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Newshour: 25/06/2024 13:06 GMT: Julian Assange en route for court hearing after plea deal

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Julian Assange en route for court hearing after plea deal

25/06/2024 13:06 GMT

25/06/2024 13:06 GMT: Julian Assange en route for court hearing after plea deal

BBC World Service - Newshour, Julian Assange en route for court hearing after plea deal

The Wikileaks founder set for release from custody after agreeing plea deal with the US

The wife of the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, says she's elated that he's left jail in Britain, but remains worried that his fourteen-year legal battle is not yet over.  Mr Assange has left the UK as part of a plea deal with American prosecutors to avoid extradition to the United States.  He's due to appear in court in a remote US Pacific territory, where he'll plead guilty to a single charge under the Espionage Act. We'll hear from his wife and ask whether Mr Assange's work was necessary or damaging? 

Also in the programme: part of Kenya's parliament complex has been set on fire and several people have reportedly been shot dead during huge protests against planned tax rises; and Israel's top court has told the military to end an exemption for ultra-Orthodox religious students straining the coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu. 

(Picture: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange disembarks from a plane at Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport in Thailand. Credit: Wikileaks via Reuters)

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