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Les deux généraux belligérants du Soudan conviennent d’une trêve de sept jours “en principe”

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Les généraux en guerre au Soudan ont accepté “en principe” un cessez-le-feu de sept jours, a déclaré mardi le gouvernement du Soudan du Sud voisin, après que des émissaires régionaux ont dénoncé des violations répétées des trêves précédentes.

Les efforts diplomatiques se sont intensifiés pour mettre fin à plus de deux semaines de guerre dans le troisième plus grand pays d’Afrique alors que les avertissements se multiplient sur une crise humanitaire “catastrophique”.

Plus de 430 000 personnes ont déjà été contraintes de fuir leur foyer, selon les Nations Unies.

Des centaines d’autres ont été tués et des milliers blessés.

Le chef de l’armée soudanaise Abdel Fattah al-Burhan et son adjoint devenu rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, qui commande les Forces de soutien rapide (RSF) paramilitaires, « se sont mis d’accord sur le principe d’une trêve de sept jours du 4 au 11 mai ». a déclaré le ministère des Affaires étrangères à Juba dans un communiqué.


Plusieurs trêves convenues depuis le début des combats le 15 avril ont été violées à plusieurs reprises, dont une annoncée par le Soudan du Sud au début de la guerre.

Des témoins ont fait état de nouvelles frappes aériennes et de tirs antiaériens à Khartoum mardi.

Les violations répétées ont suscité des critiques plus tôt mardi lors d’une réunion à Addis-Abeba, en Éthiopie, du Mécanisme élargi sur la crise soudanaise qui a réuni des représentants africains, arabes, onusiens et autres.

Les deux généraux ont convenu de trêves le dernier dimanche pourtant “continuez à combattre et à bombarder la ville”, a déclaré Ismail Wais, du bloc nord-africain IGAD qui comprend le Soudan et le Soudan du Sud.

“Plus en sécurité”

“Notre priorité aujourd’hui est de faire en sorte que le cessez-le-feu soit prolongé et respecté, puis d’assurer l’aide humanitaire”, a déclaré le président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, en ouvrant la réunion.

L’accord ultérieur de la trêve d’une semaine est intervenu lors d’une conversation téléphonique que le président sud-soudanais Salva Kiir a eue avec les parties belligérantes dans le cadre de l’initiative de l’IGAD pour une pause dans les combats, a déclaré le ministère des Affaires étrangères de Juba.

“Nous devrons voir si cela est accepté par toutes les parties et s’il est mis en œuvre par les forces sur le terrain”, a déclaré Farhan Haq, porte-parole adjoint du chef de l’ONU.

Le président kenyan William Ruto a déclaré plus tôt que le conflit avait atteint des “niveaux catastrophiques” et qu’il était impératif de trouver des moyens de fournir une aide humanitaire “avec ou sans cessez-le-feu”.

L’agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés a déclaré que plus de 100 000 personnes auraient fui vers les voisins du Soudan.

Malgré les besoins humanitaires criants, l’ONU a déclaré mardi que son appel d’aide pour 2023 au Soudan manquait de 1,5 milliard de dollars.

Mais certains secours sont arrivés dans le pays.


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Après que l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) a expédié six conteneurs de matériel médical, y compris des fournitures pour le traitement des traumatismes, Médecins sans frontières (MSF) a déclaré mardi avoir livré 10 tonnes de fournitures à un hôpital de Khartoum alors que les équipes se préparaient à “lancer des secours d’urgence”. activités de réponse. »

Seuls 16% des hôpitaux de Khartoum sont désormais pleinement fonctionnels, selon l’ONU.

Un médecin soudanais, Howida Elhassan, a publié une vidéo sur les réseaux sociaux du personnel médical luttant pour faire face à une vague de civils blessés dans un hôpital du quartier du Nil oriental de Khartoum.

Du sang semblait tacher le sol de l’établissement surpeuplé où les patients, dont l’un semblait grimacer de douleur avec du sang sur sa chemise, étaient allongés ou assis sur des lits.

“Les jours où il y a des combats dans la région, nous recevons entre 30 et 40 blessés”, en plus des cas réguliers, a déclaré Elhassan. “Les autres membres du personnel médical ne peuvent pas nous atteindre car les routes ne sont plus sûres. Nous manquons de personnel et d’équipement.”

