Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for four years Dominic Lipinski/Press AssociationStockholm Julian Assange’s latest attempt to persuade investigators to drop a rape investigation from 2010 failed after a Swedish appeal court upheld a detention order for the WikiLeaks founder. Mr Assange, 45, who denies the rape allegation, has avoided extradition by staying at the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012. His lawyer, Per Samuelson, said he would appeal to the Supreme Court. (AFP)£70k fine for wife over mistress bomb hoaxGeneva A French woman who triggered a bomb hoax at Geneva airport to stop her husband and his mistress going on holiday has been told to pay £70,000 in…

Source: The Times September 16, 2016 23:00 UTC