we were not _ leave belmarsh? it has been so touch and go. we were not really _ leave belmarsh?uch and go. we were not really sure - and go. we were not really sure until the last 24 hours that it was actually happening. we were talking about, i don't know, what he needed to do one take from his cell and i had to pack things up and head to australia 24 hours before he left. it has been nonstop for the past 72 hours. �* ., . ., ., , , hours. but touch and go because there was something _ hours. but touch and go because there was something on - hours. but touch and go because there was something on paper, i hours. but touch and go because i there was something on paper, on offer. _ there was something on paper, on offer. from — there was something on paper, on offer, from the us authorities? there _ offer, from the us authorities? there is— offer, from the us authorities? there is an _ offer, from the us authorities? there is an agreement in principle betweenjulian and the department of justice and that has to be signed off by a judge in these northern mariana territories, ireland

he was released on bail by an english court from belmarsh prison, where he had been held for the lastdon airport. julian assassin is free, having left belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of june 24th after serving 1,901 days. based on documents appearing in the british press, asansh is due to stand trial on the pacific island of saipan, which is under american jurisdiction. the founder of wikileaks made a deal with american authorities, pleading guilty to one charge of espionage. the us attorney's office should seek a 5-year prison sentence for him. based on their own political interests. it seems that now is the time for the biden administration to take action, since this is exactly what trump would do if he returned to office. asanshe's prosecution lasted more than 13 years. he was forced to spend seven of them in captivity in the london embassy of ecuador, from where he was taken out by british police in 2019 after betraying the ecuadorian authorities. created by assange. the united states around the world, including the killing of civilians and reuters reporters in ira

he was released on bail by an english court from belmarsh prison, where he had been held for the lastd boarded a private jet at london stansted airport. julian asansh is free, he left belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of june 24, having served 1,901 days in prison. based on documents that have appeared in the british press, asansh should appear in court quietly. us prosecutors should seek a 5-year prison sentence for him , which would give him credit for the years he has already spent in a british prison. today is wednesday, june 19, and today is exactly 12 years since julian applied to the ecuadorian embassy for political asylum. 12 years later i visit him in prison regime, but i am sure that this period of our lives is coming to an end, and i think that by this time next week julian will be free. apparently, the white house made final decisions based on its own political interests. it seems that right now the administration. how much time has passed? asanshe's prosecution lasted more than 13 years, seven of which he was forced to spend in captivity in the london embass

the founder of wikileaks was released from belmarsh prison in london, boarded a plane to bangkok, andislands, where he is during this us district court behind me. he is expected to plead guilty of one felony, of obtaining and disclosing national security material. no jail time for this deal. he will be given credit forjail time in the uk. our correspondence looks at the long and bitter stand—off between the us government and julian assange. julian assange, a polarising figure, was already airborne when the world learned of the deal that secured his release. it's a whirlwind of emotions. i mean, i'm just elated, frankly. it's just incredible. i don't know... it kinda feels like it's not real. light them allup... it was this footage released by wikileaks in 2010 that brought julian assange international attention. it shows an american helicopter gunship shooting unarmed iraqi civilians. it was part of a flood of classified material, military files and diplomatic cables, spilt by wikileaks that year. months later, an international arrest warrant was issued. sweden wanted to his question

prison . 1900 days at belmarsh prison. he's expected to be sentenced to five years, roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served in britain, meaning he'll most likely walk free. it's understood he'll plead guilty to a single count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security information . now the king's new information. now the king's new family order has been sworn in for the very first time by the queen at the japanese state banquet, queen camilla stepped out wearing the miniature portrait of her husband on a pale blue bow for the event in the buckingham palace ballroom. the unveiling of the new king charles ii family order comes nearly two years after he acceded as monarch following the death of his mother . and you're death of his mother. and you're probably keeping tabs. england are nil nil at half time, with the second half kicking off against slovenia in the euros as the lions aim to secure the top spot of their group. england, currently sitting at the top of group c. if you're watching on telev

