El Sisi’s comments on rapid population growth leads lead international coverage of Egypt this morning

Dominating the headlines on Egypt in the foreign press this morning: Yesterday’s comments by President El Sisi on the country’s surging population growth. We have the full story in Last Night’s Talk Shows, above. AFP, Bloomberg, the National and Xinhua all gave the president’s speech some ink.

ALSO- EgyptAir resumed commercial flights to Sudan for the first time since the country’s civil war erupted, operating two flights to and from the Sudanese coastal city of Port Sudan — a largely secure entry point. The Associated Press has the story.

The news in Sudan comes as the UN’s refugee agency says it now thinks more than 1.8 mn refugees will have fled Sudan by the end of this year to neighboring countries, Reuters reports. Some 1 mn people have already left their homes since war broke out in April. Truce talks are going nowhere Right now, the news agency reports.