RT News - February 21, 2020 (17:00 MSK)
Fighting intensifies in Syria's crisis-stricken Idlib province, with government forces and their Russian backers repelling an offensive by Turkish-aligned rebels. We look at what's at stake for the external powers involved in the conflict. Residents of a central Ukrainian town clash with police, as the authorities attempt to place evacuees from China in quarantine there to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. A trial that threatens the fundamentals of journalism - a media freedom group says the industry's future is at stake, as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange prepares for his possible extradition to the US.
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