UK officials fear thousands of Brits stranded in Sudan face a terrifying choice - stay at home without food or water, or leave home and risk being shot.
Sources admitted any evacuation of thousands of Brits will be a far more dangerous operation than the chaotic airlift from Afghanistan in 2021.
One defence source admitted: “If you tell people to stay at home they may be less likely to get shot. But the availability of food and water in the city is increasingly limited.