Assange fails in bid to rule out new allegations as extradition fight continues

Court sketch of Julian Assange appearing at the Old Bailey (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has failed in a bid to rule out new allegations against him as he fights extradition to the United States.

The 49-year-old, who has been in high-security Belmarsh Prison in the London for 16 months, is wanted over the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.