En plus des plus de 500 tués dans les combats, 250 sont estimés portés disparus, a déclaré un porte-parole du projet en ligne Mafqud (Missing).

Munira Edwin s’est tournée vers le projet lorsque son frère Babiker a disparu le premier jour des combats. Mafqud l’a rappelée près de deux semaines plus tard.

“Il avait été retrouvé mort avec deux balles” dans le corps, a-t-elle dit, luttant pour retenir ses larmes.

Il était trop tard lundi également pour la victime que plusieurs hommes ont transportée dans un hôpital de Khartoum, recouverte d’un drap gris après qu’une camionnette ait été criblée de balles. La banquette arrière était trempée de sang. Les bagages reposaient sur le toit, comme si les passagers avaient tenté de fuir.

Au risque d’être pris entre deux feux, certains civils s’aventurent encore dehors. De longues files d’attente se sont formées mardi dans les stations-service offrant la denrée rare, ainsi que dans les banques et les distributeurs automatiques de billets.

Avant l’annonce sud-soudanaise, le chef de la mission de l’ONU, Volker Perthes, a déclaré que des discussions impliquant des médiateurs saoudiens et américains étaient en cours avec les généraux rivaux pour confirmer une trêve.

L’envoyé de Burhan, Dafaallah al-Haj, était au Caire où il a rencontré de hauts responsables de la Ligue égyptienne et arabe.

Haj a déclaré lors d’une conférence de presse qu’il espérait que la Ligue arabe, l’Union africaine, l’Arabie saoudite et les États-Unis pourraient jouer un rôle dans ces pourparlers en vue d’une trêve plus durable.

Alors que les diplomates tentent d’arrêter les combats, les gouvernements étrangers se sont précipités pour évacuer leurs citoyens, dont des milliers ont été mis en sécurité par voie aérienne ou maritime dans le cadre d’opérations qui tirent à leur fin.

Exode du Darfour

Les forces armées russes ont annoncé mardi qu’elles évacuaient plus de 200 personnes du Soudan à bord de quatre avions de transport militaire.

L’Arabie saoudite a déclaré avoir transporté 220 autres personnes à Djeddah.

Au-delà de Khartoum, l’anarchie a englouti la région du Darfour d’où plus de 70% des 330 000 personnes déplacées à l’intérieur du Soudan par les combats ont fui, selon l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations.

Le Darfour est toujours marqué par une guerre qui a éclaté en 2003 lorsque l’homme fort de l’époque, Omar al-Bashir, a déchaîné la milice Janjawid, principalement recrutée parmi les tribus pastorales arabes, contre les rebelles des minorités ethniques. Les Janjawid – dont les actions ont conduit à des accusations de crimes de guerre contre Bashir et d’autres – a ensuite évolué pour devenir le RSF.

(AFP)

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Revealed: The 32 long-haul destinations where Britons’ pounds will stretch the furthest and the least – and it’s Cape Town that offers the best value, and Sydney the WORST

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When dreaming of bargain winter sun, most would look to the shores of South East Asia or the colourful cities of India.

But the South African city of Cape Town has been named as the best-value long-haul destination.

Cape Town beat the likes of Kenya, Egypt and Vietnam in Post Office Travel Money’s annual long-haul holiday costs barometer thanks to a weaker South African rand and a fall in local prices.

Surprisingly, Tokyo came second, followed by Hoi An in Vietnam, Bali in Indonesia and Mombasa in Kenya.

The report compared the cost of 10 typical tourist staples – including meals, drinks, sun cream and insect repellent – at 32 popular long-haul resorts and cities.

 

Cape Town beat the likes of Kenya, Egypt and Vietnam in Post Office Travel Money’s annual long-haul holiday costs barometer thanks to a weaker South African rand and a fall in local prices

Cape Town beat the likes of Kenya, Egypt and Vietnam in Post Office Travel Money’s annual long-haul holiday costs barometer thanks to a weaker South African rand and a fall in local prices

A three-course meal for two with a bottle of wine costs just £33.31 in Cape Town, while the typical price for a cup of filter coffee is £1.63 and bottle of local beer £1.81.

At the other end of the table, Sydney, Australia, was the most expensive city, with tourist staples costing nearly three times more for UK visitors than in Cape Town, with a three-course meal for two with a bottle of wine costing £117.

Sydney was revealed to be even more expensive than New York, which came 30th, while all four Australian cities surveyed (Cairns, Melbourne, Darwin) appeared in the 10 most expensive list.

