Julian Assange faces a wait to see whether his final UK bid to bring an appeal over his extradition to the United States can go ahead at the High Court.The WikiLeaks founder faces extradition to 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.

Julian Assange faces a wait to see whether his final UK bid to bring an appeal over his extradition to the United States can go ahead at the High Court.The WikiLeaks founder faces extradition to 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.