the hearing has been ongoing in the mariana islands. thejudge says julian assange the mariana islands. thejudge sastulian assange will walk away a free man that s the information coming in from the remote us territory. the wikileaks founder has been fighting extradition to the us on espionage charges for over a decade now. let s take a look at the key dates that have brought us to this point. the wikileaks cofounder has been fighting extradition to the us on espionage charges for over a decade. let s look at the key dates that have brought us here. in 2010, julian assange was part of a flood of classified military files and diplomatic cables spilled by wikileaks that year. months later, an international arrest warrant was issued. sweden wanted to question him about sexual assault allegations made by two women. to avoid extradition, he sought refuge in ecuador s london embassy. he d spend seven years there. but in 2019 in a dramatic moment he was dragged out of the embas
airfield after court proceedings wrapped up. is expected to head to canberra and australia, these islands relatively close to australia another reason it is believed this territory was selected but there you see the plane heading off carrying julian assange back to australia as we heard he is a free man and to depart to australia without those us extradition charges anymore. let s hear from extradition charges anymore. let s hearfrom his longest serving lawyer who was speaking right after court ended. right after court ended. today is an historic right after court ended. today is an historic day. right after court ended. today is an historic day. he - right after court ended. today is an historic day. he has - is an historic day. he has served a 14 year old legal battle and after 14 years of legal battles he can go home a free man. this brings to an end a case which has been seen as the greatest threat to the first amendment in the 21st century. first amendment in the 21
the wikileaks cofounder has been fighting extradition to the us on espionage charges for over a decade. let s look at the key dates that have brought us here. in 2010, julian assange was part of a flood of classified military files and diplomatic cables spilled by wikileaks that year. months later, an international arrest warrant was issued. sweden wanted to question him about sexual assault allegations made by two women. to avoid extradition, he sought refuge in ecuador s london embassy. he d spend seven years there. but in 2019 in a dramatic moment he was dragged out of the embassy after the ecuadorian government withdrew his political asylum. he was thenjailed for skipping bail. and soon, the americans were asking for his extradition. backed by his supporters, he fought against it in the courts and lost. his extradition was approved in 2022. butjulian assange kept appealing until finally this new plea deal with the us allowed him to fly out of the uk. more on our websi
john, thank you so much forjoining us. i m going to start with you, john stapleton. it is a bit childish, but it is nice when you have a broadcast interview making headlines in the newspapers at the start. we will all pay more tax, pretty clear from jeremy hunt. yes. pretty clear from jeremy hunt. yes, talk to laura pretty clear from jeremy hunt. yes, talk to laura kuenssberg pretty clear from jeremy hunt. ye: talk to laura kuenssberg on the bbc this morning. not exactly surprising news for any of us. let s face it. we are expecting 25 million of tax races and 35 billion of cuts, we will come to the cuts later. he did not go into any detail with laura today, but the speculation is 45p on income tax. that will affect people on earnings of 100 rev thousand. the tax there shall generally be raised so thousands of people are going to a higher tax band as their wages go
with you, us. i m going to start with you, john stapleton. it is a bit childish, but it is nice when you have a broadcast interview making headlines in the newspapers at the start. we will all pay more tax, pretty clear from jeremy hunt. yes. pretty clear from jeremy hunt. yes, talk to laura pretty clear from jeremy hunt. yes, talk to laura kuenssberg pretty clear from jeremy hunt. ye: talk to laura kuenssberg on the bbc this morning. not exactly surprising news for any of us. let s face it. we are expecting 25 million of tax races and 35 billion of cuts, we will come to the cuts later. he did not go into any detail with laura today, but the speculation is 45p on income tax. that will affect people on earnings of 100 rev thousand. the tax there shall generally be raised so thousands of people are going to a higher tax band as their wages go up. also there is the suggestion