'Historic day': WikiLeaks founder Assange heads to Australia after US guilty plea • FRANCE 24

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday from a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that allowed him to head straight home to Australia. France 24's correspondent in Sydney, Adam Hancock, has the latest.
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