How will protesters in Tahrir square and the Egyptian army react to President Mubarak's speech, in which he promised to stay on in power until September?

Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen says he thought the protests would be "supersized" following his speech, but also suggested that there was a "split" in the Egyptian army between a pro-Mubarak faction and one which supports the protesters.

Egyptian Finance minister Dr Samir Radwan says he hoped Mubarak's speech would "calm things down... obviously it hasn't".

"[Mubarak] sees it as a process, that is his perception of the situation," he told Today presenter James Naughtie.

"The military has so far responded in an excellent way. I hope that that continues. The nightmare of a coup is very bad for everybody."

But prominent protester Dr Mamdouh Hamza said that President Mubarak's speech was "an insult to every Egyptian".

"I think the president with his low IQ did not understand the people," he said.

"The person in the street will never, ever trust any person from the old regime."

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