BBC News with Zoe Diamond
Egypt's biggest political movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, has denounced the
dissolution
of parliament by the ruling military council as unlawful. Reacting to confirmation of the dissolution, the Brotherhood said that the council had no such right under the constitution. It urged Egyptians to protect their revolution. From Cairo, here's Jon Leyne.
Just as Egyptians were coming out to vote for a new president, they received the final confirmation that their earlier votes for parliament had been
annulled
. The top official in parliament confirmed to the BBC he'd received an official decree from the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Tantawi, to say that parliament was dissolved. That interpretation has not been accepted by the largest force in parliament, the Muslim Brotherhood, setting the stage for a possible confrontation. Official media say soldiers have been ordered not to let MPs into parliament.
The interim government in Libya has ordered troops to use all necessary force to end nearly a week of fighting between rival militias in the west of the country. At least 14 people have died in the clashes, which broke out when a militiaman was shot dead at a checkpoint. From Tripoli, BBC's Rana Jawad reports.
There's been no
respite
in the deadly clashes that broke out earlier this week, prompting the declaration of a military zone today by the Libyan government. The areas include the mountainous towns of Zintan, Mizdah and Sheguiga, some 150km south of the Libyan capital. In a statement, officials here ordered the national army and interior ministry to use force and all means necessary to stop any shooting against innocent civilians. They have called for an immediate ceasefire by all parties and the provision of safe passage for medical and humanitarian aid.