he flew to the islands as part of a deal struck with prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarsh prison, in the uk, fighting extradition to the united states. mr assange uploaded classified military files to his website nearly 15 years ago. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. they said he will be landing in australia wants to hearing wraps up. his plan is committed to depart inside three hours time, that he would land around 6:1i1pm australian eastern time. that is later today. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. julian assange is in the us district court house behind me where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way, his pleading guilty for one felony thatis pleading guilty for one felony that is illegally obtaining and disclosing classified national security material, no for him because as for the deal that was agreed the usjustice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucial

no, they've never seen him inside, sorry, outside of belmarsh.been in a single visitor's room inside belmarsh prison. it's always been for a little more than an hour at a time. it's been very restrictive. the wife of julian the wife ofjulian assange speaking to my colleague michelle hussein on the programme this morning. let's turn to football now. england's path to the next round of the euros is assured as they prepare to face slovenia in theirfinal group game at 8pm tonight, but there is added pressure for the team to perform after some high—profile criticism of their performance so far. well, some good news for england fans. fc cologne's goat mascot, called hennes ix, has picked england to beat slovenia. this is a living mascot i'm reliably told. this goat was gifted about 70 years ago and this is the ninth version. hennes is the oracle of all games played in cologne, though he's been wrong about all three euros matches played there so far. his keeper at cologne zoo says he's "relatively sure" that hennes will get it right this time. i'm pleas

mariana islands as part of an arrangement struck with us prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarshiles to his website nearly 15 years ago. 0ur correspondent caroline hawley reports. julian assange, a polarising figure, was already airborne when the world learned of the deal that secured his release. it's a whirlwind of emotions. i mean, i'm just elated, frankly. it's just incredible. i don't know... it kinda feels like it's not real. light them allup... it was this footage released by wikileaks in 2010 that brought julian assange international attention. it shows an american helicopter gunship shooting unarmed iraqi civilians. it was part of a flood of classified material, military files and diplomatic cables, spilt by wikileaks that year. months later, an international arrest warrant was issued. sweden wanted to his question him about allegations of sexual assault made by two women. to avoid extradition, he sought refuge in ecuador�*s london embassy. he spent seven years there, but in 2019, a dramatic moment, as he's dragged out after the ecuadorian government withdrew his politic

. >> and then five years in belmarsh prison when that came to an end and he was battling against the extradition process to the united states. >> it won't exactly be a hero's welcome. >> we haven't seen crowds of well-wishes gathering here at the airport's welcome him back, although his father suddenly will be here to welcome him back and he can't wait to see his wife and two young children as well. but certainly at the very highest levels of australian government, there was a feeling that this has gone on long enough. the prime minister himself, anthony albanese, is played a central role in securing a sound is released which came as something of a surprised when it was declared that he'd made a plea deal with the u.s department of justice earlier this week. and this is what anthony albanese had to say in parliaments here in australia, a little bit earlier now regardless, opioid use about his activities, and they will be varied mr. assange's case has dragged on for too long. i've said repeatedly that there was nothing to be gained by his continued incarceration and i am pleased that

yeah, because he's been in belmarsh prison for five years.er presumed he started the family because he thought it would help his case about young. young children, wife who's a lawyer. i mean, they've never lived together properly. and it's going to be a strain. >> they've never lived together. they got married in the ecuadorian embassy. yeah. those children were conceived in the ecuadorian embassy when he was living there. he then spent the best part of five years in belmarsh prison, which is higher security prison. he's only seen those children on those prison visits. he's never actually been a hands on father. no. so they will be very interesting in that sense as well . sense as well. >> and their mother didn't tell the children that daddy was coming home because she was obviously worried just in case anything went wrong. but he is now a free man. he's landed on australian soil, he's in canberra, which is the capital of australia, he landed on a private plane today. he's now going to have to find £400,000. he'll write a book, ellie, won't h

a short while ago wikileaks said on x, formerly twitter, thejulian assange left belmarsh prison and flew. they showed this footage from 5pm local time as he made his way to the airport. the guilty plea, which is to be finalized on wednesday, will resolve mr assange�*s outstanding legal matters with the us government. as pa rt of as part of the deal, julian assange will not spend any time in custody because he will receive credit for the approximately five years he has spent in a british prison fighting extradition to the us. he was charged with conspiracy to disclose national defence information. foryears, to disclose national defence information. for years, the

he flew to the islands as part of a deal struck with prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarshng extradition to the united states. mr assange uploaded classified military files to his website nearly 15 years ago. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier.

