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We're going to wrap up our live coverage of events now. Here is a video wrap of the international reaction to the crackdown in Egypt.

Here is a summary:

• Egypt's crackdown on demonstrators has left 278 people dead on Wednesday and prompted criticism from across the globe. Violence began after security forces used bulldozers to dismantle two Cairo camps established by supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.

• The international community denounced the violence. The US said it "strongly condemns the use of violence against protesters". The White House criticised the imposition of a state of emergency in Egypt. UK foreign secretary William Hague said he was "deeply concerned at the escalating violence". "I condemn the use of force in clearing protests and call on the security forces to act with restraint," he said. Australia's foreign minister Bob Carr described the crackdown as an "awful tragedy".

• Egypt prime minister Hazem El Beblawi said police in Cairo"observed the highest degrees of self-restraint" in clearing the camp. El Beblawi repeatedly said security forces "we were forced to intervene" in a televised speech from Cairo. The interior ministry said 43 police were among the 278 dead. The prime minister said the interim government had "exhausted all opportunities" before deciding to move in on the camps, which were empty by Wednesday evening.

• Troops fired teargas and live rounds as they quickly evacuated the smaller pro-Morsi camp near Cairo University. But demonstrators held strong at the larger encampment, at the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in east Cairo. More than 60 people died as police and security forces opened fire on the camp and used tear gas to drive out protesters. The dawn raids came after two weeks of warnings to protesters to evacuate.

• The Egyptian interim government announced a month-long curfew, running from 7pm to 6am in a dozen cities across the country. The embattled government also declared a state of emergency. Reports on Wednesday night, however, suggested the curfew was being breached by protesters in Cairo and Port Said.

• Egypt's vice-president, Mohamed El-Baradei, resigned in protest against the crackdown. He said there were peaceful options for ending the political crisis. Witnesses at Rabaa al-Adawiya dozens of bodies, while photographs showed more than 40 dead laid out on the ground. There were reports of snipers firing on crowds of people. The interior ministry denied live rounds had been used despite the casualties. Three journalists, including a British cameraman for Sky News, were among the dead.

• A heartbreaking final text message exchange between 26 year-old journalist Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, who was shot dead in the crackdown, and her mother was published on Facebook.