BBC News with Marion Marshall.
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have
turned out
to demonstrate in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and an end to his political system. It’s the biggest protest so far, as Jim Muir reports from the square.
“Go, go, go!” they chanted, and they chanted it in their tens of thousands. Already densely packed in the huge square, the crowds kept coming, backed up over the Nile Bridge leading to Tahrir from one direction and along the riverside from another. It
ended up
being the biggest turnout the protesters have seen so far. It was entirely peaceful. Many families joined in. The army guarding the square could only
stand aside
and let them pass.
The United States Vice President Joe Biden has told the Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman he should
ensure
an orderly transition of power in Egypt that is
prompt
, meaningful, peaceful and legitimate. From Washington, Kim Ghattas reports.
It’s the first time since the beginning of protests in Cairo that Washington has made such
specific
demands in public. The American Vice President Joe Biden has now
spelled out
what the White House expects from this transition: immediately lift the emergency law and include a broad range of opposition groups as partners in the talks about the transition. Mr Biden also said the Egyptian interior ministry should immediately stop arresting and beating journalists or activists.