Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has left the UK after agreeing a US plea deal that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.
Assange was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.
He spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he was fighting extradition to the US.
Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK.
The plea deal is expected to be finalised in a court in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday.
He is expected to return to Australia according to the US justice department.
(BBC News)
