The Latest Breaking News on Sudan armed conflict spreading to new regions, warns UN

Family members and friends were waiting anxiously in the arrivals lounge and car park for the flight to arrive

More than 300 British nationals have fled bombing and shelling to reach a rescue flight out of Khartoum

Around 70 NHS doctors could be stranded in the wartorn country because they hold UK visas rather than British passports

As civilians flee the warring generals, those left behind face a grim future

Caught up in a conflict that flared during what was meant to be a brief trip to Khartoum, British-Sudanese author Rozan Ahmed spent days calling the UK embassy for advice until she finally took matters into her own hands and boarded a bus for Egypt.

More than 2,000 Britons have registered with the Foreign Office as being in Sudan under the evacuation operation.

The Home Secretary said there were ‘no plans’ to consider allowing civilians in the war-torn country to seek asylum in Britain.

Tarig Babikir and Dr Ehab Al-Moubarak are trying to make their way to the Wadi Saeedna airstrip.

‘NHS doctors who are not British passport holders must not be left behind’, warns the BMA

A second American has died in Sudan, the White House said on Wednesday, and U.S. authorities are helping a small number of citizens seeking to leave the country during a ceasefire that has curbed fighting.

Warring factions observe fragile truce as foreign governments shutter embassies and race to evacuate their diplomats and citizens