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2 Dead as Train Derails in Northern Egypt

The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf
The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf
    Asharq A-Awsat
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2 Dead as Train Derails in Northern Egypt

The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf
The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf

A passenger train derailed Tuesday north of Cairo, killing at least two people and injuring 16 others, Egyptian authorities said.

The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf in the Nile Delta, state prosecutors said in a statement. They said they had opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.

At least 20 ambulances were dispatched and the injured were transferred to hospitals, health authorities said.

Videos of the aftermath posted on Facebook showed crowds of people and emergency services gathering around the rail cars, which had remained upright. In other footage, passengers were seen being pulled from the wreckage through rail-car windows.

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Thousands in London Rally for Fully Implementing Ceasefire Agreement in Gaza

Protesters holding placards and flags face a line of police at Trafalgar Square in central London at a National demonstration for Palestine, on January 18, 2025, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
Protesters holding placards and flags face a line of police at Trafalgar Square in central London at a National demonstration for Palestine, on January 18, 2025, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
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Thousands in London Rally for Fully Implementing Ceasefire Agreement in Gaza

Protesters holding placards and flags face a line of police at Trafalgar Square in central London at a National demonstration for Palestine, on January 18, 2025, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
Protesters holding placards and flags face a line of police at Trafalgar Square in central London at a National demonstration for Palestine, on January 18, 2025, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)

Thousands of people turned out in the streets of London on Saturday for a mass pro-Palestinian rally to call for the full implementation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement.

The Metropolitan Police force said about two dozen people were arrested after some protesters broke through a police line containing the rally and failed to disperse according to police instructions. One man was detained on suspicion of supporting banned organizations, while four others were detained over public order offenses.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which has organized many huge rallies in London since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, said the movement will not stop despite the ceasefire agreement.

“We have ongoing demands. We need this ceasefire to be enforced. We need a withdrawal of all Israeli troops from Gaza. we need everyone held in illegal detention — including 10,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails, in prison camps in Gaza — to be released,” said the campaign’s director, Ben Jamal.

Protesters were also calling for the UK government to pressure Israel to end its oppression of Palestinians, he added.