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Julian Assange attends court hearing on Pacific island after striking US plea deal

The court on the island of Saipan is expected to allow the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, to walk free and return to his native Australia. Also: the Kenyan president, William Ruto, has described violence during huge protests against tax rises as an unprecedented attack on the country's democracy, and scientists in Japan are working on creating human-like skin for robots.

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  US Democrats debate Biden's fitness as candidate

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  Big stakes and high tension as Biden and Trump debate on TV

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  The BBC tracks down a people smuggler

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  Bolivian leader condemns coup attempt in La Paz

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  Assange arrives in his native Australia after a 14 year long legal battle

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  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange freed from British prison after 14-year l…

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  UNICEF says millions of children going hungry in Sudan

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  At least 20 dead in church and synagogue attacks in southern Russia

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  Deadly attacks on Dagestan synagogue and churches

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  Iranian rapper's death sentence overturned

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  The Happy Pod: Knitted together by an unloved sweater

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  Jail sentences for members of Hinduja family

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  Kenyan police accused of excessive force in anti-tax demos

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  US says it is working hard to avoid conflict with China

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  New clashes in Kenya over planned tax rises