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26/06/2024 06:06 GMT : Wikileaks founder on way to Australia

Wikileaks founder on way to Australia

BBC World Service - Newsday, Wikileaks founder on way to Australia

Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony ending a fourteen year legal battle

The Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is on his way to Australia after being freed by a court on a remote US island. We'll hear from our correspondent on that island. 

In Kenya,at least five people were shot dead. Demonstrators set fire to the building and forced panicked MPs to flee as they rallied against proposed tax crises.

Also in this hour, the United Nations drugs agency has blamed highly potent synthetic drugs known as nitazenes for an increase in overdose deaths in a number of countries.  It also warns that global cocaine use is at an all time high.

Israel’s Supreme court has ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must be drafted into military service, a politically explosive decision that threatens the stability of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government. The ruling ends a longstanding exemption. It comes in the midst of the war in Gaza and as Mr Netanyahu struggles to hold together a rightwing coalition that includes two ultra-Orthodox parties. 

In Sport, we take a look at last night's European Championship. Austria are off to a flying start, top of their table and are now being talked about as the outside favourites.

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