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The official body overseeing the upcoming presidential election in Egypt has barred 10 candidates. They include the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat al-Shater, and the former spy chief Omar Suleiman. Jon Leyne reports from Cairo.

This is a big surprise and could dramatically alter the race to become the next president of Egypt. Those disqualified include the former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman apparently because he failed to get enough signatures to endorse his last-minute candidacy. Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, the candidate of the hard-line Islamists, is disqualified because his mother allegedly held American citizenship. And Khairat al-Shater, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is ruled out because of his time in prison under the Mubarak regime. All are appealing against the decision, and big demonstrations are expected.

The UN Security Council has decided to send an advance team of ceasefire monitors to Syria. The council also condemned human rights violations by Syrian forces and abuses by what it termed "armed groups". But as the council began meeting, the UN-backed truce, which began on Thursday, appeared in danger of collapsing. Heavy shelling by government forces was reported to have killed 17 people in the third biggest city Homs. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the advance team of ceasefire monitors will be dispatched to Syria as soon as possible. Mr Ban said he would make firm proposals by next Wednesday for a larger team of about 250 people. He said the international community needed to make sure the truce held.

"It is important at this time that the whole international community, in accordance with the Security Council resolution, do all what we can in one voice to help this cessation of violence continue."

The conflict on the border between Sudan and South Sudan has deepened. The United Nations has confirmed that the Sudanese air force bombed a marketplace in the town of Bentiu in South Sudan, killing at least five people. Earlier, South Sudan said it had fought off an attack by the Sudanese army near the oil-producing region of Heglig.

Negotiators from the world's major powers have held talks with Iran over its nuclear programme, the first for more than a year. Speaking after the meeting in Turkey, the European Union's high representative Catherine Ashton described the talks as "constructive". James Reynolds reports from Istanbul.

Iran and the West face a fundamental problem: an almost complete lack of trust in one another. This lack of faith goes back many decades, and it's essentially the main issue at this new round of nuclear talks in Istanbul. The opening session lasted for two and a half hours. Western diplomats describe this session as "positive" and "constructive". No one expects an immediate breakthrough, but there appears to be a belief here that a second round of talks may be held in another four to six weeks.

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The Belarus opposition leader and former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov has been pardoned and released after serving 16 months in jail. Mr Sannikov had been sentenced for five years for organising mass protests during the 2010 presidential election.

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