BBC News with Nick Kelly.
The Egyptian military has warned against any attempt to disrupt the country’s political transition following its decision to oust the former president Mohamed Morsi. The defense minister general Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said the future of the nation was too important for any hindrance. The interim president Adly Mansour has started naming his government picking a former finance minister Hazem el-Beblawi as prime minister and the liberal politician Mohamed EIBaradei as deputy president. Sebastian Usher reports
The announcement of the interim prime minister in Egypt is aimed at trying to restore some semblance of stability to the country. The man chosen, Hazem el-Beblawi did not originally feature as a likely candidate but the fact for he has experienced as the former finance minister sends a message that the country’s failing finances would be a major priority. The ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s failure to get to grip with that key issue was a major reason for his downfall. It’s also significant that his appointment has met with the approval of a radical Islamist Nour Party which had threatened to withdraw from the political protest after the killings in Cairo on Monday.
The Egypt’s prime minister designate says he will offer a cabinet posts to the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Russia says it has proved that Syrian rebels used the nerve gas sarin in a missile attack on a government-controlled suburb of Aleppo in March. The Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, said Russian experts who were invited by the Syrian government had taken samples from the missile’s point of impact.