Al-Jazeera journalists' lawyers told to pay £100,000 to see key evidence

Court in Egypt hears prosecutors demanding fee for access to secret videos which case against trio relies on

Lawyers defending three al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt have been asked to pay more than £100,000 to access secret video evidence on which the prosecution's case depends, the court heard on Thursday.

In a separate development, it emerged that a fourth al-Jazeera journalist jailed in a second case has been sent to solitary confinement despite his health failing due to an ongoing 114-day hunger strike.

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