In Egypt, a court sentenced 12 people, including popular TV presenter Sarah Khalifa, to death in a major drug manufacturing and trafficking case.

Sarah Khalifa, a prominent Egyptian TV producer, is sentenced to death with 11 others in a high-profile drug manufacturing and trafficking case in Cairo.

Sarah Khalifa and 11 others were sentenced to ‘death by hanging on charges of forming an organised criminal gang’, state news reported.

Sarah Khalifa, best known for programme dealing with crime-related issues, has denied the charges