Sydney, Australia, was the most expensive city, with tourist staples costing nearly three times more for UK visitors than in Cape Town

Sydney, Australia, was the most expensive city, with tourist staples costing nearly three times more for UK visitors than in Cape Town

Thankfully, a surge in sterling’s value against most long-haul currencies means that Britons planning winter sun holidays can expect to pay less than a year ago in over half of the destinations surveyed.

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Laura Plunkett, Head of Travel Money at Post Office, said: ‘Our research revealed wide variations in the cost of tourist staples across the 32 destinations we surveyed.

‘This means holidaymakers could save themselves a lot of money and make a big difference to the overall cost of their winter sun trip by doing some basic holiday homework before booking to find out where meals, drinks and other staples are going to cost the least.’

Cheap and cheerful: In Tokyo (second), the 10 tourist staples analysed for the study came to just £64.07

Cheap and cheerful: In Tokyo (second), the 10 tourist staples analysed for the study came to just £64.07

Laura Plunkett, Head of Travel Money at Post Office, said: ‘Our research revealed wide variations in the cost of tourist staples across the 32 destinations we surveyed.' Above - Hoi An, the third cheapest city

Laura Plunkett, Head of Travel Money at Post Office, said: ‘Our research revealed wide variations in the cost of tourist staples across the 32 destinations we surveyed.’ Above – Hoi An, the third cheapest city

In Sydney, the basket of tourist staples came to a wallet-emptying £164.92

In Sydney, the basket of tourist staples came to a wallet-emptying £164.92 

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A court judging a French man charged with recruiting dozens of men online to rape his sedated wife has ruled that the public and press could be present when video evidence is shown, reversing an earlier decision. Lawyers for the victim, Gisele Pelicot, hailed the ruling as a “victory”. 

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Doctors are warning the 1million Americans who visit Thailand every year to avoid a local dish dubbed ‘the world’s deadliest meal.’

Koi pla is made of raw fish ground with spices and lime and ‘just one mouthful’ is enough to cause cancer.

The freshwater fish it is made from are at high risk of being contaminated with parasitic worms known as liver fluke.

Once in the body, these microscopic parasites cause inflammation that damages cells and leads to cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) bile duct cancer.

Boston-based food policy expert and Northeastern University professor, Dr Darin Detwiler, told DailyMail.com: ‘If the fish is harboring the parasite, any consumption of the raw meat can introduce the parasite into the body, leading to infection. 

‘It just takes one mouthful.’ 

Doctors sound alarm about Thai dish that can cause cancer after ONE mouthful

Koi pla, made of raw fish ground with spices and lime, is a favourite feast for parasites responsible for deadly liver cancer, doctors warn 

Over past decades, there have been extensive efforts to build awareness around the link to raw fish in a bid to curb rates. 

Other meals made from raw fish, such as pla som, pla jom and pla ra, can also trigger cancer, as they contain the same species of fish as koi pla. 

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But despite warnings, a 2023 study found that these dishes are still popular in the northeast part of Thailand, which thankfully is less touristy than the south.

The research, led by Yi-Chen Wang from the National University of Singapore, took surveys in three sub-districts – Ban Kaengt, Na Tan, and Non Phayom – across three provinces in the area. 

A total of 820 questionnaires were obtained, with 66 percent of respondents confirming that they eat raw fish despite knowing about the risks. 

Close to 70 percent of the participants held the correct understanding that eating raw fish could lead to parasitic infection. 

More than a quarter of the participants (28.3 percent) incorrectly believed that other raw foods, such as raw shrimp, raw beef, vegetable and fruit, were also the sources of liver fluke infection. 

One of the major causes of bile duct cancer, which kills 20,000 Thais each year, is a parasitic flatworm native to the Mekong region and found in freshwater fish

When quizzed about the best methods to kill the parasite, 10 percent of respondents incorrectly believed that it could be killed by adding other ingredients, such as vinegar, lime juice, alcohol, or red ants. 

The best way of killing liver fluke is to thoroughly cook the fish before consuming it. 

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Fish liver flukes are killed at an internal temperature of at least 145°F or you can freeze fish at -4°F for below for at least seven days. 

For consumers in regions outside Thailand, where raw freshwater fish is less common, the risk is much lower, but Dr. Detwiler told DailyMail.com that it still exists with improper food handling.

