The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

The emirate brands itself as a travel hub open to the world, but has seen a string of high-profile detentions of activists

After her visit to Israel on Sunday, France's foreign minister Catherine Colonna is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian president Abdel Fatah Al-Sissi in an attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip.

Watch live as a Gaza-Egypt border crossing is set to reopen on Monday 16 October to allow humanitarian aid in.

A minister raised hopes that Britons trapped in Gaza may be able to flee if the Rafah crossing with Egypt opens possibly as early as Monday.

Egyptian government has stated its ‘rejection and denunciation of any displacement’ of Palestinians from Gaza.

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As people in the Gaza Strip move south en masse, we look at the prospects of their being granted refuge in Sinai