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🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Julian Assange has for years fought extradition to the United States, accused of leaking a huge quantity of classified defence documents. He will now return to Australia, where his wife Stella Assange is waiting for him. But first, he has to appear in court in a United States territory in the pacific. Also on this podcast, protests erupt in Kenya over new tax proposals, Israel's supreme court orders ultra-orthodox religious students can no longer avoid being drafted into the military, and why a sample of dirt and rocks from the far side of the moon has scientists excited.
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0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
0:05.0 | I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Tuesday the 25th of June, |
0:09.2 | these are our main stories. |
0:10.9 | Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, walks free from prison after a 14-year |
0:16.3 | legal battle. Protests are taking place across Kenya against a bill that would |
0:20.8 | introduce new taxes. Some have entered the Parliament buildings in Nairobi. |
0:25.0 | And Israel's Supreme Court orders ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious students can no longer avoid being drafted into the military. |
0:37.0 | Also in this podcast, |
0:38.8 | This is the successful completion of a 53 day mission to the moon to collect a sample and bring it back. |
0:46.9 | And this is not just any sample. |
0:49.3 | Find out why scientists are so excited by pieces of rock and dirt taken from the far side of the moon. |
0:59.2 | For some, the founder of WikiLeaks Julian, is a hero of free speech. |
1:04.6 | To others, he's a villain who endangered the lives of soldiers around the world by exposing |
1:09.5 | secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
1:13.1 | He's been involved in a long-running saga with the United States who wanted to put him on trial |
1:17.8 | for divulging military secrets. |
1:20.3 | But after a 14-year legal battle, Mr Assange is on his way to freedom. |
1:24.8 | He's been released on bail from a British prison after reaching a plea deal that ends his long fight against extradition to the United States. |
1:33.4 | Mr. Assange is set to appear before a court in a remote US Pacific territory where he's expected |
1:38.7 | to plead guilty to violating espionage law. |
1:42.3 | He's unlikely to serve further time in prison. |
1:44.7 | After his court appearance the Australian citizen will then go on to Australia |
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