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13/05/2019 GMT

Sweden reopens Assange rape inquiry

BBC World Service - World Update, Sweden reopens Assange rape inquiry

Prosecutors reopen investigation into rape allegation against Wikileaks co-founder

Prosecutors in Sweden are to re-open their investigation into a rape allegation against the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.  

He was evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy in London last month -- seven years after seeking refuge there to avoid extradition to Sweden. 

Also on the programme: Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban is to meet President Trump in Washington today; and Sarajevo's 'war hostel' that offers visitors a taste of life in the city when it was under siege in the 1990s.

(Photo: Julian Assange, Credit: Getty Images)

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