unjustifiable

."

After weeks of deadlock, Egypt's ruling military council and political parties have solved the dispute over the panel which will write the new constitution. Bethany Bell reports from Cairo.

Under the terms of the agreement, the body will include a range of politicians, members of the judiciary, the army, the police, and the unions as well as Muslim and Christian leaders. The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Hussein Tantawi, has called on parliament to meet next week to elect the members of the panel. Liberals and secular groups walked out of the previous one, saying it was dominated by Islamists.

The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights Navi Pillay has said US drone attacks in Pakistan raise serious questions about

compliance

with international law. Speaking in Pakistan, Mr Pillay expressed concern about drone attacks being conducted outside a transparent military chain of command. Washington insists the strikes will continue.

Britain has said its government minister will

boycott

England's group matches in Ukraine in the Euro 2012 football tournament which starts on Friday. Several European countries, including Britain, have expressed concern about the imprisonment of the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She was jailed for seven years last October for abuse of power. But she says President Viktor Yanukovych has

taken revenge on

her for leading the Orange Revolution.