The Supreme Court has refused to allow Julian Assange latest appeal against extradition to the US. A court spokesman said Mr Assange’s application did not raise “an arguable point of law”. The decision is a major blow to his hopes to avoid extradition. The Wikileaks founder, 50, is wanted in the US over the publication thousands of classified files in 2010 and 2011. His lawyers said he had not ruled out launching a final appeal. The case will now go back down to District Judge Vanessa Baraitser, the original judge who assessed the US’s extradition request.Home Secretary Priti Patel is then expected to make a final decision. If she approves the extradition, that is the stage when Mr Assange could make his fresh challenge, said his lawyers Birnberg Peirce.(BBC)…[+]