The Latest Breaking News from Cyprus

Government urged to implement humanitarian response like that seen after Ukraine invasion as evacuation flight with 36 Australians lands in Cyprus

The Foreign Office said those on the final two flights out of the African country would be in the UK within 48 hours of landing in Cyprus.

Alaaldeen Hussin, who survived a perilous three-hour journey to an airfield before flying to Cyprus, also hit out at the Foreign Office, saying 'they could have done more'

Britain had evacuated around 900 of its citizens from Sudan through Cyprus as of early afternoon Thursday and urged those remaining in the conflict-riven country to grasp an opportunity to leave during the final hours of a cease fire.

Some 250 Britons arrived at London Stansted Airport having flown from the capital Khartoum via Larnaca in Cyprus, including one dad pictured boarding holding his two girls’ hands

A fire damaged a Russian cultural centre in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on Wednesday, prompting Moscow to denounce what it called a "terrorist attack."

The window of opportunity to rescue British citizens from Sudan is closing. As a third RAF evacuation flight landed in Cyprus this morning, with at least three planned for today, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has confirmed that 200 to 300 UK nationals have been transferred.

Britain on Wednesday ramped up an airlift of its citizens from war-torn Sudan to Cyprus before a 72-hour ceasefire was due to expire, and about 400 people were evacuated so far, officials said.

The first flight from Cyprus has departed for London.