Egyptian state television has said it had sacked its head of news after an old interview with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi was screened in error. Sisi, who has been in New York for the UN general assembly, was interviewed by US network PBS, as he had been last year. State-run Channel 1 aired the interview from 2015. Mostafa Shehata confirmed he had been sacked and told AFP it was illogical as others had also been involved in the broadcast but put it down to fate. The blunder drew criticism from pro-Sisi private channels, which have devoted extensive coverage to the president’s visit to New York.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2016 22:18 UTC