he admitted guilt. 5 years in the english belmarsh maximum security prison, where he was kept in a solitaryerdict was credited to him. until yesterday, the us department of justice brought charges under 18 articles, which carried a prison term of 175 years. the fact that only one article was left, the sentence was reduced by 35 times, caused the displeasure of the former vice president of the united states, michael pence. pentz would not let asandj go for any money. while in prison, assange wrote to king charles, asking him to visit him in solitary confinement. karl didn’t go to any prison, it’s unpleasant, there’s no point in terrorists there. and the roles of king charles, the local parliament or the outgoing nature. after protesters broke into the parliament building, deputies were urgently evacuated through underground tunnels. to disperse the crowd, police used tear gas and rubber batons. according to some reports, live ammunition also entered. protests in many kenyan cities began after the government decided to increase taxes on food. despite the authorities' readiness for dialogue, t

julian assassin is free, having left belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of june 24th after01 days. based on documents appearing in the british press, asansh is due to appear in court on the pacific island of saipan, which is under american jurisdiction. the island was chosen due to its proximity to australia, of which assange is a citizen. the founder of wikileaks made a deal with american authorities, pleading guilty to one charge of espionage. us prosecutors should seek prison time for him for a period of 5 years, as a result he will be credited for the years he has already spent in a british prison. announced an eighteen-count indictment from a 2019 indictment for his alleged role in breaking the law. in total, the maximum prison term could be 175 years. at the end of may, the london high court allowed assange to continue his legal fight against his extradition from britain to the united states. it is now clear that in parallel negotiations were already underway for his complete release. australian authorities took part in them, who made the appropriate appeal. the biden

he admitted guilt. 5 years in the english belmarsh maximum security prison, where he was kept in solitarycles for which the prison term was 175 years, and the fact that only one article was left, the term was reduced by 35 times, and the time served was also counted, caused the displeasure of former us vice president mike pence. pence would not let asandge go for any amount of money, but there is no consensus on this matter in the united states. what he did was expose the truth about our own government, which i believe needed to be exposed. you can clearly compare asandzh with controlled media, for example, the same new york times. they publish government secrets on a regular basis, but only those that the government itself leaks to them. while in prison, assange wrote to king charles, asking him to visit him in solitary confinement. charles i didn’t go to any prison, it’s unpleasant, there are terrorists there and it’s pointless. and the role of king charles, the local parliament or the outgoing nature of rishi sunak in the release of asandzha is unknown; it was not in their competence t

julian asanche is free, having left belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 june. givingays. based on documents that have appeared in the british press, asansh is due to appear in court at the pacific island of saipan, under american jurisdiction. the island was chosen due to its proximity to australia, of which asansh is a citizen. the founder of wikileaks made a deal with american authorities, pleading guilty to one charge of espionage. the us attorney's office should seek a prison sentence of 5 years, resulting in him. ecuador, from where he was taken out by british police in 2019 after the betrayal of the ecuadorian authorities, the wikileaks website created by asange published thousands secret documents about us crimes around the world, including the killing of civilians and reuters reporters in iraq. former us presidential candidate vibek ramaswamy called asandge's release a desperate attempt by the biden administration to win voter support. it's shameful that he had to rot in a foreign prison for...

