Defence secretary says RAF flights out will begin after Germany cedes control of airfield where it is conducting own rescue mission
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The UK will begin evacuation flights for 2,000-plus Britons trapped in Sudan when Germany relinquishes temporary control of an airfield north of Khartoum from which it has been conducting its own rescue mission, the defence secretary said.
Ben Wallace, speaking at a defence select committee, would not give a precise time on when flights out would start, but said that an emergency processing centre at Wadi Seidna protected by 120 troops had been set up as of mid-morning.
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