Deadline for British nationals to reach evacuation airfield in Sudan passes
by Tobi Thomas, Zeinab Mohammed Salih and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#6B98J)
Deputy PM to chair Cobra meeting on security situation in Khartoum as UK government prepares to end flights
The deadline for British nationals to reach the evacuation airfield in Sudan has passed as the government prepares to cease flights out of the country within hours.
The deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, will chair a Cobra meeting on Saturday afternoon to discuss the security situation in Khartoum in advance of the final flight taking off at 6pm UK time.
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