then another 5 years in belmarsh prison in london, where especially dangerous criminals and terrorists kept. from this prison in the early morning of june 24, a convoy of... police cars, accompanied by a helicopter, took asandzh to london stansteth airport. short procedure for completing documents landing a plane that was supposed to take him to the pacific island of saipan, which is under american jurisdiction. there, under the terms of a deal with the us department of justice, asansh had to plead guilty to conspiracy to steal state secrets. only 25 journalists were allowed into the conference room. the twenty-sixth was the accused himself. juliana asanche, speaking before the court, said that he had previously been confident that he was guaranteed freedom of speech. while working as a journalist, i encouraged my source to provide information that was stated to be classified to be published. i believed that the first amendment to the us constitution protected this activity. there is an amendment, but freedom is not for everyone. asan was sentenced to 5 years for espionage, although he

i have just been released from belmarsh prison, where julian spent 5 years, 2 months and 2 weeks. if you are watching this video it means he has been released. but asanj sought the right to freedom for 12 years. first he saves. from being harassed at the ecuadorian embassy, ​​then awaiting extradition in custody. in the us he faced 175 years in prison, but it is now clear that rumors of a court deal were true. the washington post publishes the document american ministry of justice. in accordance with it , the associate is going to plead guilty to one of the charges. we expect the defendant to plead guilty to conspiracy to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified information relating to the national defense of the united states. and he will be condemned by the court. for this crime. it is expected that the court will sentence sanzha to 5 years of imprisonment, which he has already spent in a london prison, so that after the verdict he will be able to be released. one of the conditions for the solution should be announced by an american court, which is why the mariana islands, a

he's expected belmarsh prison. he's expected to be sentenced to five years.t's roughly the equivalent of the time that he's already served in britain , meaning most served in britain, meaning most likely he's due to walk free. well, it's understood he will plead guilty to a single count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material. nonetheless here in london, pomp and pageantry were the order of the day. today, as their majesties the king and queen welcome the emperor and empress of japan, beginning a three day state visit, starting with a guard of honour in horse guards parade, the royals greeted the prime minister, rishi sunak, as well as other dignitaries. princess anne isn't taking part in today's welcome for the japanese royal family while she recovers in hospital after being injured by a horse at the weekend. early reports from her husband indicate, though, that she is doing fine. we understand that's the news for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. comments . gb news. c

he was serving his sentence in belmarsh maximum security prison in london, and the day before wikileaks published this video on its social networks. on him. arrives at stansteed airport, gets on the plane and departs. the report also indicated that he spent 191 days in prison for reportedly publishing groundbreaking stories about government corruption and human rights abuses. this period of our life i sure is over and i hope that within the next few days julian will be free. according to wikileaks, assange flew to australia, the country where he was born. regardless of what people think of mr. assange's activities, the case has dragged on too long, his further imprisonment will do no good, and we want him to return to his homeland, australia. swedish prosecutors accused assange of rape, which he denied. in the end, the charges were dropped. from everything it follows that the founder of wikileaks pleaded guilty to one criminal case, but because of the term spent in a british prison, he will escape. imprisonment in the united states. but let's remember in more detail how it all started a

today it became known that the whistleblowing journalist has left london's belmarsh prison.ared online of asansh, for the first time in many years, without convoy the day before, the court decided to release the journalist on bail. metrash spent more than 5 years in a strict regime cell in a 2x3 cell. all this time , the british authorities were considering the issue of his extradition to the united states. there he faces life imprisonment. according to press reports, the lawyers agreed to a deal with the american prosecutor's office on a partial admission of guilt by their client in exchange for punishment in the form of time already served. such an agreement must be legally formalized in the court of the northern mariana islands. this is us jurisdiction. there assange must attend on wednesday the case against the australians in the united states was opened in 2010 after the publication of sensitive information for washington by the wikileaks website, when in 2012 there was a threat of his extradition to the states, he hid in the ecuadorian embassy in london, but in 2019 th

defence information. 0vernight, wikileaks posted this video on x, showing mr assange after he left belmarsh

