Sky's AliBunkallSKY says Sudan evacuations are a 'multi-national effort'. Two planes were sent out from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to evacuate UK diplomats from Khartoum - but some other British citizens have not yet received support to leave the country.
Britain's Sudanese community is demanding the government does more to help bring their relatives - including NHS doctors - back from Sudan.
Dr Shaza Faycal's young children, brother and mother are in Khartoum and trying to return to the UK after travelling to Sudan for a holiday to celebrate Eid.Dr Faycal, a trustee of SJDA-UK, said she was"quite stressed", adding:"It's literally war happening there. What we would like to see is all NHS doctors who are now trapped there with their families to be evacuated, as a form of priority.
"I've been speaking to my younger brother, he is literally imprisoned in his apartment - no electricity, no water supply and this morning the internet supply was disconnected."
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