RT News - February 24, 2020 (12:00 MSK)

What's being described as a far-reaching and historic trial for journalism - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is set to begin his US extradition hearing in London this hour. We're across it throughout the day. As Coronavirus cases spike outside China - Moscow denies accusations of a disinformation campaign - that's allegedly undermining the global response to the epidemic. Israel exchanges fire with a militant group in the Syrian capital and in Gaza after the IDF shot dead one of its members at a border fence, and removed his body with a bulldozer.