overnight, wikileaks posted this video on x, showing mr assange after he left belmarsh prison in londonmonday. he is then driven to stansted airport before boarding a flight. the guilty plea is due to be confirmed on wednesday when mr assange will appear in front of a court in the northern mariana islands, a us territory in the pacific. he is then expected to return home to his native australia. julian assange spent seven years held up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london as washington tried to extradite him over the wikileaks files — which disclosed confidential documents about the iraq and afghanistan wars in what turned out to be one of the biggest leaks of national security in american history. he was arrested in april 2019 over a breach of his bail conditions, and had spent the last five years inside a london prison, fighting his extradition to the united states. last month, a uk court ruled last month that he could appeal this decision after mr assange argued that he would not receive a fair trial. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal explained more about the events tha

he flew to the islands as part of a deal struck with prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarsh prison, in the uk, fighting extradition to the united states. mr assange uploaded classified military files to his website nearly 15 years ago. joining me now from the northern mariana islands is our correspondent shaimaa khalil. we know that julian we know thatjulian assange change of the courtjust over an hour ago, change of the courtjust over an hourago, can change of the courtjust over an hour ago, can you get us up to speed with the latest? that's right. julian sanchez is in the courthouse behind me, where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way one felony illegally obtaining an national security because as the deal agreed by the us justice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially this is continental usa, he refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrusts the us government. he in the past had accused them of plotting to kill him, something that washington has denied. this picturesque island

i mean, he has been in belmarsh in 23 hour a day isolation, and i think that in itself is just absolutelyling with. >> no he was an incredible threat to national security, put people's lives at risk. he he compromised military operations. i don't really see well what the argument is. >> i mean, i think that's debated and i think the fact that he also, brought to light things that were embarrassing to his government, i mean, it, you know, i think a lot of people will say that is that is journalism, i think just purely from a uk perspective, you know, it. guardian did a lot with juuan it. guardian did a lot with julian assange and then and then just walked away from it. they benefited hugely from what he was putting out. >> well, okay, thanks for your view on that, anna. and we want to know what you think about that as we develop the program throughout the morning and get reaction to this now to the campaign . oh, good. campaign. oh, good. >> okay. well, the metropolitan police are facing scrutiny today. they're alleged to have leaked the identities of conservatives involved in the election

so it's those 62 months in belmarsh jail which are back to the be the time served. and that's why we'll get off on this one count and we should mention he was also responsible in 2016 for releasing some emails from the campaign chair. >> i've hillary clinton, john podesta which, which played a role. but those are not any part these charges. but something to note, nic robertson and london life for us this morning. i appreciate you, jon. >> all right. a big step by a major social media platform to safeguard its teenage users. new details in the upgrades day say, well protect teens from online harms. and then a major us dam is in imminent failure condition after devastating floods, we are standing by after new warnings that more rain could be coming cnn business update is brought so you buy pods trusted with more than 6 million moves whether you're moving across town before across the country. now you can count on pods to deliver when we say we win, which is why we were voted america's number one container moving company. book your mood today at pods.com. >> when they

after from belmarsh prison after agreeing to an american plea deal >> election gamble scandal the met police have been accused of leaking the identities of conservatives caught up in that election. betting fix . election. betting fix. >> princess anne is in hospital for a third day, but worrying reports that she's suffering from memory loss after being injured by a horse . injured by a horse. >> and sunak and starmer clash on immigration, the prime minister sticks to his line. the tories will bring down those coming here illegally across the channel and he takes aim at the labour leader queuing up in calais, waiting for a starmer government so they can come here and stay here. >> the government should be deciding who comes to this country and we need to know who it is. that's coming to this country, so we have to deal with it . it. >> and drama at heathrow is a plane. stairs catch fire next to a british airways aeroplane . a british airways aeroplane. fortunately, no one was injured . fortunately, no one was injured. my fortunately, no one was injured. my husband's been causing troubl

