Egypt chief justice sworn in as interim president

The chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in as interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

A major crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood — the group from which Morsi hails, has also been launched.

In the highest profile arrest since Morsi’s ouster, security officials said that Mohammed Badie, supreme leader of the Brotherhood, was arrested in the Mediterranean coastal city of Marsa Matrouh, where he has been staying in a villa owned by a businessman with Brotherhood links.