trying to get out of the country during a tenuous 72 hour ceasefire that threatens to break. among them are british people being told to go to this air base outside the capital where they are being flown to safety in cyprus then on to the uk where we are expecting very soon the first plane to arrive. the uk says more than 300 people have been evacuated from sudan with more flights expected in the coming hours. full nearly 2000 people from other countries have taken another route out by crossing the red sea on a ship organised by saudi arabia. tens of thousands of sudanese continue to try to reach neighbouring chad, egypt and south sudan. as thousands leave, residents in khartoum tell us about their fears that the world is abandoning them as supplies of food, water and medicine are running low. officials wanted for war crimes have been released from prison although the army says they have been moved to a military hospital. our correspondent is at the airport in cyprus. this is
embassies to the airfield so they got out a few days before the brits. at that point, there was no information that they would be any evacuation of british people so they tries to make their own way out via the land border to egypt which is a three journey and a big the land border to egypt which is a threejourney and a big unknown the land border to egypt which is a three journey and a big unknown as to what you meet along the way a three dayjourney, whether you will be stopped and robbed. i have friends whose sudanese husbands took them to the airfield yesterday. one poor lady, her car broke down on the way and she was in a panic. she managed to get on a bus to get to the airport. she didn t know, she thought maybe they would leave without her, how many flights were going and when they were going, she has four children with her. she eventually got on a bus, got cotton
journeys to the airport to get onto these evacuation flights, many of them were shot at on the way, they ve had to leave so much behind. even when they go to the airport, some of them had to leave members of theirfamily behind because some of them had to leave members of their family behind because they didn t have the right paperwork are british passports so it s a harrowing journey and for many of them, thejourney harrowing journey and for many of them, the journey won t end here because they will be worried about people they have left behind about family who haven t been able to come over so there will still be a lot of anxiety even though there will be relief as well. the situation in sudan is difficult. many people are going without electricity, supplies are running low, it s difficult to get food, the streets are not entirely safe and everyone is wondering, what will happen after this 72 hour ceasefire expires? that s the big question now. even as these evacuations continue, the
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