Egyptian authorities have raided homes of Muslim Brotherhood members in an apparent attempt to disrupt the group ahead of mass rallies by supporters of the country’s ousted president.

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric has warned the country faces civil war and said he will go into seclusion at his home until the bloodshed ends as a show of protest.

The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to 11 today, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in Cairo.

The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight today, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in Cairo.