Israeli forces have captured a top West Bank leader of the militant Islamic Hamas group, said by the army to have planned and ordered a string of suicide bombings which killed 55 Israelis.

Two people were killed as police fought with voters trying to break the police blockades of polling stations in opposition strongholds today, the final day of Egypt’s parliamentary elections.

Riot police barred Egyptian voters from the polls today as knife and gun clashes between supporters of Islamist and secular political parties marred runoff parliamentary elections.