Julian Assange loses latest extradition appeal bid

Julian Assange remains in Belmarsh prison in south-east London (PA)

Julian Assange has lost the latest stage of his bid to appeal against a judge’s ruling over whether he should be extradited to the US.

The WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the United States over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.