Mohamed Morsi prepares for government in Egypt - live updates Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi celebrate his victory in Cairo last night. Photograph: Xinhua/ Xinhua/Xinhua Press/Corbis 11.27am: Syria: A rescue plane sent to look for the Turkish fighter jet that had been shot down over the eastern Mediterranean on Friday was itself placed in the crosshairs by the Syrian military, a European diplomat has told AFP. The diplomat is quoted as saying: "When a plane is targeted by such a defence system, the pilots are warned by their instruments that they are targeted ... But the plane was not shot at. 11.12am: Egypt: Working on the principle that it's never too early to start holding a new president to account and comparing his deeds to his promises, an Egyptian activist group has launched The Morsimeter (in Arabic). The Global Voices website explains: The application is created by Zabatak, (@Zabatak), a non-profit initiative which aims at making Egypt become bribery free, corruption-free and safe. And on MorsiMeter's Facebook page, they describe the application as follows: The [Morsimeter] is an initiative to document and monitor the performance of the new Egyptian president, Mohammed Morsi, and we will monitor what has been achieved from what he had promised in his programme during his first 100 days in power. 10.55am: Syria: Thirty-three more members of the Syrian military have defected to Turkey with their families, AP reports Turkey's state-run news agency. The Anadolu Agency said today that the group, which includes a general and two colonels, crossed into Turkey overnight. They were being hosted at a refugee camp near the border. There was no further information on the group. Thousands of soldiers have abandoned the regime, but most are low-level conscripts. The Free Syria Army, the loosely linked group of rebel forces, is made up largely of defectors. Defectors affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and based in Turkey are known to collect food and other supplies to deliver to comrades on smuggling routes. 10.48am: Egypt: Reflecting on the election result in Egypt, a guest writer for the Arabist blog pays tribute to the Muslim Brotherhood's role in preventing ballot-rigging: The most striking thing about these elections, and probably one of its most important lasting effects, is the accuracy of the independent tallies conducted by the Muslim Brotherhood and its political faction the Freedom and Justice Party. There is no other organised political force in Egypt with the resources to accurately conduct polling at all of Egypt's 16,000 polling stations, and the MB has not squandered its opportunity to occupy this role ... Last week's announcement of victory at Morsi's campaign headquarters put massive pressure on senior officials to not consider tampering with election results and cause a Shafik presidency ... It is true that in all likelihood, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is satisfied with a Morsi executive that is stripped of its power, but its obvious preference for Ahmed Shafiq was made much more difficult the moment that the MB's independent exit polls announced this morning's results. It may seem odd to state in a political climate where many revolutionaries don't trust the MB and its FJP candidates, but the Muslim Brotherhood electoral results are trustworthy. It may, in fact, be the most trustworthy part of the entire organisation and its most positive contribution to the ongoing Egyptian revolution. The Muslim Brotherhood now officially has a reputation of offering a source of accurate electoral information that minimises the chance of voter fraud. 10.36am: Egypt: President-elect Morsi has moved into the office once occupied by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and has started consultations on forming his team and a new government, AP reports citing a Morsi aide. Yasser Ali, a spokesman for the presidential campaign, said the 60-year-old Morsi arrived at the presidential office this morning for official meetings and consultations. Morsi has said that forming a national coalition government and a widely representative presidential team was a priority. 10.33am: Syria: European Union foreign ministers today called for a calm response to Syria's shooting down of a Turkish military reconnaissance jet, Reuters reports. "We're very concerned about what's happened and very concerned for the family of the two pilots who are missing," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. We will be obviously looking to Turkey to be restrained in its response. The ministers were meeting in Luxembourg for a regular conference, a day before a scheduled Nato meeting to discuss how to react to Friday's incident ... British foreign secretary William Hague called for increased pressure, but said the jet incident did not fundamentally alter the situation in Syria. 10.15am: (all times BST) Welcome to Middle East Live. Today we shall be focusing on the aftermath of the Egyptian presidential election and also reporting the latest developments in Syria. After much delay, Mohammed Morsi has become Egypt's first freely elected president. He beat former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq by more than almost 900,000 votes. Morsi secured 51.7% of the vote, compared to 48% for Shafiq. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the military council which still holds all the levers of power in Egypt, congratulated Morsi on his victory. Morsi's victory was greeted with scenes of wild celebrations by tens of thousands in Tahrir Square. Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu the warplane plane shot down by Syrian forces last week had no "covert mission related to Syria," and it was purely on a training flight to test Turkey's radar capabilities. A ship carrying Russian helicopters to Syria, which turned back after its insurance was cut, is expected to resume its journey, according to the Russian Interfax news agency.