BREAKING: The Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire starting at midnight, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Saudi Arabia evacuates 199 people via shipFootage shows a ship carrying 199 people on board docking in the port city of Jeddah on the Red Sea. The total number of civilians evacuated by the Saudi Navy is 357 people.
British nationals currently in the country are advised to stay indoors due to the"extremely dangerous" situation on the streets of Khartoum, Mr Mitchell said. But not all is going smoothly - about 2,000 British nationals remain in Sudan, and many complain that the Government is not giving them enough information about evacuation plans.
Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell told MPs earlier today that the emergency committee has"met six times so far" since violence began.18:42:01Two warships are being lined up to get British nationals out of Sudan.
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