Egypt: protesters defy Morsi's curfew Here's a round-up of the latest developments: Protesters defied a night-time curfew in towns along the Suez Canal, attacking police stations and ignoring the emergency rule imposed by the president, Mohamed Morsi. At least two men died in overnight fighting in the canal city of Port Said in the latest outbreak of violence unleashed last week on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 revolt that brought down Hosni Mubarak. Huge crowds of protesters took to the streets in Cairo, Alexandria and in the three Suez Canal cities - Port Said, Ismailiya and Suez - where Morsi imposed emergency rule and a curfew on Sunday. Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to curb the use of unnecessary violence after documenting evidence of the excessive use of force in Suez. "The recourse to violence by some protesters does not give a blank cheque to the police to shoot and beat protesters," said Amnesty's Middle East deputy director, Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui. Hopes for a swift end to Egypt's impasse faded on Monday as opposition leaders rebuffed a call by Morsi for a "national dialogue" amid violence that cast a long shadow over the second anniversary of the revolution that overthrew Mubarak, writes Ian Black: The al-Qaida-linked group Jabhat al-Nusra are now more evident in Syria than at any time in war, writes Martin Chulov in Jebel al-Krud - an area of north-west Syria known, until now, for its sectarian coexistence. He was told the group will kill any Alawite they capture: Rebel leader Abu Ghaith said: "They do whatever they want with the Alawites." The United Nations warned that it will not be able to help millions of Syrians without more money ahead of Wednesday's aid conference in Kuwait. It says it needs to meet its $1.5bn (£956.4m) to help 4 million Syrians who need food, shelter and other aid inside the country and nearly 700,000 who fled to neighbouring countries. But it has raised just 3% of that so far. "The needs are more acute as the coping mechanisms continue to collapse," said John Ging, head of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Britain will urge Europe to reform the arms embargo on Syria so it can start sending more non-lethal military equipment to the opposition, according to the Times. That equipment would include radar to allow the rebels to spot approaching aircraft, technology enabling them to eavesdrop on the regime, night-vision goggles, body armour and helmets, the paper says. A wave of 21,000 Syrian refugees in the past week, moving into northern Jordan at about five times the usual daily rate, has overwhelmed this crowded camp that is already struggling with flooding, short supplies and tent fires, according to AP. As newly arrived refugees unpacked on Monday, one family's tent went up in flames after kerosene spewed onto a nearby heater. Black smoke poured into the sky. The family's meager possessions were incinerated. In a sign of frustration, some refugees pelted a fire truck with stones, cracking its windshield, saying the firefighters were slow to respond. "Almost every day, one or two tents catch fire," said 22-year-old Abu Anis, who like most refugees interviewed at the camp asked to be identified by his nickname because they feared retaliation against relatives still living in Syria. Thank God, other people haven't been hurt because the tents are so close together. The British embassy in the Libyan capital said it was aware of reports of a potential threat against it, days after London urged British nationals to leave the eastern city of Benghazi due to a "specific and imminent threat" against westerners. "We are aware of reports of a potential threat against the British embassy in Tripoli and we are liaising closely with the Libyan government," an embassy spokeswoman said.