The Egyptian media has ignored a major interview by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi with CBS, which the US television network says Cairo tried to block.

One local news outlet, Mada Masr, says that the media office of the presidency issued instructions for major media outlets not to cover the interview.

The segment on the 60 Minutes current affairs programme was broadcast on Sunday night.

In the interview, President Sisi is closely pressed on his human rights record, as well as Egypt's co-operation with Israel under his leadership - which remains a sensitive issue at home and across the Arab world.