Our record 1,677 new covid-19 cases reported on Saturday, the single highest daily increase since the outbreak began, leads coverage of Egypt on an otherwise very quiet news morning. Meanwhile, security forces have reportedly raided the homes of two uncles of US-based Islamist activist Mohamed Sultan, who who recently filed a lawsuit in the US against former Egyptian prime minister Hazem El Beblawi. Both Reuters and AP have picked up the story. And transgender man Noor Hisham Selim — the son of actor Hisham Selim — is on the interview circuit.