here s to you norfolk. a white wine from the broads, beats global competition, to be crowned one of the world s best. and the legend of king arthur gets the guy richie big screen treatment. our own knight at the round table mark kermode will be giving it his verdict in the film review at 5:45pm. it s five o clock. our main story: julian assange the founder of wikileaks and urged on the belt that prosecutors in sweden have dropped their investigation into rape allegations against him. he said in a tweet i do not forgive or forget. he has always denied the charges. the development emerged this morning as the swedish prosecutor announced they would discontinue the investigation into an alleged sex offence committed in 2010. julian assange has been holed up in the ecuadorean embassy since august 2012. the met police say they would still be obliged arrest him on a lesser charge if he tried to leave. he has now gone back inside the embassy and has not said what he will do n
they re disappointed they had to drop the case. his alleged victim says she stands by the allegation. caroline hawley reports i ,and , and this contains flashing images. out into the fresh air. on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy julian assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system. seven years without charge while my children grew up without me. that is not something that i can forgive, it is not something that i can forget. but prosecutors in sweden have not cleared julian assange, they have simply said they can t pursue the case any further. translation: there are now no further measures remaining which are possible to advance the investigation. in order to proceed, it would be necessary forjulian assange to be formally served notice of the crimes of which he is suspected. this was a measure that was to have been conducted during an interview i
also in the next hour, digital departures: how one british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use technology to monitor planes from 80 miles away. welcome to hsbc. and: how a bbc reporter and his twin managed to fool hsbc‘s voice recognition security system, which is designed to prevent fraud. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the wikileaks founderjulian assange says he will not forgive or forget after a seven year rape investigation in sweden was dropped without charge. this afternoon he made a rare appearance on the balcony of ecuador‘s embassy in london where he s been holed up forfive years to avoid extradition. he called the development an important victory for him but said it was extremely regretful that he is still being threatened with arrest if he leaves the embassy for skipping bail five years ago. prosecutors in sweden say they regret having to drop the case. his alleged victim says she stands by the allegation. our correspondent caro
in the final of the european championship. good evening. the wikilea ks founder, julian assange, says he will not forgive or forget after a seven year rape investigation in sweden was dropped without charge today. for almost five of those years, mr assange has been holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london to avoid extradition. but today s development doesn t mean that the 45 year old can finally walk free. police say they would still be obliged to arrest him if he left the embassy. and the united states may also take legal action against him for leaking secret official documents. our correspondent caroline hawley has the story. her report includes flashing images from the start. out into the fresh air. cheering on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy, julian assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system. seven years without charge while my c
the senate intelligence committee. i spoke to the bbc‘s laura bicker in washington and began by asking her about that it s one of those hearings where the entire washington and parts of the united states may grind to a standstill. remember, this is james comey, who allegedly wrote a memo after a private meeting with the president in which the president is alleged to have leaned over and said i hope you can see your way to letting this go, letting michael flynn go, with regards to an investigation, and enquiry coming to the former national security adviser, michael flynn, and his alleged links to russia. so, the allegation is that president trump asked the fbi director to drop an investigation into michael flynn. now, mr comey will be able to give his own account of both his firing and exactly every dealing that he has had with the president. let s just take your viewers back to the report by the new york times which talks about something which donald trump said to russian