Foreign Secretary James Cleverly MP says the situation in Sudan is 'fundamentally different' to the situation in Afghanistan. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
"The situation remains volatile and our ability to conduct evacuations could change at short notice," said the Foreign Office.Briton escapes Sudan on French flight
About 4,000 UK passport holders are thought to be trapped in the east African country as rival military factions battle for control.Hundreds of people have died since the fighting started on 15 April and the evacuation comes after days of pressure for a plan to get Britons out. Sky's Alistair Bunkall saw an evacuation flight take off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus just before 7am and said many more are likely to follow.
The Foreign Office said it is also looking at other potential"points of exit" - possibly by sea, according to Bunkall.Some UK citizens have manged to escape on evacuation flights operated by other countries. Germany, Italy, Spain and France are among those that already rescued hundreds of people from dozens of countries on their own flights.Related Topics
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