Vice President Omar Suleiman has said Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and handed power to the military.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh after leaving Cairo, an official said today.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has handed his powers over to his vice president but refused to step down outright or leave the country.

Bus drivers and other public transport workers went on strike in Egypt today as mass protests continued in an attempt to remove President Hosni Mubarak.

EGYPTIANS staged one of their biggest protests yet yesterday demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately, their wrath undiminished by the vice president’s announcement of a plan to transfer power.

Egypt’s vice president met major opposition groups for the first time and offered new concessions including freedom of the press, release of those detained since anti-government protests began nearly two weeks ago and the eventual lifting of hated emergency laws.

Representatives from a wide range of Egypt’s major opposition groups met Vice President Omar Suleiman today to discuss a blueprint for reforms to put the country on a path toward greater democracy.

Egypt’s largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, said it would begin talks today with the government to try to end the country’s political crisis.

The Egyptian government is denying that the newly named vice president was targeted in an assassination attempt.

The top leadership body of Egypt’s ruling party resigned today, including the president’s son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels.

The top leadership body of Egypt’s ruling party, including the president’s son Gamal Mubarak, resigned today, state TV reported.

TENS of thousands packed central Cairo yesterday, waving flags and singing the national anthem, emboldened in their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak after they repelled pro-regime attackers in two days of bloody street fights.

Tens of thousands packed central Cairo today on what they dubbed “the day of departure” in their campaign to remove President Hosni Mubarak.

The Egyptian military guarded thousands of protesters pouring into Cairo’s main square today in an attempt to drive out President Hosni Mubarak.

Three hundred Irish people have been helped to leave Egypt since the current unrest began.

The Egyptian government has increasingly spread an image that foreigners are fuelling the turmoil that has gripped its streets.

Another bout of heavy gunfire and clashes erupted around dusk tonight in the Cairo square at the centre of Egypt’s anti-government chaos.

It has been reported that State TV in Egypt has said the country's Vice President Omar Suleiman will make an "important announcement".

A million people were urged to take to the streets today to demand that Egypt’s authoritarian leader step down as more signs emerged that army support for President Hosni Mubarak may be unravelling.