WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been told he can seek permission from the Supreme Court to appeal against his extradition to the US.

The 50-year-old is wanted in America over the leak of thousands of top secret documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

His lawyers have argued that he should not be taken to the US because of a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide.

If he had not won the right to seek an appeal, his case would have gone directly to Home Secretary Priti Patel for a final decision on whether he should be sent to the US.

But his legal team has secured the right to seek appeal at the Supreme Court based on a point of law that is of “general public importance”.

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