Julian Assange faces further wait over whether he can appeal against extradition to US

Julian Assange has won his latest legal battle (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Julian Assange faces a further wait to find out whether his final UK bid to appeal over his extradition to the United States can go ahead at the High Court.
The WikiLeaks founder faces prosecution 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.