Second UK rescue flight from Sudan reaches Cyprus
Military planes are leaving RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to pick up British passport holders from the airstrip and fly them to Lanarca Airport where they are processed by UK staff who check their documentation. The RAF planes then refuel, before returning to Sudan.
They have spent the night in Larnaca and will travel to London on a charter flight set to depart in the morning. A relative of a British-Sudanese elderly couple told BBC Radio 4's World Tonight that the couple risked getting shot if they leave the house, but risk starving if they stay. She described where they live as a "hotpot for fighting" and it would be "impossible for her grandparents to move".Families with children or elderly relatives, or individuals with medical conditions, are being prioritised for the flights.
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