In his first feature, Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour has vowed to restore security and stability in the face of those, he said, who wanted to drive the country to chaos. James Reynolds reports from Cairo. This was Adly Mansour’s first national address as Egypt's interim President. In his speech, Mr. Mansour accused some people of wanting to drag Egypt into, what he called, the unknown. "Some want a bloody path", he warned, "we will fight a battle for security until the end", he promised. Mr. Mansour’s administration has outlined a path towards parliamentary and presidential elections within 6 months. But the main opposition movement here, the Muslim Brotherhood rejects this timetable.
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Russian police have detained dozens of protesters following the five-year prison sentence imposed on the leading opposition activist Alexei Navalny. There were scuffles since thousands of people took to the streets in Moscow, St Petersburg and other cities for protest that continued late into the evening. The White House described Mr. Navalny’s conviction from embezzlement as politically motivated, saying the judgment was an example of the Russian government suppressing dissent.
On a visit to Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, the US Secretary of State John Kerry has been confronted by several refugees, angrily demanding that the US set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria. After a helicopter tour of the sprawling camp that holds some 115, 000 refugees, Mr. Kerry conceded that if he were in their shoes, he would be looking for help. “Well, I think they are frustrated and angry at the world for not stepping in and helping. I don’t think it’s a cut and dry, as simple as someone looked at. If I were in their shoes, I’d be looking for help from wherever I could find that.”