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‘Needs fine-tuning, but no glitches’: India’s FIRST EVER trial of facial recognition software at polls reported success Officials in the Indian state of Telangana, first in the country to use facial recognition tech to verify voters, have said the software, while still needs to be honed, has proved itself fairly accurate with up to 86 success rate. The technology was tested on a sample of some 4,200 voters who went to cast a ballot in the municipal elections on January, 22. The trial was limited to only 10 polling stations in Kompally Municipality of the Medchal-Malkajgiri district with just over 7,000 eligible voters. In preparation to the trial, each of the booths was fitted with a smartphone and all the voter ID card data was input into the syste...

Palestinians should ‘tell us where they want to draw the lines’ but Israeli settlements will stay – Kushner US President Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor Jared Kushner said the Palestinians are welcome to offer changes in the borders in the proposed peace plan. However, all existing Israeli settlements are not going anywhere, he added. “What the Palestinian leadership should do is they should engage [Trump’s peace plan]. If there are things they want to change, if they don’t like where we drew the lines [they should] come and tell us where they want to draw the lines,” Kushner told Egyptian journalist Amr Adib in an interview on the El-Hekaya news show on Saturday. Also on rt.com Arab League rejects Trump’s ‘deal of ...

India govt. says ‘cannot be any delay’ in execution of 4 convicts in 2012 gang rape & murder after it postponed for 2nd time India’s Solicitor General has said the convicts in the ‘Nirbhaya’ rape and murder that inspired a Netflix series are "testing the patience of the nation" by filing appeals one after another as their hanging was delayed again. India’s Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is the second law officer in the country, has said that there should be no more delays in carrying out the death sentence in the case of the four men, found guilty of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young student on a bus, who later became known as Nirbhaya (“fearless” in Hindi). "In the interest of the society and victim, there should be no delay. Even ...

Russia suspends ALL rail passenger service with China over coronavirus outbreak starting Monday All passenger trains between China and Russia, including a direct Moscow-Beijing link, will stop running starting Monday due to a coronavirus outbreak, Russian Railways has announced. It’s unclear when the ban will be lifted. Russian Railways, Russia’s largest state-run transport operator, announced on Sunday that it is expanding the temporary suspension on passenger trains connecting China and Russia to include a direct link between the capitals of the two countries. The measure has come into effect at Monday midnight Moscow time [9:00pm GMT Sunday]. Also on rt.com Russia stops processing Chinese work visas & scrap...

Jailed, released, attacked: What we know about ‘ISIS-supporting’ south London suspect behind Streatham stabbing The man who stabbed at least two people in London on Sunday and was then shot dead has been tentatively identified as Sudesh Amman as media reports suggest he was a recently jailed extremism supporter, known to authorities. Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D'Orsi said that London police were “confident” the attacker was indeed Sudesh Amman, after multiple sources have identified the stabbing suspect as a young man who made headlines in 2018 when he was jailed for sharing terrorist manuals, which included a tutorial on home-made bombs. #BREAKING London terrorist attacker identified as Sudesh Amman, 18, who sentenced af...

London Bridge 2.0? As police confirm London stabbing Islamist-related, report claims attacker was ALSO on police watch-list The suspected terrorist shot dead by the law enforcement in the London suburb of Streatham was on a police watch-list when he stabbed three people, according to a Sky News report. Police now say the attack was Islamist-related. The knifeman who stabbed and injured three people — one seriously — in Streatham on Sunday was “under active police surveillance at the time of the incident,” Sky News’ security correspondent claimed. London’s Metropolitan Police, which earlier described the incident as “terrorist-related,” has all but confirmed the attack has been inspired by radical Islam. “The situation has been contained...

Irish PM calls on UK government to 'tone down the nationalistic rhetoric' ahead of Brexit trade talks With Brexit trade talks looming, Irish leader Leo Varadkar has called on Boris Johnson's UK government to dial back its "nationalist rhetoric," and urged it to avoid laying down "rigid red lines" that imperil an agreement. The Irish Taoiseach made the call on Sunday, after Johnson accused the European Union of trying to "change the terms" of the Brexit divorce deal between the UK and the EU. Also on rt.com Post-Brexit shakedown? No need for border checks if EU keeps its commitments, UK foreign secretary says "One thing I'd say to everyone is let's not repeat some of the errors that were made in the past two...

France to send 600 more troops to Africa’s Sahel as frustration on the ground grows & allies cut back participation Paris will deploy an additional 600 soldiers to fight jihadists in Africa while also facing challenges in getting allies on board with its combat mission in the Sahel region. With these additional troops, the number of French soldiers stationed in the region south of the Sahara Desert will increase to 5,100 by the end of February, Defense Minister Florence Parly said in a statement on Sunday. The move is set to strengthen the forces involved in the Paris-led Operation Barkhane, targeted against diverse jihadist groups, like the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), which is linked to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) ...