BBC News with Kathy Clugston
The Lebanese navy have
intercepted
a ship with three containers full of weapons and ammunition intended to supply Syrian rebels. The vessel was stopped off the Lebanese port of Tripoli. Jim Muir is in Beirut.
The ship, the Lutfullah II, is reported to have begun its voyage from Libya, stopped off in Alexandria in Egypt and then headed for the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. But it was intercepted and
diverted
by the Lebanese navy. It found and
confiscated
three containers full of arms and ammunition. It's believed the consignment was
destined for
the rebels in Syria, with whom the new Libyan regime strongly sympathises. Tripoli in north Lebanon is a
hotbed
of support for the Syrian opposition, and the authorities in Damascus have frequently complained about arms being smuggled from that area into the country.
Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Egypt and closed all its missions there after angry protests about the arrest of an Egyptian human rights lawyer by the Saudi authorities. The Saudis say the lawyer, Ahmed al-Gizawi, had been trying to smuggle in illegal substances, but activists believe the arrest is linked to a complaint he had filed against the treatment of Egyptian prisoners in Saudi Arabia.
The former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has announced the creation of a new political party in Egypt. Mr ElBaradei told a