The rescue operation to pluck stranded Britons from war-torn Sudan is taking place in a “dangerous and volatile" security situation, the Foreign Secretary warned today.
RAF planes are flying UK nationals to safety from an airfield north of the capital Khartoum.
Just after 9am, a flight tracking website showed an RAF Hercules C130-J - the type used by Special Forces, including the SAS - flying at 5,000ft and climbing north of Khartoum as flight RRR9909.
