is released from prison. the former entertainer was convicted and sentenced in 2014. also in the next hour, digital departures. one british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use digital technology to monitor planes from 80 miles away. maria sharapova has announced she will not seek a wild card into wimbledon‘s main draw and will instead play the qualifying rounds to secure a place. hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the wikilea ks founder, julian assange, has issued an angry response to the announcement by authorities in sweden that they would no longer pursue a rape allegation against him. in a tweet he claimed he had been detained for seven years without charge, saying he had been slandered and that he would not forgive or forget . mr assange, who s a5, has not left the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. scotland yard says it s obliged to arrest him for breaching his bail conditions i
the former entertainer was convicted and sentenced in 2014. also in the next hour, digital departures. one british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use digital technology to monitor planes from 80 miles away. a bbc reporter and his twin have managed to fool hsbc‘s voice recognition security system, which is designed to prevent fraud. maria sharapova has announced she will not seek a wild card into wimbledon‘s main draw and will instead play the qualifying rounds to secure a place. hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the wikilea ks founder, julian assange, has issued an angry response to the announcement by authorities in sweden that they would no longer pursue a rape allegation against him. in a tweet he claimed he had been detained for seven years without charge, saying he had been slandered and that he would not forgive or forget . mr assange, who s a5, has not left the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid
here s to you norfolk. a white wine from the broads, beats global competition, to be crowned one of the world s best. and the legend of king arthur gets the guy richie big screen treatment. our own knight at the round table mark kermode will be giving it his verdict in the film review at 5:45pm. it s five o clock. our main story: julian assange the founder of wikileaks and urged on the belt that prosecutors in sweden have dropped their investigation into rape allegations against him. he said in a tweet i do not forgive or forget. he has always denied the charges. the development emerged this morning as the swedish prosecutor announced they would discontinue the investigation into an alleged sex offence committed in 2010. julian assange has been holed up in the ecuadorean embassy since august 2012. the met police say they would still be obliged arrest him on a lesser charge if he tried to leave. he has now gone back inside the embassy and has not said what he will do n
they re disappointed they had to drop the case. his alleged victim says she stands by the allegation. caroline hawley reports i ,and , and this contains flashing images. out into the fresh air. on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy julian assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system. seven years without charge while my children grew up without me. that is not something that i can forgive, it is not something that i can forget. but prosecutors in sweden have not cleared julian assange, they have simply said they can t pursue the case any further. translation: there are now no further measures remaining which are possible to advance the investigation. in order to proceed, it would be necessary forjulian assange to be formally served notice of the crimes of which he is suspected. this was a measure that was to have been conducted during an interview i
in the final of the european championship. good evening. the wikilea ks founder, julian assange, says he will not forgive or forget after a seven year rape investigation in sweden was dropped without charge today. for almost five of those years, mr assange has been holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london to avoid extradition. but today s development doesn t mean that the 45 year old can finally walk free. police say they would still be obliged to arrest him if he left the embassy. and the united states may also take legal action against him for leaking secret official documents. our correspondent caroline hawley has the story. her report includes flashing images from the start. out into the fresh air. cheering on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy, julian assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system. seven years without charge while my c