WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in his long fight

The host of a news conference about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition fight wryly welcomed journalists last week to the millionth press briefing on his court case.

Deborah Bonetti, director of the Foreign Press Association, was only half joking. Assange’s legal saga has dragged on for well over a decade but it could come to an end in the UK as soon as Monday.

Assange faces a hearing in London’s High Court that could end with him being sent to the US to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition.