Julian Assange released from prison after US plea deal, ending years-long legal saga

After years of imprisonment and appeals, Julian Assange has left the UK after agreeing to a plea deal with US authorities. The Wikileaks founder was facing extradition to the US over the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified military documents, detailing America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Instead, he'll plead guilty to a single criminal charge in a US court in Saipan, in the North Mariana Islands in the western Pacific, allowing him to walk free and return to Australia as a convicted felon.
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00:00 Assange leaves the UK, bound for Australia, after a plea deal with U.S. authorities
06:30 How Assange's plea deal unfolded
09:04 KUAM News correspondent Thomas Mangloña, based in the Northern Mariana Islands where Julian Assange's case will be heard, speaks to SBS World News
11:08 Who is Wikileaks founder Julian Assange?
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