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Supporters of Julian Assange hold placards as they protest on the second day of a week of opening arguments for the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange outside Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south east London, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. U.S. authorities, want to try Assange on espionage charges. A lawyer for the Americans said the Australian computer expert was an “ordinary” criminal whose publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military documents put many people at risk of torture and death. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Judge refuses to let Assange leave secure dock in courtroom

Associated Press

Campaigners cheer outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Thursday Feb. 27, 2020. Campaigners have won a court ruling to block the plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport on environmental grounds. The case before Britain's Court of Appeal could stall the 14 billion-pound ($18 billion) plan to expand Heathrow Airport. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier talks to journalists outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Barnier meets for talks with EU envoys on the mandate that member states will give him to secure a trade deal with the United Kingdom before the end of the year. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU approves tough negotiating mandate for UK trade talks

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Defense lawyers say they will seek French asylum for Assange

By OLEG CETINIC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo specialist Dilip Patel, left, and trader John Panin work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

World markets slip on renewed fears over virus outbreak

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday Dec. 7, 2006, Regents Park Mosque in London. British police say a man has been stabbed at the London Central Mosque near Regent's Park, Thursday Feb. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)

Man stabbed at London mosque; police say not terror-related

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold banners outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. A case-management hearing regarding Julian Assange will be heard at the court Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Assange’s lawyer claims Trump offered pardon for help concealing Russia hack of DNC

By Dave Boyer and Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from supplying next-generation mobile networks, with more officials visiting this week to press the case. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Europe resists mounting US pressure on Huawei 5G technology

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

Vatican police stage new raids in London real estate case

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Leipzig's Timo Werner celebrates scoring his side's third goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Union Berlin in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Leipzig ready for European limelight after rapid rise

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, British TV personality Caroline Flack arrives for the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in London. The host controversial reality TV show “Love Island,” has died aged 40, according to a statement from her family Saturday Feb. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, FILE)

Ex-‘Love Island’ host Caroline Flack found dead in London

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A protest sign is displayed by a roadside protest camp across the street from a High Speed 2 (HS2) rail line compound near the village of Harefield in north west London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Britain's Conservative government is set to approve a contentious, expensive plan for a high-speed rail line linking London with central and northern England, despite opposition from environmentalists and even some members of the governing party. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Lawmaker questions China’s offer to build UK high speed rail

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Children gather at Parliament Square holding placards and flags, as they protest against climate change, in London, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Climate change protest brings flares to London Fashion week

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK’s Johnson backs high speed railway despite opposition

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

People wearing face masks disembark from an aircraft repatriating British and other nationalities to the UK from the coronavirus hit city of Wuhan in China, following its arrival at RAF Brize Norton, England, Sunday Feb. 9, 2020. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

UK calls virus “serious” health threat; will detain people

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

A woman walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Asian stock markets slid Monday after China reported an uptick in new cases of its virus outbreak and analysts warned optimism the disease is under control might be premature. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Stocks decline amid warnings China virus still a threat

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

British Airways flight crosses Atlantic in less than 5 hours

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Waves crash over the harbour and a lighthouse, as Storm Ciara hits Newhaven, on the south coast of England, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Trains, flights and ferries have been cancelled and weather warnings issued across the United Kingdom and in northern Europe as the storm with winds expected to reach hurricane levels batters the region. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel

By SHEILA NORMAN-CULP - Associated Press

Karen Pierce listens to questions from the media in New York on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Britain has appointed Pierce as the country's new ambassador to the United States. Pierce is currently ambassador to the United Nations and will be the first woman to hold the prestigious job. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

New UK envoy to US wants expanded ties and talks with Trump

By DANICA KIRKA and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

The first light of dawn breaks looking toward the Palace of Westminster with British Union flags flying in London, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Britain officially left the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Post-Brexit Britain, U.S. seek free trade deal

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times