BBC news with Sue Montgomery.

Libya's interim government is about to hand power to the new General National Congress which was formed after last month's elections, a significant moment on the political transition. The interim government was made up of the opposition forces that

toppled

Colonel Gaddafi a year ago and will be dissolved once power has been transferred. Jeremy Bowen reports.

Libya's National Transitional Council which led the revolt against Colonel Gaddafi will

hand over

power to the assembly after elections that went more smoothly than some predicted. The big question, though is what those powers are worth. Since the fall of the Colonel last year, the transitional council has struggled to create a central government. A great deal of power has remained in the hands of the militias who did the fighting in the civil war. While Tripoli, the capital, looks bustling and open for business,

sporadic

violence continues.

The Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has sacked the country's intelligence chief and the governor of North Sinai just days after an attack by militants that killed 16 border guards. In an unprecedented military operation in Sinai, the Egyptian army backed by aircraft says it killed 20 Islamist militants and destroyed two

armored

vehicles near the border with Israel in Gaza. Yolande Knell reports.

Tanks and other heavy weaponry have been deployed to the Sinai as part of this continuing campaign. Under the terms of the 1979 Peace Treaty, this build-up has been approved by Israel. Its leaders say they share a common interest with Egypt in restoring quiet to this