{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/667add443834c21e8f2fa105?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Julian Assange free in US plea deal & London’s soaring beer price","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1719328047825-d46b81f8ce5958e8bbe2dedeaa8a1d2b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left London after agreeing a US plea deal that will see him plead guilty to a spying charge and go free.</p><p>Assange was locked in a lengthy legal battle over his extradition with American authorities, including years living in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy from 2012 before detention in HMP Belmarsh.</p><p>He was sought by the US since Wikileaks published hundreds of thousands of secret documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.</p><p>Assange left Britain on a charter flight to plead guilty on a single spying charge at court in a US Pacific territory.</p><p>Evening Standard home affairs editor Martin Bentham examines what’s next in the legal case and Assange’s timeline of being locked up in London.</p><p>Plus, in part two, we look at the increasing price of a pint of beer in London - which has reached, on average, a frothy £6.75.</p><p>Evening Standard business editor Jonathan Prynn discusses the soaring costs hitting the capital’s hospitality sector.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}