{"id":23236,"date":"2023-04-25T20:13:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/first-british-evacuees-from\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T20:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:14:14","slug":"first-british-evacuees-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/first-british-evacuees-from\/","title":{"rendered":"First British evacuees from Sudan arrive in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NICOSIA (Reuters) &#8211;     The first British civilians evacuated from Sudan arrived on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday, Cyprus&#8217;s foreign ministry said, airlifted out by Britain after warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>A passenger plane belonging to Britain&#8217;s Royal Air Force with about 40 civilians on board landed at Cyprus&#8217;s Larnaca airport, said a foreign ministry spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had expected 40 people, though another diplomatic source said there were 39 people on board.<\/p>\n<p>Two further flights were expected later on Tuesday and early Wednesday, carrying about 220 people in total.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Cyprus said it had activated a humanitarian rescue mechanism to evacuate third-country civilians through the island from Sudan, following a United Kingdom request.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Josie Kao)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/first-british-evacuees-from\/british-nationals-who-have-been-evacuated-from-sudan-arrive-at-6\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0VE-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0VE-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/first-british-evacuees-from\/british-nationals-who-have-been-evacuated-from-sudan-arrive-at-7\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0VF-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0VF-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/first-british-evacuees-from\/british-nationals-who-have-been-evacuated-from-sudan-arrive-at-8\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0VG-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0VG-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/first-british-evacuees-from\/military-operation-to-evacuate-british-embassy-diplomats-and-their-families-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0SN-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0SN-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NICOSIA (Reuters) &#8211; The first British civilians evacuated from Sudan arrived on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday, Cyprus&#8217;s foreign ministry said, airlifted out by Britain after warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire. 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