The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned and he will be held at a military hospital near Cairo until it resumes in 12 days.

The order by the judge includes him being supervised by an oncologist and is one of the strongest indications yet that 83-year-old Mubarak has cancer after months of unconfirmed reports.

Mubarak attended today's opening session of the trial lying in a hospital bed, placed inside a steel cage.

The judge said that his trial on charges of complicity in killing protesters and corruption will continue on August 15, while the court will continue on Thursday hearing the case of his co-defendants, former interior minister Habib el-Adly, and six top security officials.

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