UK says nearly 900 evacuated from Sudan amid fears over further flights

Foreign secretary welcomes ceasefire but cites need for haste as Tory MP presses him over fate of Britons' Sudanese parents

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Britain said it had evacuated nearly 900 people from Sudan and was hoping to continue evacuation flights overnight, although violence flared as the country's warring factions agreed to extend a ceasefire.

The foreign secretary was under pressure over a refusal to allow Britons trying to flee to take elderly parents with them, amid fears that renewed fighting between the army and paramilitaries could halt the airlift at any time.