This frame grab taken from video posted on the WikiLeaks X account @wikileaks on June 25, 2024 shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looking out of the window from a private jet as he flies from London to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands after reaching a plea deal with the US authorities. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at a US court on June 26 to face a final court hearing under a plea deal expected to end years of legal drama and allow him to return to his native Australia as a free man. (Photo by WikiLeaks
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A plane believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange takes off from the Saipan International Airport in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, on June 26, 2024, as Assange heads home to Canberra, Australia after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defence information. - A US judge freed Julian Assange on June 26 in a plea deal that ends years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder, long wanted by Washington for revealing military secrets.
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This handout photo courtesy of the WikiLeaks X account @wikileaks posted on June 26, 2024 shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talking to his wife Stella on a mobile phone while on his way in a private jet to Canberra after leaving Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. - Julian Assange walked free and was on his way back to his native Australia on June 26 after a plea deal with the United States ended years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder.
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An airplane carrying Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured on the tarmac at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on June 25, 2024. - The plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will stop in Bangkok to refuel, a senior Thai official told AFP on June 25, before flying to the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific.
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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hold banners and placards as they protest in support of him outside the US Consulate General in Sydney on June 26, 2024. - A US judge freed Julian Assange on June 26 in a plea deal that ends years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder, long wanted by Washington for revealing military secrets.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange raises his fist from the door of the plane after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (centre R) raises his fist after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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Stella Assange (C), the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaks at a press conference next to lawyer Jennifer Robinson (R) in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man on June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a welcome sign in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after Assange returned to Australia following a guilty plea at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man on June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (C) hugs his wife Stella Assange (centre L) after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (R) kisses his wife Stella Assange (L) after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (C) waves next to his wife Stella Assange (2nd L) after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, following his guilty plea at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives thumbs up after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.
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El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, aterrizó este miércoles en Australia, su país natal, donde espera comenzar una nueva vida después de alcanzar un acuerdo con la justicia de Estados Unidos que lo dejó en libertad a cambio de declarase culpable de revelar secretos de defensa.
Assange aterrizó de noche en Canberra, la capital australiana, en un jet privado, la etapa final de una larga batalla judicial de 14 años, los últimos cinco en una prisión de alta seguridad en el Reino Unido.