Reuters No proof Russian plane broke up in mid-air: Egypt Egypt's civil aviation ministry said on Tuesday there were no facts to substantiate assertions by Russian officials that the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday broke up in mid-air. But spokesman Mohamed Rahmi confirmed that no distress call had been received before the crash, which left wreckage from the Metrojet Airbus 321, carrying Russian holidaymakers back to St Petersburg from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, strewn over more than 3 km (2 miles) of desert. Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/03/egyptian-authorities-say-noproof-russian-plane-broke-up-mid-air.html Financial Times Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's autocracy is no way forward for Egypt T oday's visit to Britain of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the president of Egypt, was mired in controversy before it began, and rightly so. After the fulsome reception of President Xi Jinping of China on his recent state visit, it might seem that, in its dealings with authoritarian states, David Cameron's government prioritises commercial ties to the exclusion of almost everything else. In the case of the Egyptian leader, that would be particularly short-sighted. Read more: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/97059794-8223-11e5-8095-ed1a37d1e096.html Reuters Car bomb targeting police kills six people in Egypt A car bomb targeting a policeman's club in the Egyptian city of El Arish killed six people and wounded 10 on Wednesday, security sources said. Islamic State's Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, claimed responsibility for the attack, which it described as a suicide bombing. Read more: http://www.trust.org/item/20151104070102-os2k9
