RT News - March 17, 2020 (17:00 MSK)

US financial markets struggle to recover, a day after the worst sell-off in more than three decades amid fears over the coronavirus - but president Donald Trump seems unfazed by the looming threat of a possible recession. France declares 'war' on Covid-19 even deploying the military onto the streets of Paris. That as the EU increases efforts to contain the pandemic and member states slam their borders shut. The US drops much-publicized charges against firms accused of being behind a claimed Russian troll farm apparently destroying another key claim of the Russiagate fiasco.