Egypt protests: army issues 48-hour ultimatum - live updates (Video) [1]

The Guardian MiddleEastLive Matthew Weaver, Paul Owen and Tom McCarthy guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 July 2013 17.35 EDT

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the head of the Egyptian military, delivered a statement in which he said that "political forces" have 48 hours to meet the "people's demands" or else the army would impose a road map for the national politics. An hour later, five military helicopters trailing giant national flags flew in broad circles over the city. [2]Is it a coup?

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