He said on the matter: ‘This specific parasite (opisthorchis viverrini) is not common in the US. 

‘However, foodborne parasites from raw or undercooked fish are still a risk, including tapeworms and other flukes. 

‘The parasite that leads to liver cancer in Thailand is predominantly found in Southeast Asia, particularly in regions where raw freshwater fish dishes are popular.

The best way of killing liver fluke (pictured) is to thoroughly cook the fish before consuming it, or by freezing it

The best way of killing liver fluke (pictured) is to thoroughly cook the fish before consuming it, or by freezing it 

‘Cases of opisthorchis viverrini infection have been reported in the US – but they are rare. 

‘Infections in the US are typically “imported cases,” meaning the individuals acquired the infection abroad and then developed symptoms later. 

‘Cases are generally linked to individuals who have immigrated from or traveled to regions where the parasite is endemic, such as Southeast Asia. 

‘Specifically, the majority of these cases have been observed among refugees from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, particularly in communities where the consumption of raw or undercooked freshwater fish is common.’

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Outside of Thailand, koi pla is not a popular dish and it is very rarely found on restaurant menus.  

The recent study calls for greater education around liver fluke and its prevalence in raw fish. 

It also highlights the need for effective disease control programs, and the researchers noticed that a resurgence of infection was common, once a program ceased. 

They add: ‘The success of a national health control program [in Thailand] greatly depends on community support to implement educational campaigns, promote public awareness, and facilitate individual behavior change.’

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The Argentine prosecutors investigating a case of aggravated rape brought against two French international rugby players recommended on Friday dismissing the case after “a series of inconsistencies and contradictions” in the accuser’s testimony were found. 

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Saracens star Alex Lozowski handed golden chance to end six-year international exile as he is named in England’s 36-man training camp squad

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Forwards: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Ollie Chessum (Leicester), Dan Cole (Leicester), Alex Coles (Northampton), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton), Ben Earl (Saracens), Greg Fisilau (Exeter), Ellis Genge (Bristol), Jamie George (Saracens), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Marler (Harlequins), George Martin (Leicester), Tom Pearson (Northampton), Ethan Roots (Exeter), Will Stuart (Bath), Sam Underhill (Bath), Tom Willis (Saracens).

Backs: Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter), Tommy Freeman (Northampton), George Furbank (Northampton), Ollie Lawrence (Bath), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Harry Randall (Bristol), Tom Roebuck (Sale), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton), Fin Smith (Northampton), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath), Freddie Steward (Leicester), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester).

Rehabilitation: Henry Slade (Exeter), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Luke Northmore (Harlequins).

Not considered for selection: Joe Cokanasiga (Bath), Ben Curry (Sale), Tom Curry (Sale), George Ford (Sale), Alex Mitchell (Northampton), Will Muir (Bath), Max Ojomoh (Bath), Raffi Quirke (Sale), Bevan Rodd (Sale).

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The death toll from a grisly attack Thursday on a small Haitian town by the heavily armed Gran Grif gang has risen to at least 70, the UN human rights office said Friday, adding that women and children were among those killed. 

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Revealed: The exact amount of sleep the average middle-aged woman gets – so, are you snoozing more or less than your peers?

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Women aged between 40 and 60 get an average of just 6 hours and 36 minutes of sleep per night due to frequent insomnia and night sweats, a study shows.

A poll of 1,000 women in this age bracket reveals the harsh reality of menopause, with broken sleep and joint pain emerging as the two most prominent issues.

Surveyed women reported that they are affected by sleep difficulties and insomnia for an average of 10 days per month.

They said they regularly wake up between 3-4am, leading to severe levels of exhaustion and fatigue.

A fifth of women said the impact of sleep deprivation and other menopausal symptoms has strained relationships, leading to increased arguments with partners or colleagues.

The report also found women in this age group are managing just 6 hours and 36 minutes of sleep per night – below the NHS-recommended 8 hours.

This means that over two decades, exhausted women navigating the perimenopause and menopause could sleep 17.5 per cent less than recommended, losing the equivalent of 425 days of sleep over 20 years.

The worst-hit are women in their late fifties, averaging just 6 hours and 12 minutes of sleep per night, with one in five regularly getting just 5 hours.

Other common symptoms include feeling emotionally flat, pains in the joints, brain fog and irrational thinking.

