August 2010: Swedish prosecutors issue arrest warrant for Assange based on one womans allegation of rape and anothers allegation of molestation. November 2010: Swedish police issue an international arrest warrant for Assange. July 2014: Assange loses his bid to have an arrest warrant issued in Sweden against him canceled. May 1, 2019: Assange is sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for jumping bail in 2012. June 25, 2020: US files new indictment against Assange that prosecutors say underscores Assanges efforts to procure and release classified information.

LONDON - Leaving the European Union later this year without a Brexit deal would plunge the United Kingdom into recession. Hammond noted that the OBR report does not even reflect the most severe outcome. According to a Bank of England simulation of the most chaotic Brexit, the UK economy could contract by 8%. The threat of Brexit has already caused serious damage to the UK economy. The latest data indicates that the UK economy "flatlined at best" in the second quarter of 2019, it added.