Julian Assange updates: WikiLeaks founder’s bid to avoid US extradition

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• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made his final legal attempt to be allowed to appeal his extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States, where he is wanted on spying charges.
• Lawyers for US authorities told London’s High Court to block Assange’s bid to appeal, on the second and last day of hearings on Wednesday.
• Assange’s lawyers on Tuesday asked the court to grant him permission to appeal, arguing that US authorities are seeking to punish him for exposing serious criminal acts by the US government.
• If the judges rule against the Australian citizen, he can ask the European Court of Human Rights to block his extradition, but supporters worry he could be sent to the US before that happens.