have emerged about the liverpool bomber who died when his device exploded outside a hospital in the city last november. according to court documents obtained by the bbc, the home office twice rejected emad al swealmeen s claims for asylum. the documents show al swealmeen could not back up his claim of being from syria in 2014 he was, in fact, from iraq but the home office had not removed him before he tried again
under a new name in 2017. the home office says it won t comment on his case. the metropolitan police have apologised for using 5exi5t and derogatory language about a woman they were arresting and strip searching in 2013. assistant professor konstancia duffy complained but an officer was cleared of gross misconduct in 2018. now cctv has emerged of the incident, the met has paid compensation and apologised unreservedly. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins me now. the details of this case are horrendous. the case dates back top 2013, when konstancia duffy wa5 the case dates back top 2013, when konstancia duffy was a music student but she is now an assistant professor, 5he but she is now an assistant professor, she was trying to help a 15 year old boy who was being stopped and searched but she ended up stopped and searched but she ended up being arrested herself for obstructing the police. she didn t co operate and they carried her into the police station and the sergeant
she has been fighting a legal case for almost nine years but only last year did she manage to get hold of the rctv and what the officers were saying and the custody sergeant 5he saying and the custody sergeant she is resist, treat her like a terrorist, then you hear the officers laughing a rotted her body hair, her underwear, saying that her clothes stink, it is because that the metropolitan police has agreed to pay compensation and apologise for the 5exi5t, derogatory and unacceptable language used. it comes at the end of a terrible year for the metropolitan police, it comes at the end of a terrible the metropolitan police, tributes have been paid to the french designer manfred thierry mugler, who s died at the age of 73. he launched his fashion brand in the 19705 and became known for his daring theatrical designs. the muglerfashion house