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This is learning English from the news, our podcast about the news headlines.
In this program, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks free.
Hello, I'm Neil.
And I'm Beth.
In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
so, Neil, let's hear more about the story.
So we're talking about Julian Assange.
He is the WikiLeaks founder.
Now, he's walked free from a us court after pleading guilty in a deal to end a legal battle that has lasted for years.
Yeah, that's right.
Now, yesterday, Assange was released from a prison in the UK where he's been for the last five years.
And now he's back in his home country of Australia.
His organization, WikiLeaks, published Secret US Military records in 2010.
Now, Assange has pleaded guilty to one charge connected to espionage.
That's spying.
Now, this is a controversial and complicated story.
Some people see Assange as a hero and others see him as a criminal.
Now, we have a headline here which describes what has been happening, and it's from NPR.