We are hearing this from state television confirming that the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, has died.

He was 91.

President Mubarak ruled Egypt for three decades after being forced from office during the protests that engulf parts of the Arab world.

In 2011 he was tried and found guilty off complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising.

Now that conviction was overturned.

He was freed in March 2017.

So breaking news to bring you from Cairo that Egyptian state television is now confirming that the former president Hosni Mubarak has died.

We're going to bring you more throughout the day, but a very significant for Egypt.

He ruled for almost 30 years until he was swept from power and those mass process that took place in February 2011 30 years in power.

But he has just died.