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RAF planes swoop in to rescue UK nationals from Sudan after daring SAS mission

The plan comes after a crunch meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee last night, with two warships ons standby in the region and military planes stationed at an airfield outside the capital, Khartoum

Daily Mirror

A British doctor was shot saving his family in Sudan. Now, he’s trapped and supplies are dwindling

Exclusive: Retired NHS doctor is being treated for gunshot wound at a relative’s home, with conditions in Khartoum too dangerous to travel to hospital

The Independent UK

Fitful start to new 3-day truce in Sudan; airlifts continue

Sudan’s warring generals have pledged to observe a new three-day truce that was brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia to try to pull Africa’s third-largest nation from the abyss

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What is happening in Sudan? The conflict explained

Little sign of compromise between warring factions as foreign governments race to shutter embassies and evacuate diplomats and citizens with violence intensifying

The Independent UK

Sudan conflict: Your questions answered as hundreds and civilians trapped in war

Earlier this month, chaos broke out as the Sudanese army and rebel Rapid Support Forces clashed with heavy bombing and gunfights breaking out in Khartoum

Daily Mirror

Fitful Start to New 3-day Truce in Sudan; Airlifts Continue

Sudan's warring generals pledged Tuesday to observe a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to pull Africa's third-largest nation back from the abyss. The claims were immediately undercut by the sound of heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital of Khartoum.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Offers Condolences to Cairo on Death of Egyptian Official at Its Embassy in Khartoum

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's sincere condolences and sympathy to Egypt on the death of the Assistant Administrative Attache at the Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum, while he was on his way to the Embassy to follow up on the procedures of the evacuations of the Egyptian…

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‘The worst of worst case scenarios’: western diplomats blindsided over Sudan crisis

Residents and regional experts say governments and NGOs should have been better prepared for violence

The Guardian - UK

"It's terrifying" Scots mum trapped in war-torn Sudan with kids tells of horror

Jennifer McLellan spoke of her terror as she hunkered down with her husband and four children near capital Khartoum and accused the British authorities of “abandoning” citizens.

Daily Record

Sudan factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire

The United States has announced a truce deal in Sudan will take effect following two days of intense negotiations.

The New Daily

Government considers evacuation options as US announces Sudan ceasefire

The three-day reprieve announced by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday night has raised hopes of rescue efforts in the country.

The Independent UK

Egypt’s foreign ministry says embassy staff killed in Khartoum

Egypt’s foreign ministry said on Monday that the assistant administrative attache at its embassy in Khartoum has been killed amid fighting between rival military factions in the Sudanese capital.

Reuters

Fear and exhaustion: A family's flight from Sudan to Egypt

Rawan al-Waleed was expecting to fly from Khartoum to Cairo last week for a wedding. Instead, she ended up travelling from Sudan to Egypt in a bus her family chartered to escape a war.

Reuters

‘Too dangerous’ to use British forces to rescue UK citizens from Sudan

James Heappey insisted the situation in Khartoum is ‘very different’ from the 2021 Afghanistan evacuation.

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Ministers ‘exploring every single option but no Sudan evacuation plan yet’

RFA Cardigan Bay and HMS Lancaster were being lined up as options to help people out of the region, where at least 2,000 UK citizens remain.

The Independent UK

Rescue of UK civilians from Sudan could be more dangerous than evacuation of Kabul, officials warn

‘In Khartoum there is fighting in the neighbourhoods where Western nationals are most heavily concentrated, and that makes it very difficult,’ says one defence official

The Independent UK

British doctor shot in leg as he rescued mother and daughter in Sudan

Exclusive: Retired NHS doctor is being treated for gunshot wound at a relative’s home, with conditions in Khartoum too dangerous to travel to hospital

The Guardian - UK

‘Very difficult evacuation’: how UK diplomats were rescued from Sudan

Elite British troops scrambled to respond to a crisis nobody in government saw coming

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The Independent UK

White House says US ‘facilitating’ US citizens’ departure from Sudan amid outbreak of violence

The US evacuated its embassy in Khartoum over the weekend

The Guardian - UK

Sudan: thousands flee Khartoum as civilian casualties escalate

Lack of supplies and rising prices add to perilous journey by road to Egyptian border and Port Sudan

The National (Scotland)

UK Government misses 'critical window' to get Scots family out of Sudan, says SNP MP

An SNP MP has raised the concerning case of a Scots family hiding in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum amid the bloody conflict...

The Independent UK

Sunak chairs emergency Cobra meeting on rescuing Britons from Sudan

A team of British troops were understood to have been flown into Port Sudan to scope out the options for any rescue mission of civilians.

The Guardian - UK

Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF agree to ceasefire starting at midnight – as it happened

Nationwide pause to violence started at midnight, and US is supporting attempts to create a committee to oversee ending hostilities

Evening Standard

French special forces soldier ‘gravely ill’ after being shot on Sudan rescue mission

A French special forces soldier is “gravely” ill after being shot helping French government officials to escape from Khartoum, a minister told Parliament on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken: US Engaging with Sudanese Leaders, Pressing to Expand Ceasefire

The United States is pressing Sudanese military leaders to expand a ceasefire and is exploring options to return a diplomatic consular presence to the country as soon as possible, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. He told a news conference with Kenyan Foreign Secretary Alfred Mutua that…

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