BBC News with David Austin

Hours after the founder of the Wikileaks website, Julian Assange, surrendered to the authorities in Britain, a court in London ordered him to remain in custody while it decides on his possible extradition to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sexual offences. Mr Assange denies the accusations. Jon Brain was in court.

He was asked if he understood that he could consent to being extradited to Sweden. He said he did understand that, but he did not give his consent. He'll be fighting this extradition. There'll now be a full hearing in a week's time when the arguments will be laid out on both sides. His lawyer says he'll be robustly resisting any attempts to extradite him, and he says they will use the option, if necessary, of appealing to a higher court even if this court decides in favour of the Swedish authorities.