Top Headlines

• An Egyptian court sentenced ousted Islamist president Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial
• Egypt has recovered both black boxes from the crashed Egypt air jet
• Prosecution appeals release order for Egyptian rights campaigner Mina Thabet
• Giulio Regeni’s parents ask European Parliament to take severe measures against Egypt
• Egypt’s central bank raises interest rates to the highest level in at least a decade

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Economists differ on interest rate decision amid record core inflation
• MPs still mulling cancellation of “contempt of religion” crime
• ‪Egypt‪ strongly condemns nightclub shooting in Florida
• Former chief auditor Geneina’s daughter is sacked from a government job
• Egypt to cut gas supplies to industry in August
• A Cairo court has issued a request to freeze the assets of the Andalus Institute for Tolerance and anti-Violence Studies
• Court permits return of Faraeen TV channel without Tawfiq Okasha

Tuesday

• An Egyptian court acquits 51 of illegal protesting in Egypt-Saudi islands case
• Al-Azhar condemns ‘heinous’ Orlando shooting
• Egyptian journalist is jailed after accusing a businesswoman of corruption
• Shorouk Geneina makes first statement after dismissal
• Egypt condemns Paris’s terrorist attack
• Egyptian parliament’s media committee approves new amendments to press law
• ‪Egypt ‪issues media gag order in prosecutor’s burning evidence case

Wednesday

• Egypt says wreckage from Egypt Air MH804 found has been identified
• Egypt has become the world’s fourth-biggest weapons importer
• Egypt’s top prosecutor heads to Cyprus to discuss extradition of plane hijacker
• Egypt court issues gag order on murder of top prosecutor
• Egyptian parliament approves tariff increase on hundreds of imported goods
• Man sentenced to 6 months in prison for standing naked in balcony during Ramadan in Egypt

Thursday

• Black box of crashed plane is found and pulled out of sea
• Italy withholds ambassador from Cairo over Egypt’s handling of Regeni’s murder
• Giulio Regeni’s parents ask European Parliament to take severe measures against Egypt
• Egypt’s central bank raises interest rates to the highest level in at least a decade
• Masked gunmen shoot dead 2 policemen in Sinai’s Al-Arish
• Heads of Egypt’s national papers to remain in office until new press bill is issued

Friday

• Egypt has recovered the second black box from the crashed Egypt Air jet
• Turkey’s PM sends reconciliatory messages to Russia, Israel, Syria, and Egypt
• Sisi says fight against terrorism is as important as 1973 victory against Israel
• Palestinians begin sea border talks with Egypt with Egypt
• Egyptian-European attempts to revive French peace initiative continue
• Egyptian ministry of education temporarily suspends licensing of international schools

Egypt’s ex-President Mohamed Morsi

Saturday

• An Egyptian court sentenced ousted Islamist president Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial
• Egypt sentenced two former Al Jazeera employees to death in absentia
• Al-Jazeera strongly denounces targeting its journalists
• Prosecution appeals release order for Egyptian rights campaigner Mina Thabet
• Fatah- Hamas reconciliation talks set to take place in Egypt next week ‪
• Sectarian violence against Copts reported near Alexandria
• Egyptian human rights activist Mina Thabet is released pending investigation
• Egypt praises Iraqi forces retake of Fallujah from IS group

 Sunday

• Egypt tests black box recorders of crashed Egypt Air flight
• Egypt slams Qatari criticism of Morsi espionage case verdict
• Turkey condemns life sentence handed down by Egypt to Morsi
• Jeff Sessions: Donald Trump’s travel ban could include Egypt
• Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority has set new toll rates for oil tankers
• IED explosion kills Egyptian police captain, injures policeman in North Sinai
• A Cairo court renewed the detention of Doctors Syndicate member Taher Mokhtar for 45-days
• Egyptian low-ranking policeman detained for allegedly shooting a neighbor

 Good Reports

• How Egypt plans to address its growing water crisis. Walaa Hussein
• Egyptian cotton in peril as exports slide. Deya Abaza
• Egypt builds new homes to replace crumbling slums. Reuters

Good Read

• The Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt’s main Islamist movement is tearing itself apart. The Economist
• Egypt’s theory of terrorism. Zack Gold and Elissa Miller
• Egypt’s costly nuclear project. Eric Trager

From Twitter

Video

• Subcommittee Hearing: Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. policy
• The Egyptians who ‘disappear’ who “disappear”
• Egypt’s women bikers defy stereotypes

Interview

• Former Egypt FM Nabil Fahmy says US election outcome won’t dictate US-Arabs ties. Al-Monitor

 Plus

• Egyptians among top 10 migrant populations to Italy
• Egyptian actor Ahmed Ezz sentenced to 3 years in prison for defaming actress Zeina
• Almost 350 smoking & drug abuse scenes in Egyptian Ramadan TV series so far

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt