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UK government approves extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is pictured on the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy in London in this file photo taken on May 19, 2017. © Adrian Dennis, AFP / file

British Interior Minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to a conclusion.

Assange is wanted by US authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks' release of vast troves of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables which they said had put lives in danger.

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