BREAKING.... Sajid Javid signs US extradition request for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

A request to extradite Julian Assange from the UK to the U.S. has been signed by the British Home Secretary, it emerged today.

Sajid Javid said he signed the request ahead of court hearing tomorrow, making it increasingly more likely Assange will be sent to the U.S. to stand trial for hacking classified information, than Sweden, where he is being investigated over an alleged sex attack.

Assange is wanted across the Atlantic for what U.S. officials call 'one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States'.

If found guilty of all the charges against him, the Wikileaks founder could be jailed for 175 years.

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