Julian Assange loses bid for freedom

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his bid to finally walk free from the Ecuadorian Embassy after a judge ruled he still faced arrest for breaching his bail. Assange, 46, has been hiding out at the building in Knightsbridge, west London, since 2012 in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape allegation. The Australian feared authorities there would hand him over to the US to face prosecution over the leak of huge amounts of classified military and…