Ammon News - Two extra evacuation flights carrying British nationals have left Sudan, as UK efforts now turn to diplomacy and humanitarian aid, according to the BBC.

The "exceptional" flights - billed as the last UK airlift from Sudan - took off from Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast on Monday evening.

Military rescue flights from an airstrip near the Sudanese capital Khartoum ended on Saturday.

Nearly 2,200 people had been evacuated as of Monday afternoon.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said it would release passenger numbers for the two latest flights on Tuesday.

BBC