Will Egypt follow the ‘Chinese example’?
Had a chat today with someone who worked in Whitehall for many years at a senior level looking at the Middle East. I pass on what he had to say…
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What happened in Egypt today has been unimaginable for years: the banned Muslim Brotherhood entered into formal talks with the government to find a way out of the country’s political crisis.
Protesters continue to occupy Tahrir Square as the government opens talks with the Muslim Brotherhood. See video, comment and latest tweets, plus add your voice to the #c4news live blog.
“Terrorists” are to blame for an explosion at a north Sinai pipeline supplying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan, according to Egyptian officials.
Calls for change in Egypt have come from every level of society. But Krishnan Guru-Murthy finds that the country’s well-off now think it is time to go back to work.
Calls for change in Egypt have come from every level of society. But Krishnan Guru-Murthy finds that the country’s well-off now think it is time to go back to work.
As protesters reject the announcement that Egyptian government apparatchiks are to stand down, the US appears to be backtracking on its wish for President Mubarak to leave office quickly.
As protesters in Alexandria promise to stay on the streets, and sing “every dictator must have an end” to the tune of the national anthem, Lindsey Hilsum asks where Egypt can go from here.
Like its bazaars, Egypt’s future will involve a great deal of haggling and will be fraught with unpredictability, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
The Egypt protests have focused around Tahrir Square with anti-Mubarak protestors besieged by government loyalists. Channel 4 News lays out the key areas of the battleground.
Egyptian journalist Shahira Amin tells Channel 4 News why she resigned from state-run Nile TV after being banned from covering the ongoing protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
After a week of dramatic social unrest in Egypt, we take a look back at how Jonathan Rugman, Jon Snow and Lindsey Hilsum told the unfolding story – in Cairo and Alexandria – via Twitter.
Barack Obama launches “the biggest gamble of his presidency so far” as he seeks to manoeuvre an “elegant” but quick way for Egypt’s President Mubarak to leave office, says Sarah Smith.
Had a chat today with someone who worked in Whitehall for many years at a senior level looking at the Middle East. I pass on what he had to say…
Lindsey Hilsum blogs from Alexandria on the Egypt crisis and why crowds are turning against journalists.
The Egyptian Army’s passivity in the bloody protests suggests an internal conflict of agendas, one which could inspire a coup by lower-level officers, a former Army Commander tells Channel 4 News.