An Egyptian court has handed down its final ruling in the trial of 11 people, including toppled president Mohamed Morsi and Al Jazeera journalists, on leaking state secrets to Qatar. Six of the defendants were sentenced to death.

Under an anti-terrorism law adopted in Egypt in August 2015, journalists are forced on national security grounds to report only the official version of so-called "terror" attacks.

King Salman of Saudi Arabia says an agreement has been reached with Egypt to build a bridge over the Red Sea connecting the two countries.

Police in Egypt are blaming a criminal gang for the torture and murder of an Italian student activist in January