International media is picking up on statements made by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at the World Youth Forum yesterday, with the Associated Press noting his critical remarks about European immigration policy, and Bloomberg Asharq noting his comments on the government’s attitude towards human rights and the problem of accelerating population growth.

Also making headlines: An accident that saw a truck slide off a ferry into the Nile just outside Cairo, leaving two dead and eight still missing, was covered by the Associated Press and China’s Xinhua. Meanwhile, the possibility of a thaw in tensions between Turkey and Egypt amid a reconciliatory wave sweeping MENA got ink in Bloomberg, and GQ interviewed Liverpool star Mohamed Salah on his ongoing contract negotiations.

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