State TV: Vice President to make 'important' announcement

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

It comes as the US condemned what it calls a “concerted campaign to intimidate international journalists” covering the protests and violence in Cairo.

Foreign journalists in Egypt are reporting a string of attacks against them yesterday and today by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak.

US State Department spokesman P J Crowley said today via Twitter that the campaign against journalists is intended to interfere with their reporting. He said: “We condemn such actions.”

The Egyptian military began rounding up journalists this morning, possibly for their own protection.