The US has cancelled joint exercises with Egypt’s military but stopped short of suspending aid to Cairo as western leaders grapple with how best to respond to a bloody crackdown on Islamists.

美国取消了与埃及的联合军演，但没有叫停对开罗的援助。目前西方各领导人正努力思索如何最好地回应埃及对伊斯兰主义者的血腥镇压。

At least 525 were killed in clashes between security forces and Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo and elsewhere, according to official figures yesterday. The rising toll meant that Wednesday’s raid by authorities on Brotherhood protest camps, set up after a July 3 coup that ousted former president Mohamed Morsi, was the deadliest day in Egypt since the 2011 uprising that led to the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak.

昨日的官方数据显示，至少525人在安全部队与穆斯林兄弟会(Muslim Brotherhood)支持者在开罗和其他地区发生的冲突中丧生。死亡人数增加意味着，埃及当局周三对穆兄会抗议营地的强行清场，是自2011年爆发起义、推翻前总统胡斯尼•穆巴拉克(Hosni Mubarak)以来埃及最血腥的一天。抗议营地是穆兄会在7月3日埃及政变罢黜前总统穆罕默德•穆尔西(Mohamed Morsi)之后设立的。

In a statement that appeared to be a prelude to a formal ban of the group, the military-backed government accused “elements” of the Brotherhood of carrying out “terrorist acts”.

军方支持的政府发布了一份似乎预示着正式禁止穆兄会的声明，指责穆兄会“分子”从事“恐怖主义活动”。

The Islamist movement’s leaders insisted that they remained committed to peaceful protest and were determined to regain the power they lost with Mr Morsi’s overthrow.

该伊斯兰主义运动的领袖坚称，他们仍致力于和平抗议，决心重获穆尔西被推翻时失去的权力。

“We will always be non-violent and peaceful. We remain strong, defiant and resolved,” Gehad El-Haddad, a spokesman for the Brotherhood, wrote on Twitter. “We will push forward until we bring down this military coup.”

穆兄会发言人Gehad El-Haddad在Twitter上写道：“我们一贯是非暴力与和平的。我们坚强，我们反抗，我们意志坚决。我们会一直坚持下去，直到打倒这场军事政变。”

Cairo’s streets were largely calm but the stand-off between the two sides continued to be felt elsewhere in Egypt. Foreign companies including Toyota, General Motors, Royal Dutch Shell and Electrolux shut factories and closed offices in response to the latest violence.

开罗街头基本平静，但埃及其他地区仍能感受到双方的对峙气氛。针对最新暴力事件，丰田(Toyota)、通用汽车(General Motors)、荷兰皇家壳牌(Royal Dutch Shell)与伊莱克斯(Electrolux)等外国企业关闭了工厂和办公室。

The bloody crackdown on the Islamist protest camps has also triggered a wave of attacks against dozens of Christian targets including churches, schools and businesses owned by Coptic Christians.

血腥镇压伊斯兰主义者的抗议营地，还引发了一波针对数十个基督教目标的袭击，包括教堂、学校以及科普特基督徒所有的企业。

In his first public response to Wednesday’s killings, US president Barack Obama condemned the use of violence by Egyptian authorities. He said the US still believed that “engagement can support a transition back to a democratically elected civilian government”, but added that “our traditional co-operation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed”.

美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)对周三的杀戮首次作出公开回应，他谴责埃及当局使用暴力。他表示，美国仍相信“接触能够支持埃及重返民选的文官政府”，但他补充道“在平民遭屠杀之际，两国之间的传统合作无法继续下去”。

He announced the suspension of the Bright Star joint military exercise, which is held every two years and was due to take place this year. But the president made no mention of the broader $1.5bn in aid that the US gives to Egypt each year.

奥巴马宣布暂停原定今年举行的两年一度的“明亮之星”(Bright Star)联合军演。但奥巴马没有提到美国每年提供给埃及的更为广泛的15亿美元援助。

French president François Hollande demanded “an immediate stop to the repression” and said “everything must be done to avoid civil war”.

法国总统弗朗索瓦•奥朗德(François Hollande)要求“立即停止压迫”，表示“必须不遗余力地避免内战”

Turkey called on the UN Security Council to meet urgently to discuss the bloodshed in Egypt. “Those who remain silent in the face of this massacre are as guilty as those who carried it out,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish prime minister.

土耳其呼吁联合国安理会召开紧急会议，讨论埃及的流血事件。土耳其总理雷杰普•塔伊普•埃尔多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)表示：“在屠杀面前保持沉默的人与侩子手一样罪孽深重。”