RT News - February 19, 2020 (12:00 MSK)

Australian MPs visit Julian Assange in jail and call on the UK government to stop his extradition to the US, warning about the WikiLeaks founder's deteriorating condition. US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi warns the EU against working with Huawei, branding China's tech giant a major security threat. She doesn't mention her own reported role in mass American spying, including on EU leaders. We asked people in New York and London whether China or the US is a bigger surveillance threat. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is set to take the stage at a Democratic Party presidential election debate for the first time, amid criticism from a main rival that he's effectively buying votes.