by then, he was wanted in the us, and held in belmarsh high—security prison, awaiting extradition.om activists and from his home country, australia — a close us ally — finally paved the way for a deal. so for his family, elation that all their campaigning has paid off. i mean, doing cartwheels is a good expression of the joy that one feels thatjulian is returned home — well, about to return home. after the verdict, there was a rush to getjulian assange back on his plane for the long flight home. this had been the briefest of stays in us territory, which he'd fought so long to avoid. but it did deliver perhaps the best possible outcome. so after an extraordinary ia—year—long saga, julian assange has left this courtroom on his way to australia a free man. the deal he had to make with the us government divides opinion — as will his legacy. he is still a hero of free speech to some, an unapologetic assailant on national security for others. jonathan head, bbc news, saipan. as she saw, his flight has left. you can see the flight is now over australian territory and it is, from my unders

. >> all of their interactions with julian have been in a single visitor's room inside belmarsh prison's always been for a little more than an hour at a time. >> reporter: there hasn't been a lot of political reaction out of the united states, norah. former vice president mike pence said julian assange endangered the lives of our troops in a time of war and should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, calling the biden administration's deal a miscarriage of justice. >> norah: charlie d'agata, thank you. well, senior u.n. officials have told israel they'll suspend aid operations across gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers. that's according to the associated press. cbs's imtiaz tyab tonight reports about that floating pier built by the u.s. military to help get much-needed aid into gaza. well, it has spent more time being fixed than delivering food. >> reporter: we traveled across the eastern mediterranean with u.s. forces, to gaza's devastated central coast, among the first journalists to visit the $230 million humanitarian platform.

for the past five years he has been in belmarsh fighting extradition. that made all the difference in bringing him home. this marks the end of an epic journey forjulian assange. a final race across the world, back home via a small pacific island. back on australian soil and with that an end to 14 years of legal battles and diplomatic headaches. katy watson, bbc news, canberra. the former us director of national intelligence — james clapper spoke to nick robinson — on the bbc�*s, today programme — saying assange was no hero. first, what he did was wrong and illegal. and one of our federal grand juries saw fit to indict him on 18 charges of espionage—related charges. and of course a concern we have, and i was on the government at the time, the potential identity and compromised assets of iraqis and afghans who were helping us. i imagine there are some people, because they were identified as having helped us, and they were doing that on a clandestine basis when they were outed, i imagine some of them lost their lives. i don't know that, given the situation

hiding out at the ecuadorian embassy in london, then fighting extradition from a prison cell at belmarshrning to the bbc�*s today programme. i don't want to say too much until it's been signed off by a judge, but the important thing here is that the deal involves time served, that if he signed it, he would be able to walk free. joining me from washington is charlie savage, new york times national security and legal reporter. it's lovely to have you on the programme. you wrote a piece today in which you said it was an ambiguous end to this long—running legal saga, which hasjeopardised the ability of otherjournalists to report on military information or diplomatic information. can you explain that? diplomatic information. can you explain that?— explain that? this is from the pempeetive — explain that? this is from the pempeetive of _ explain that? this is from the perspective of press - explain that? this is from the i perspective of press freedoms, regardless of what you think of julian assange the person and his various actions. it was an unprecedented act for the usjustice unprecedented

but five years in belmarsh is very real, so he mayjust want some time away. probably try and be a public figure again. he tried to run wikileaks out of the ecuadorian embassy with some quite chaotic results. it included publishing actual hacking tools used by the cia, which i don't think anyone can defend asjournalism. now, anyone leaking to someone that visible is taking a big risk, and every agency knows who he is and where he is. but i don't think that would stop him trying. i mean, julian assange is a man who believes in himself and so he could easily be back. 0k, thejulian assange story is definitely not over, but it is for us right now. james ball, thank you. katie and carrie, also thank you very much for coming on the programme. but for the rest of our time today we're going to talk about tv drama with one of the best known writers in the business, also an executive producer, steven moffat. you'll have seen his name on the credits of many shows, doctor who, sherlock amongst them. and soon a new drama series called douglas is cancelled. it's about a lea

