BBC LIVE UPDATES IN EGYPT (all times GMT)

Live coverage

10h54: Gigi Ibrahim tweets: "Many people are crying now as they are praying for the dead... Amazing scene here. I am living through a historical moment."

10h51: The BBC's lyse Doucet meets 11-year-old Abdullah in Tahrir Square, who says: "I want my country to be the best in the world." His parents brought him here because they wanted to show him people can speak out, adds our correspondent.

10h48: Amr Waked tweets: "Almost 1,000,000 already in Tahrir square! Besides immense other amounts on Kasr el-Nil bridge. Historical day for sure!"

10h46: The secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, says he would consider running in elections to replace Mr Mubarak.

10h44: There's now a wall of sound in Tahrir Square as prayers end and chanting breaks out against the regime. It's a cacophany of noise as the rally begins again in earnest, protesters pointing their fingers in the air and repeating: "He's leaving! He's leaving!"

10h42: Hamish Macdonald from Ten Network Australia tweets: "Just got detained by military behind #egypt TV building. Captives there cable tied and being tasered. #6PM."

10h39: From Alexandria, an interesting piece in the Los Angeles Times on the feeling among Egypt's Coptic community. Copts have been protesting against the Egyptian president's rule, but remain concerned things could be far worse if Islamist groups gained power, it says.

10h35: Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie says his group is ready for talks on a transition government after the departure of Hosni Mubarak, Al-Jazeera reports.

10h33: From the BBC's Paul Danahar in Tahrir Square: Where yesterday I followed the anti-Mubarak protesters through their barricades as they chased the pro-government groups away, there is now a field hospital. Broken fences and gates have been used to cordon off an area. Inside 10 people in white coats are tending head wounds etc from yesterday's fighting.

10h31: Tens of thousands are now taking part in Friday prayers in Tahrir Square.

10h28: Sherine Tadros tweets: "Was checked over ten times coming into the square by protestors. v cordial and organised, they're trying to make people feel secure #jan25."

10h26: From BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner: Tellingly, one Arabic banner now showing in the live TV shot of Tahrir Square reads: "The people want the downfall of the system", ie not just Hosni Mubarak the man.

10h24: More from Iran's supreme leader, Ayotallah Khamenei; he urges Egyptians to set up an Islamic regime in their country, lashing out at the embattled Mr Mubarak.

10h22: The BBC's Jim Muir in Tahrir Square estimates the size of the crowd there at tens of thousands. He says the mood is very different to that on Thursday - the anti-government demonstrators no longer feel they're under attack. The army's defensive perimeter around the square has stabilised the situation, he adds, and the pro-Mubarak factions seem to have disappeared into the woodwork for now.

10h20: The situation in Tahrir Squareremains relatively calm at the moment and Egyptian Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi has visited the site inspecting the troops and talking to protesters. Mr Mubarak said on Thursday there would be chaos if he stepped down now, warning that the banned opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, would take power.

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