Watch live: Protests outside High Court where Julian Assange fighting US extradition

Watch a live view of the High Court in London, where protesters have gathered, as Julian Assanges legal challenge against extradition to the US begins on Tuesday 20 February. The WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In a January 2021 ruling, thendistrict judge Vanessa Baraitser said that Mr Assange should not be sent to the US, citing a real and oppressive risk of suicide, while ruling against the 52yearold on all other issues. US authorities subsequently brought a successful challenge against this decision, paving the way for his extradition. Lawyers for Mr Assange, who has been held in Belmarsh prison in southeast London, will now ask the High Court in London for the goahead to challenge the original judges dismissal of other parts of his case against extradition. The heari