he spent the last five years in a high security prison, belmarsh prison, in the uk.emember, he has been long accused by the us of exposing sensitive secrets about the war in iraq and afghanistan through the wikileaks website, the whistleblowing website. and they claim it put american operatives in danger. and almost all the charges he faced, by the way, 18 charges, were under the 1917 espionage act. but he, now, this plea deal, the guilty plea expected to be finalised this week in the northern mariana islands, in the pacific, in a court appearance, he will plead guilty and it will resolve his long outstanding legal problems, i guess, with the us. the court documents, i have them in front of me, including them in front of me, including the department ofjustice letter. it shows that he will be recommended a 62 month prison sentence, so he won't likely spend any time in custody here in the states because under the plea agreement he will receive credit for the time he spent in a uk prison fighting extradition to the us. the department ofjustice letter says they expect hi

a short while ago wikileaks said on x, formerly twitter, thatjulian assange left belmarsh prison and flew out of the united kingdom. they showed this footage from 5pm local time as he made his way to the airport. the guilty plea, which is to be finalized on wednesday, will resolve mr assange�*s outstanding legal matters with the us government. as part of the deal, assange will not spend any time in custody because he will receive credit for the approximately five years he has spent in a british prison fighting extradition to the us. he was charged with conspiracy to disclose national defence information. for years, the us said the release of files around the iraq and afghanistan wars endangered lives. wikileaks, founded in 2006, claims to have published more than 10 million documents in what the us government described as one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states. assange and his lawyers have long claimed that the case was politically motivated. i spoke to nomia iqbal. nomia, you have been following this. tell us about the agreement.

a short while ago wikileaks said on x, formerly twitter, thatjulian assange left belmarsh prison andl not spend any time in custody because he will receive credit for the approximately five years he has spent in a british prison fighting extradition to the us. he was charged with conspiracy to disclose national defence information. for years, the us said the release of files

today it became known that he left london belmarsh prison.dy arrived in bangkok, this is a technical stop. board with the creator of wikilex and refuel and fly to the northern mariana islands. the day before, the court decided to release the journalist on bail. he spent more than 5 years in a maximum security prison. all this time, the british authorities were considering the issue of extraditing him to the united states, where he faces life imprisonment. according to press reports, the journalist's lawyers agreed to a deal with the american prosecutor's office on a partial admission of guilt by their client. in exchange, the osanju will receive credit for the time already served as punishment. in the northern mariana islands in us jurisdictions, it must formalize this agreement. the united states opened a case against the australian in 2010 after the publication of sensitive information for washington on the wikileaks website. when in 2012 there was a threat of his extradition to the states, he hid in the ecuadorian embassy in london, but in

inaudible question he was 62 months in belmarsh to get this deal.e�*s australian and united kingdom counsel. assange's australian and united kingdom counsel.— assange's australian and united kingdom counsel. good morning, eve one. kingdom counsel. good morning, everyone- my _ kingdom counsel. good morning, everyone. my name's _ kingdom counsel. good morning, everyone. my name's jen - everyone. my name's jen robinson. everyone. my name'sjen robinson. i'mjulian everyone. my name'sjen robinson. i'm julian assange's counseh — robinson. i'm julian assange's counsel. i've been his longest—serving counsel. today is a historic day. it brings to an end _ is a historic day. it brings to an end 14— is a historic day. it brings to an end 14 years of legal battles _ an end 14 years of legal battles and, finally, after 14 years— battles and, finally, after 14 years of— battles and, finally, after 14 years of legal battles, julian assange can go home a free man. this also— assange can go home a free man. this also brings to an end a case — this also brings to an e

he flew to the islands as part of a deal struck with prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarshassange uploaded classified military files to his website nearly 15 years ago. joining me now from the northern mariana islands is our correspondent shaimaa khalil.

