BBC News with Iain Purdon

The Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has issued a new constitutional declaration widening his powers. In a televised statement, the presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said the president’s decisions could not be appealed or revoked by any authority, including the judiciary, and they have been made to protect Egypt’s revolution. Jon Leyne reports.

Fresh from his role mediating the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, President Mursi has taken a number of steps to consolidate power at home. He’s issued a decree preventing the courts from dissolving the constitutional assembly, something they have already done on one previous occasion. And he has once again moved to appoint a new prosecutor general. It's in an attempt to move forward with trials of officials from the former regime. Both measures are likely to be strongly contested by the judges jealous of judicial independence.

The new constitutional declaration comes as protesters and police clash for a fourth day in Cairo on the edge of Tahrir Square where last November a stand-off between Egypt’s then the military rulers and protesters left dozens dead. Many of the demonstrators wanted the president to punish those responsible for last November’s killings.

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for the former first lady of Ivory Coast, Simone Gbagbo, for crimes against humanity during the country’s post-election crisis. Her husband Laurent Gbagbo is already awaiting trial on similar charges. From The Hague, Anna Huligon reports.