Sudanese army blocks Britons from boarding last rescue flights

Nearly 1,900 have been evacuated, says UK government, but final flight has yet to leave Khartoum

Britons are feared to have been stranded in Sudan following reports that the country's armed forces had prevented a number of people from reaching the last rescue flights out of the war-torn country on Saturday.

On Saturday night, it was announced that 1,888 people on 21 flights have been evacuated from Sudan - the vast majority of them British nationals and their dependents - but the last flight was yet to leave despite being scheduled to depart at 6pm.