The poll, commissioned by sleep-tech firm Simba, also showed that women regularly experience lower libido, general anxiety and heart palpitations during this stage of life.

Lisa Artis, deputy CEO at Simba’s charity partner The Sleep Charity, said: ‘Menopause isn’t just about the odd hot flash, it’s a rollercoaster of physical and mental symptoms.

‘While many people think of night sweats as the main hallmark of menopause, our research shows women are battling a breadth of symptoms daily.

‘These aren’t just minor inconveniences. 

‘Women could be spending up to a third of their midlife years feeling disconnected from their emotions, battling anxiety and coping with extreme fatigue.

‘And it’s happening month after month. 

‘This is a monumental toll on people’s mental and physical health.

‘The harsh truth is that women are navigating their work, home life, and relationships while managing severe and often invisible symptoms that chip away at their health and wellbeing, which demand greater recognition, support, and effective solutions.’

Selected Simba products have the ‘M-Tick’, a menopause-friendly label designed to help women easily identify products that can support them with symptoms. 

ABOUT CIRCIDIAN RHYTHMS

Our internal circadian rhythms, or circadian clock, is responsible for waking our bodies up in the morning and ensuring they get a good night’s rest.

In a healthy person, cortisol levels peak at around 8am, which wakes us up (in theory), and drop to their lowest at 3am the next day, before rising back to its peak five hours later.

Ideally, this 8am peak will be triggered by exposure to sunlight, if not an alarm. When it does, the adrenal glands and brain will start pumping adrenaline. 

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By mid-morning, the cortisol levels start dropping, while the adrenaline (for energy) and serotonin (a mood stabilizer) keep pumping. 

At midday, metabolism and core body temperature ramp up, getting us hungry and ready to eat.

After noon, cortisol levels start their steady decline. Metabolism slows down and tiredness sets in. 

Gradually the serotonin turns into melatonin, which induces sleepiness. 

Our blood sugar levels decrease, and at 3am, when we are in the middle of our sleep, cortisol levels hit a 24-hour low.

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It’s the deadliest conflict that Lebanon has experienced since the end of the civil war in 1990. In the space of just a few days, Israeli air strikes have killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands wounded, with civilians making up a large part of the casualties. The violence has also forced more than one million people – a fifth of the population – to flee their homes, causing a massive displacement crisis. Our reporters Chloé Domat and Sophie Guignon met with traumatised civilians trying to escape the violence.

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The dark side of Meta’s smart glasses: Harvard students reveal how Mark Zuckerberg’s creepy spectacles can be used to instantly find strangers’ names and addresses

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Ever since Meta debuted its smart glasses back in 2021, concerns have been raised over their ability to film people without their knowledge. 

Now, two Harvard students have taken the device’s privacy-invading capabilities even further – by building a modified version called ‘I-XRAY’. 

The creepy system uses AI and facial recognition software to instantly dox people’s identities.

In an astonishing clip, the students go up to random strangers and quickly identify their name and other personal details – including their home address, work history and even the names of parents.

It’s reminiscent of the Black Mirror episode, White Christmas, where a hopeless singleton uses an implant to instantly find online information about strangers. 

The dark side of Meta’s smart glasses: Harvard students reveal how Mark Zuckerberg’s creepy spectacles can be used to instantly find strangers’ names and addresses

Video is streamed from the Meta smart glasses straight to Instagram. A computer programme monitors the stream for people¿s faces - and can match a face to publicly available images across the internet

Dubbed I-XRAY, the creepy tech, developed by Harvard students, lets you go up to a random stranger and quickly identify them

In the Black Mirror episode 'White Christmas', hopeless singleton Harry (Rasmus Hardiker) uses an implant to instantly find online information about strangers

In the Black Mirror episode ‘White Christmas’, hopeless singleton Harry (Rasmus Hardiker) uses an implant to instantly find online information about strangers

How does it work? 

Video is streamed from the Meta smart glasses straight to Instagram. 

A computer programme monitors the stream for people’s faces and can match a face to publicly available images across the internet.

An AI is prompted to infer details such as the person’s name, occupation, and other personal details.

The results are sent to a separate app the students created on their phone.

The tech has been created by AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, two engineers at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

‘The purpose of building this tool is not for misuse, and we are not releasing it,’ they say in a document outlining the technology.

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‘Our goal is to demonstrate the current capabilities of smart glasses, face search engines, large language models and public databases. 

