Having lost a third of her body weight during a 134-day-long hunger strike, a "weak" Laila Soueif urges UK leader Keir Starmer to secure her son's release from an Egyptian jail, warning "I don't have time". Soueif, 68, has lived on coffee, tea and rehydration sachets since September 29, 2024, the date that marked five years of imprisonment, when pre-trial detention is taken into account, for her UK-Egyptian son Alaa Abdel Fattah. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES