Consultations start "now" for a new Egyptian government after the military deposed president Mohamed Morsi, opposition leader Amr Moussa told Agence France Presse.

"Consultations will start from now, for a government and reconciliation," said the former Arab League chief, who ran unsuccessfully against Morsi for the presidency last year.

Egyptian security forces on Wednesday arrested two senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood close to ousted president Mohamed Morsi, security officials said.

Saad al-Katatni, who heads the Freedom and Justice Party -- the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood -- and Rashad Bayoumi, the deputy head of the Islamist movement were detained, the officials said.

Saudi King Abdullah on Wednesday sent a message of congratulations to Egypt's new caretaker president, saying his appointment comes at a "critical" time in the nation's history, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported.

"On behalf of the people of Saudi Arabia I congratulate you for taking over the leadership of Egypt at this critical time in its history," Abdullah said in the first message of congratulations by an Arab leader to Adly Mansour.

The United States on Wednesday ordered the mandatory evacuation of its embassy in Cairo, just hours after the Egyptian military ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

Asked if reports of the evacuation were true, a U.S. official told Agence France Presse "yes."

Four supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi were killed on Wednesday in clashes with the army and police in the western city of Marsa Matruh, a security official told Agence France Presse.

Another 10 people were injured after the group of armed supporters stormed the city's security headquarters, the official said.

Egyptian security forces on Wednesday pulled the plug on a Muslim Brotherhood television station after the army announced the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi, an aide to the Islamist president told Agence France Presse.

The source added that workers with Al-Jazeera's Egypt affiliate, Al-Jazeera Mubashir, were also arrested after the channel aired a defiant speech by Morsi.

Egypt's new caretaker president Adly Mansour had been head of the Supreme Constitutional Court for just two days when the army named him leader of the Arab world's most populous state.

He takes the helm of a nation riven by deep divisions over the army's ouster of its first freely elected president Mohamed Morsi following days of deadly clashes between his Islamist supporters and their increasingly numerous opponents.

Following are key developments in Egypt since millions took to the streets Sunday to demand the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, leading to his ouster by the army on Wednesday.

- Sunday, June 30:

Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi laid out the details on Wednesday of a roadmap for Egypt after the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi which names the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court the country's caretaker leader.

Sisi, the defense minister in Morsi's government, also announced a freezing of the Islamist-drafted constitution and early presidential elections.

Key events in Egypt, from the revolt which toppled president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 to the ouster of his successor Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday after four days of massive popular protests.

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