The official Egyptian news agency says that the former President Hosni Mubarak is weak and refusing solid food. The report comes a week before he's due to stand trial, accused of ordering the killing of protesters. From Cairo, Jon Leyne.

The report said Mr Mubarak's doctors would decide in the coming hours how to

proceed

as his current food

intake

was not enough to keep him alive. Opposition supporters are

sceptical

about reports on Hosni Mubarak's health. They believe the authorities are just trying to avoid him going on trial as scheduled next week. At the same time, there does seem growing evidence that he is an increasingly

enfeebled

old man.

A United Nations fact-finding mission in Libya says the health service in the capital Tripoli is under growing strain as Nato's bombing campaign against Colonel Gaddafi continues. The UN mission says medical supplies including vaccines are running low and most foreign medical staff have left the city. It says some areas of Tripoli are experiencing electricity cuts. There are long queues at petrol stations, and Libyan oil experts say fuel stocks could

run out

in two weeks' time.

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The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will ask parliament to

amend

the constitution so that presidents will serve a single longer term in office. The Nigerian constitution currently limits presidents to two four-year terms. Mr Jonathan has not said how long the new term should be, but he says the change will focus politicians more on governance and less on re-election.