No one story this morning is driving the conversation about Egypt in the international press, but the Guardian’s editorial board launched a broadside attack on Egypt’s democracy that will get attention. The editors are writing to condemn the death sentences handed down to over 70 people in a mass trial stemming from the Rabaa Adawiya clashes of 2013.
Other headlines worth noting in brief include:
- DW appeared to confirm that Yousry Fouda was fired on [REDACTED] harassment allegations, according to the AP. Reports had emerged that the former Al Jazeera and ON TV broadcast journalist had been accused of harassment.
- Egyptians and Israelis are still living in an “uneasy peace” four decades after they signed the Camp David Accords, Mona Salem and Aziz El Massassi write for AFP.
- Security forces arrested six Ikhwan members planning attacks against state institutions, Al Bawaba reports.