Egypt summons UK ambassador over al-Jazeera trial

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John Casson criticised an Egyptian court's decision to jail three journalists

Britain's ambassador to Egypt has been summoned to the country's foreign ministry over his "unacceptable interference" following the trial of three al-Jazeera journalists.

Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were each jailed for three years on Saturday for "spreading false news".

Ambassador John Casson said he was "shocked and concerned" by the ruling.

Egyptian authorities objected to his remarks and Mr Casson has attended a meeting with officials.

In comments made outside the court and on Facebook, Mr Casson said the court's decision would "undermine confidence in Egypt's stability".

Egypt's foreign ministry called his words "unacceptable interference" in the country's judiciary.

Mohamed Fahmy (left), Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were freed before their retrial

Twitter users in Egypt have also called for Mr Casson to be expelled over his comments, with more than 800 users tweeting the "expel_the_British_ambassador" hashtag.

Two British journalists working for al-Jazeera were sentenced in absentia in the original trial last year.

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Prince: The Lionheart

Royal protection: Harry monitors the sedated lion's breathing while vets carry out tests 

Prince Harry is pictured fearlessly monitoring the lion's heart and helping vets to perform tests while it is sedated. He has been working with a team tracking the animals at Palmwag Reserve in Namibia's north-west Kunene region. Harry, 30, revealed he wants to do more in Africa and plans to work with his brother to encourage new conservation initiatives. The Prince opened up about the perils of living in the shadow of bodyguards and joked he was a 'bad uncle' for missing the family photographs with Princess Charlotte. His encounter with the king of the jungle came after he told his companions - two royal protection officers, two vets, a Namibian police officer, a senior tracker-guide, and Simson - that he desperately wanted to see lions up close and personal in the wild.

Curious: Prince Harry watches as a ranger checks that a male lion radio collar is properly attached during his three month mission across Africa

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Thai police arrest suspect in Bangkok bombing

Police say a painstaking process of tracing phone records led to Saturday’s arrest of a key suspect in the deadly Erawan Shrine bombing.

Thai police have arrested a suspect in a bombing that killed 20 people and wounded scores more at a shrine in Bangkok this month, authorities said Saturday.

The man, also suspected of involvement in a second blast a day later in Bangkok, was arrested at an apartment in a suburb of Bangkok, police spokesman Lt. Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri said.

However, he is not the man in a yellow T-shirt and dark-framed glasses who was identified from surveillance video as the chief suspect in the bombing, Prawut said.

"The man we have is not the man in the sketch, but we believe he is part of the network which carried out the two bomb incidents," he said.

"We also found many empty fake passports, also various kinds of evidences."

Prawut said investigators hunting for clues had "also found the same type of ball bearings in this man's apartment."

The apartment is in the Nong Jok suburb, an area known to house a large Muslim community.

The deadly explosion at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine -- a spot popular with tourists and locals -- wreaked havoc on August 17. The second blast, which occurred at a pier on the Chao Phraya River that flows through Bangkok, did not cause any casualties.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the bombing.

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