Brits stuck in Sudan have hours left to leave before ceasefire ends

More rescued Brits arrive at Stansted bringing number evacuated from Sudan to 900 with those remaining told they have just hours left to reach Khartoum airport before ceasefire ends

• Brits still trapped in Sudan have been told they have hours left to cross Khartoum

Approximately 900 British citizens have been safely evacuated from Sudan, with over half reportedly now back in the UK.

However Brits who are still trapped in the war-torn nation have been told they have just hours left to cross dangerous Khartoum to the Wadi Saeedna airstrip before the fragile ceasefire ends.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the capital in nearly two weeks of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary force – the Rapid Support Forces – but both sides agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire.

Around 450 British nationals, including women with small children and elderly in wheelchairs, evacuated from Sudan have been pictured at Stansted Airport as they were reunited with relatives and loved ones.

Eight flights are expected to have left Sudan by the end of today. 

Approximately 900 British citizens have been safely evacuated from Sudan, with over half reportedly now back in the UK

Hafiz Sinada, greets his children as they arrive off a coach as British nationals arrive at the Radisson Blue hotel at Stansted Airport

British Nationals boarding an RAF aircraft in Sudan, for evacuation to Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus 

The UK Government, which has been criticised for not evacuating British civilians sooner.

Many boarding have been forced to leave family members behind, with one British man able to flee with his pregnant wife and their six-year-old son, but forced to leave behind his elderly mother.

Razan Wahbi, 44, travelled out with her twin daughters, aged 7. She said she had to leave her husband Ghassan, a non British passport holder, and other members of her family behind.

‘I left them there, only I have a British passport. They don’t have (one), so there was no way to get out,’ she told Reuters as she waited to board a flight chartered by the British government to a London airport.

Another said he too left family behind. ‘Its very hard to get water, electric, you can’t move anywhere,’ said Hamid.

‘Its very bad, very dangerous. I’ve never seen a problem like that.

‘Sudan has been at war a long time, but this is different.’

Magda (black headscarf) who has been waiting for young family members to arrive from Sudan at Stansted Airport greets a young woman (R) as Islam Ali (Pink headscarf) is greeted by a young man

A man is greeted by a family member after arriving at Stansted Airport from Sudan

The race is on to evacuate as many of the 4,000 British civilians trapped in Sudan as possible before the 72-hour ceasefire ends tomorrow

Violinist Othmano hugs his daughter as British nationals board an RAF aircraft in Sudan

At Larnaca the evacuees from Sudan crossed paths with the first tourists of the season arriving at the holiday island.

Many had to leave with just the clothes on their back. Tarek, 52, had stuffed all his belongings in a small green bin bag, which had started to tear.

The 52-year-old, who lives in Oxford, had gone to Khartoum to visit his father, in intensive care after suffering a heart attack and who later died.

‘What is happening there is terrible. People there are just like ghosts, a shell of their former selves. I never thought I would get out,’ he said.

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