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The 2,000 British citizens known to be in Sudan have been given warning that the government cannot promise to rescue them
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🔺 Update: Britain is preparing to deploy a major warship to Sudan to assist with the evacuation of thousands of foreign nationals.

At least 2,000 British citizens remain trapped in the wartorn country
thetimes.co.uk/article/sudan-…
Parallels have been drawn with the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 but there are key differences that make the situation in Sudan more complicated.

How could the UK evacuate nationals from Sudan? The options explained 👇
thetimes.co.uk/article/how-ev…
Two generals - one a former warlord - are fighting for control of the country. So who are these men?

And what does a hoard of gold and Putin’s private army have to do with the conflict?

🎙 Listen back to #StoriesOfOurTimes hosted by @ManveenRana
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Britain has begun an evacuation of UK citizens from Sudan after a 72-hour ceasefire was agreed
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The move would embolden boys to “call out” friends who acted in a misogynistic way
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Apr 24
Elite forces led a military operation to rescue British diplomats and their families from Sudan as fears grow over other Britons still stranded amid the bloodshed
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Rishi Sunak praised the “complex and rapid” rescue from violence-ravaged Khartoum, with about 30 people — including young children — believed to have been flown out of the country
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT: Arriving in No 10, Boris Johnson was immediately at war with the civil service. The cabinet secretary Simon Case bore the brunt of this, reveal Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell in their new book thetimes.co.uk/article/simon-…
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The unforced switch of Britain’s top official in September 2020 did nothing to enhance the quality of government, least of all during a grave health crisis.

“The firing of Mark Sedwill sent out a painful message” says an official
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT: In their new book Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell reveal how the relationship between the then president and prime minister turned sour thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
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