Watch: 'I hoped the UK would save us, but I gave up'

Sudan evacuation: Family from Glasgow share story of perilous escape

"I had hope that the British were coming to save us, but after a while I gave up hope," British national Einas Khojaly told the BBC's Tom Bateman upon arriving in Egypt.

Her father - heart surgeon Kamal Ahmed Khojaly - described the fear in Khartoum as bombs struck and water stopped flowing.More flights are expected as the military attempts to get hundreds out of the war-torn country during a 72-hour ceasefire.

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