‘[We’re] raising awareness that extracting someone’s home address and other personal details from just their face on the street is possible today.’ 

On X (Twitter), Nguyen posted a video of the tech with the caption: ‘Are we ready for a world where our data is exposed at a glance?’ 

As the students show in the clip, they use a combination of existing tech on the market to create AI glasses ‘that reveal anyone’s personal details just from looking at them’. 

First, the students take a pair of Meta Ray Bans 2, released last year, ‘as they look almost indistinguishable from regular glasses’. 

At the touch of a button on the side of the specs, these glasses can film up to three minutes of live video, which can be streamed to Instagram. 

The students took a pair of Meta Ray Bans 2, released last year, 'as they look almost indistinguishable from regular glasses'

The students took a pair of Meta Ray Bans 2, released last year, ‘as they look almost indistinguishable from regular glasses’

The livestreamed footage is monitored by a programme called PimEyes, described as a ‘reverse image search tool’,

By monitoring the livestream, PimEyes can match a face to publicly available images of that face across the internet, the duo explain. 

Once their faces are found, an AI is prompted to take details such as the person’s name, occupation, and other personal details that may be accompanying that image. 

I-XRAY uses FastPeopleSearch, an online tool that only needs someone’s name to find more personal information such as home addresses, phone numbers, age, and relatives from publicly available records and social media profiles. 

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‘It’s all fed back to an app we wrote on our phone,’ says Nguyen in the video, posted to X. 

I-XRAY is unique, the engineers say, because it operates entirely automatically, quickly allowing the wearer to find information about people they come across.

The video shows the students approaching total strangers on campus, in the street, and on the Harvard subway station in Cambridge. 

In one instance, Ardayfio approaches a woman he’d never met before and asks: ‘Are you Betsy? I think I met you through the Cambridge Community Foundation’.

Smiling, the woman – presumably believing she’d met him previously but forgotten about it – confirms she is indeed Betsy and they start a conversation. 

Fortunately it is possible to remove your details from PimEyes and FastPeopleSearch so that I-XRAY or any similar system can’t identify you. 

The students provide links in their document that provide step-by-step instructions on how to do this so that ‘you and those you care about can protect themselves’. 

The experts say: 'Initially started as a side project, I-XRAY quickly highlighted significant privacy concerns. The purpose of building this tool is not for misuse, and we are not releasing it'

The experts say: ‘Initially started as a side project, I-XRAY quickly highlighted significant privacy concerns. The purpose of building this tool is not for misuse, and we are not releasing it’

The £299 glasses were unveiled by Meta during the Meta Connect conference last year

The £299 glasses were unveiled by Meta during the Meta Connect conference last year

In request to comment, a Meta spokesperson stressed to MailOnline that the glasses had to be modified heavily so that they could perform like this. 

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The Meta spokesperson also said the AI and facial recognition element of the system ‘would work with photos taken on any camera, phone or recording device’. 

However, phones and other recording devices have an element of transparency that arguably Meta’s smart glasses do not. 

With Meta’s glasses, the camera is concealed in the frames – and the average person on the street may not realise their function is to record. 

When the glasses are filming, a noise sounds and a small LED next to one of the lenses lights up – although users would have to explain what these mean.

Jake Moore, security advisor at ESET, said ‘glasses enabled to film the public is a ‘worryingly dangerous development’. 

‘We are seeing technology advancing into areas that are simply not required,’ Moore told MailOnline.

‘Furthermore, when they are adapted to recognise individuals it becomes a scary tool that could easily be abused.’

The Meta spokesperson said: ‘To be clear, Ray-Ban Meta glasses do not have facial recognition technology. 

‘From what we can see, these students are simply using publicly-available facial recognition software on a computer that would work with photos taken on any camera, phone or recording device. 

‘Unlike most other devices, Ray-Ban Meta glasses make a sound and the capture LED activates to indicate to others that the user is recording. 

‘This sound and LED cannot be disabled by the user, and we introduced tamper detection technology to prevent users from covering up the capture LED.’

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Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea’s independence, is more popular than ever. For young people across West Africa in search of a hero, Sékou Touré could be what they’re looking for. But this rehabilitation of the country’s past dictator glosses over the tens of thousands of deaths attributed to his regime, with access to the notorious Camp Boiro concentration camp now closed to victims’ families. Our correspondent Sarah Sakho reports.

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