Egypt counts down to army deadline - live updates

Hi everyone, Welcome to this blog, and today Middle East Live on what is set to be a crucial day for the future of Egypt.

As the army's deadline for resolving the country's political crisis approaches (5pm local time, 4pm GMT) the military leadership and President Mohamed Morsi remain at loggerheads.

Here's a roundup of the latest developments:

• Morsi has vowed to protect his presidency with his life in a defiant late-night speech hours before an ultimatum from the leader of Egypt's armed forces is due to expire. Morsi's insistence on his legitimacy left Egypt braced for its most decisive day since the revolution, with its military readying to suspend the country's constitution.

• The military leadership responded to Morsi by saying the army was ready to die to defend Egypt's people against terrorists and fools.  In a response headlined "The Final Hours" on its Facebook page, it said: "We swear to God that we will sacrifice even our blood for Egypt and its people, to defend them against any terrorist, radical or fool."

• The health ministry said 16 people were killed and another 200 injured around Cairo University where pro-Morsi supporters had gathered, state-owned Ahram Online reports. A police officer was shot in the eye, it said.

Keep posted here for latest updates throughout the day.

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