Fresh push to free Egypt reporters

Twenty journalists, including foreigners from the al-Jazeera TV channel, are due to go on trial on terrorism charges in Egypt's capital Cairo.

Several news organisations, including the BBC, urge the release of five journalists from the al-Jazeera network detained in Egypt.

BBC journalists in London will be joined by colleagues from other news organisations for a protest against the jailing of three al-Jazeera staff in Egypt.

Two journalists arrested in Ethiopia this month amid protests over the expansion of the capital should be freed, a global press watchdog says.

Three Al-Jazeera journalists accused by Egyptian prosecutors of links with the "terrorist" Muslim Brotherhood are remanded in custody for 15 days.

An Egyptian court sentenced three Al-Jazeera reporters to three years in prison on Saturday, in a shock ruling following global demands for their acquittal.

More aid money needs to go to the 37 least-developed countries (LDCs) to achieve the goal of ending extreme poverty, according to the advocacy group the ONE Campaign. Half of the more than $130 billion in official development assistance provided each year should go to the countries, the group argues. Raising that from the current 30 per cent would provide an additional $26.5 billion for the LDCs.

At least two people are killed in fresh clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police in Egypt.

The US calls on Egypt to release three al-Jazeera journalists detained by the authorities in December on charges of collaborating with "terrorists".