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Julian Assange Refused Bail After Wining Bid Against US Extradition

Julian Assange will remain in jail as he continues to fight against extradition to the USA.

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said there were substantial grounds to believe he would abscond. On Monday, she ruled the Wikileaks founder cannot be extradited to the USA because he might kill himself. The USA is now appealing that decision — and had opposed releasing the 49-year-old from a maximum security prison before the case is heard.

Mr Assange, who was wearing a dark suit and face mask, was not seen to react to the decision at Westminster Magistrates Court. He’s been held in prison since 2019, after hiding for seven years inside the Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid extradition.

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Killer Of Three Sought ‘Religious Jihad’ At Reading Park

A man who stabbed three people to death in a Reading park believed he was carrying out «an act of religious jihad», a court has heard.

Khairi Saadallah, 26, stabbed to death James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, during the attack in Forbury Gardens in June.

As part of his sentencing, a hearing will decide if he was motivated by a religious or ideological cause. The prosecution claim the stabbing spree was a terror attack.

Saadallah has admitted three counts of murder and attempted murder, but denies he was motivated by an ideological cause.

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Iran Resumes Uranium 20% Enrichment Violating Nuclear Deal

Iran says it has resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, in its most significant breach yet of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Government spokesman Ali Rabiei told state media the process had started at the underground Fordo plant near Qom.

Enriched uranium can be used to make reactor fuel but also nuclear bombs. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% purity. Iran, which insists that its nuclear programme is peaceful, has rolled back a number of commitments under the deal.

It has said it is retaliating for the US economic sanctions that were reinstated by President Donald Trump when he abandoned the accord in 2018. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran’s decision «can’t be explained in any way except as continued realisation of its intention to develop a military nuclear programme». «Israel will not allow Iran to manufacture nuclear weapons,» he added.

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Teen Stabbed To Death In Reading

Four boys and a girl have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.

Officers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack in Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

The five teenagers, all aged 13 or 14, remain in police custody.

Thames Valley Police said the boy’s next of kin had been informed, but no formal identification had taken place.

A «considerable police presence» would be in place for several days, the force added.

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