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Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States to face spying charges due to the risk of him taking his own life in an American jail, a judge sensationally ruled - raising the prospect he could be freed today. 

The WikiLeaks founder, 48, won his high-profile legal battle against US authorities who wanted to put him on trial for conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law by releasing confidential cables.