Egypt's president has pardoned one of the three Al Jazeera TV journalists convicted of broadcasting false news.

Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian citizen, is included on a list of 100 prisoners given pardons by Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

But Mr Fahmy's Egyptian colleague, Baher Mohamed, is not named on the list, nor is the Australian Peter Greste, who was deported in February.

They were sentenced to three years in prison last month after a retrial on charges critics said were unfounded.

Prosecutors accused them of collaborating with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood after the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi by the military in 2013.

The journalists denied the allegation and said they were simply reporting the news.

Fahmy and those pardoned alongside him - including the prominent activists Yara Sallam and Sanaa Seif - were expected to be released on Wednesday.

No reason was given for President Sisi's decision, but it comes ahead of the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha and a day before he travels to New York to address the UN General Assembly.

He had also said he would be willing to pardon the Al Jazeera journalists once the judicial process had ended.

Following Fahmy's conviction on 29 August, the Canadian government formally applied to the Egyptian authorities for his pardon and deportation, his lawyer said.