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Jon Snow
Cairo is alive and seething with masses of people. I’ve just walked from Tahrir Square around several kilometres of streets and every one of them is heaving with people. In the 18 day standoff I’ve never seen the square so full.
No one was more surprised than President Obama when his old friend Hosni Mubarak did not stand down as Egyptian President on Thursday night, writes US Correspondent Sarah Smith in Washington.
As protesters mass in Cairo again, Channel 4 News looks into the 24 hours that saw President Mubarak face down intense pressure for his immediate resignation.
A senior aide to President Mubarak tells Lindsey Hilsum in Cairo that “the revolution won” and the President no longer has power. But the protesters pouring onto the streets appear to disagree.
“David Cameron? Who is he? Who’s even heard of William Hague? How dare they talk about Egypt like that? Who do they think they are? ” The Egyptian Foreign Ministry official was scornful
A senior aide to President Hosni Mubarak tells Channel 4 News the embattled leader will step down imminently amid widespread unrest which has swept Egypt.
In a police state, officials are able to treat people with contempt. In Tahrir Square, the young, well-educated English-speaking demonstrators talk a lot about freedom and human rights. Everyone talks about corruption. But the poor and the religious talk mostly of dignity, pride and justice.
US Vice-President Joe Biden calls for “prompt” action in Egypt as fears increase that the ongoing protests pose an escalating threat to the Middle East peace process.
As Egyptians are moved by a tearful testimony of a Google executive arrested by state police, his online colleague tells Channel 4 News how the internet campaign began and why he fears for his safety.
The Egyptian government has released 34 political prisoners, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, as the country’s biggest pop star is shunned in Tahrir Square.
Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives in Tunisia – where the unrest in the Middle East began – to encourage development in the country as protests inspired by events there continue in Egypt.
As Cairo’s Tahrir Square bulges with a record number of protesters, Channel 4 News understands that pro-Mubarak supporters are turning against their leader.
In a brilliant counter-intuitive bit of propaganda, government ministers are trying to give the impression that the revolutionaries have prevailed – while remaining firmly in control.
Protesters remain in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, as Egypt’s politicians begin talks to end the political crisis, and a senior Google executive is released after a week in custody.
They aren’t giving up on either side of this. Although much of Cairo is going back to work and shops and banks started to open, the protesters defied expectations and again brought huge numbers to their cause.