The British evacuation mission has rescued nearly 900 people from Sudan as a tense ceasefire between rival military factions in Khartoum was extended.Speaking before the three-day extension to the truce was announced, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said it would be "potentially impossible" to continue the evacuation if violence flared up again.More than 2,000 British nationals in Sudan have registered under the evacuation plans but the true number of citizens there could be far higher.As of 4p

The British evacuation mission has rescued nearly 900 people from Sudan as a tense ceasefire between rival military factions in Khartoum was extended.Speaking before the three-day extension to the truce was announced, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said it would be "potentially impossible" to continue the evacuation if violence flared up again.More than 2,000 British nationals in Sudan have registered under the evacuation plans but the true number of citizens there could be far higher.As of 4pm on Thursday, the Foreign Office said that 897 people had been evacuated over eight military airlifts.