assange had been in this british prison, belmarsh, which is kind of like the rikers of london, if you will, a massive prison since april of 2019, fighting extradition. before that, he'd spent all this time holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london . talk to us about what is in this deal and how we expect it to play out. yeah, this is a pretty surprising turn of events for julian assange, who only a few months ago, i remember standing outside the high court here in london and appeared he was going to be extradited fairly imminently to the u.s. having exhausted most of the legal process here. but then he was granted this full appeal of his case before being extradited to the u.s, and that may have played into the decision of the justice department to agree to a plea deal rather than continue to drag out these proceedings, which, as you pointed out, have been going on for years now. and so, under the terms of this plea deal, according to what's been filed in court, instead of facing a potentially 18 counts in the u.s, he will face one count under the espionage charge act. and instead

asylum for seven years inside ecuador�*s london embassy, until his arrest in 2019, and then from belmarsh also denied. wikileaks now says he's heading for the american territory of the northern mariana islands in the south pacific, to plead guilty to one criminal charge before heading on to nearby australia, where he was born. regardless of the views that people have about mr assange's activities, the case has dragged on for too long. there's nothing to be gained by his continued incarceration, and we want him brought home to australia. assange will spend no time in us custody because of the time spent in prison in the uk. paul hawkins, bbc news. let's bring you some years now, we have a picture here of vice admiral sir tim lawrence, who has arrived to visit the princess royal at hospital after she was injured by a horse. he arrived by car the main entrance of southmead hospital shortly after midday. he and princess anne are expected to eat lunch together and it is believed his wife suffered minor injuries to her head and concussion when she was kicked by a horse on sunday evening. she is

journalist had been hiding from swedish, american and british lawsuits since 2010; he was taken out of belmarsh a criminal in the dark, so that no one filmed this event, just as they filmed his removal from the ecuadorian embassy in london in 2019, a convoy of six police cars and a helicopter escorted the prisoner to the english airport, as if he could... which was not in their competence to release him right here , the decision was made in the usa. the british simply gave asandzh support in prison for this time. the trial took place in the northern mariana islands, not far from the famous trench. now this place is also famous for the outcome of a case that will always be perceived ambiguously. what he did - it exposed the truth about our own government, which i believe needed to be exposed. you can clearly compare asandzh with controlled media, for example, the same new york times. they publish government secrets on a regular basis, but only those that the government itself leaks to them. under a deal between assange's lawyers and the us department of justice, the journalist was required to pl

this meant further years of imprisonment in belmarsh maximum security prison, so the choice had to be, the choice that happened. by the way, the details of this deal. is still completely unknown, and de facto, asansh is not yet free, so everything will be known only after a court decision is made on the island of saipan, where asansh should arrive in the near future and appear there before the court, which falls under american jurisdiction. what kind of deal is this? julian assange's wife, stella assange, she was at one time one of his lawyers, but has not yet been able to clarify, all that is known is that this is most likely. usa and its further spread. for this , the prosecutor's office of the us department of justice threatened him with a five-year prison sentence. he has already served 5 years in a london prison, this will count towards him, and thus he will be free. this is the information so far. but it hasn't been confirmed yet. chief editor wikileaks website christian hravsenson said that in the next 24 hours more details will appear about how the process of this release took

just for those who have forgotten, let me remind you that belmarsh asansh ended up in the london maximumf revealed secrets, but because of a rape case. remember, immortal yakovlevskaya from ivan vasilyevich, the police are making a case, that’s rape. literally sewn why we are focusing on this, because now we are going to talk about the sexual background of many significant political events of recent times, our overseas friends in quotes have never shied away from making cases on this basis, and not only asanju. let's remember donald trump and stroskan and harvey wenstein and kevin space, among other things. let's talk about everything in order. it's funny you ask me this because i was living in baltimore this week, in a house i'm trying to sell at auction. on the career of an oscar-winning actor. the end was given, he was accused of harassing 15 people, but after long litigation, the jury acquitted space of all charges, but no one was interested in this anymore. then details emerged about the case of the late jeffrey epstein with his scandalous island of depravity. it turned out that for