Julian Assange in final UK high court bid for appeal against extradition

The hearing is expected to be Assange’s final chance to be granted an appeal in a UK court (Victoria Jones/PA)
Julian Assange is set to make his final bid for a domestic appeal against a judge’s ruling over his extradition to the United States.
The WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the US 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.