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As the 72-hour-ceasefire takes effect, evacuation efforts are expected to ramp up today.

Here are some of the latest numbers:

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday that more than 1,000 EU citizens had been evacuated.

France has airlifted 400 people of multiple nationalities to Djibouti.

The Netherlands said it had sent two planes to fly out its nationals to Jordan.

Italy evacuated around 200 people in a military operation Sunday, rescuing all Italian citizens who "had asked to leave" and others including Vatican representatives.

Germany said on Monday three flights had left and a fourth was on its way to airlift a total of 400 people.

Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania said their citizens have been evacuated with foreign assistance. Around 65 people from those countries are still awaiting rescue.

A Spanish military plane with 100 passengers, 30 of them Spanish, others mostly from Latin America countries, left Sunday for Djibouti.

Andrew Harding
BBC Africa correspondent

A well-placed source has told the BBC that the airlift of British nationals from a military base north of Khartoum is likely to begin in the next few hours.

The source said UK civilians were being told to “make your own way” to the airbase in a carefully “caveated” message. “It has got to be the individual’s decision. Once you get to the location, we will hopefully get you on a flight a soon as possible.”

It’s not clear how many British nationals are likely to make the journey. The source said it was “bluntly, a lot of guesswork”. But they added that it could be around 500 people.

At present British officials are looking at a 24 hour window for the airlifts, but that could be extended, depending on whether the new ceasefire holds.

The source said there was no sign that the warring parties were deliberately targeting foreign nationals. They spoke of intense co-operation between foreign governments, rather than a “sharp-elbowed” approach to the evacuations.

The military base being used is in a “secure and relatively stable location” in an area controlled by Sudan’s regular army.

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Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

The UK government has been under pressure to announce an evacuation for Britons in Sudan and this morning we’ve had the first details.

There will be military flights from an airfield outside Khartoum. People will be contacted on a priority basis - those eligible are being urged not to make their way to the airfield before they are told to do so.

We don’t know yet what the practicalities will be.

There has been a ceasefire announced, but the Foreign Office is warning the situation remains volatile and their evacuation plans could change.

Other options are still being considered - potentially from Port Sudan.

HMS Lancaster is based in the gulf and is a possibility for further evacuations.

But no details have been confirmed - we’ll be asking the government this morning.

People fleeing the violence in Sudan are using several different routes to escape, most of which are incredibly long and arduous.

They include dangerous flights to nearby countries from embattled Khartoum itself, heading east to the coastal city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea or travelling north overland into neighbouring Egypt.

Given the vast size of Sudan, we've put together a map to show you the scale of some of these journeys better:

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Here's some more from Sir Nicholas Kay, the former UK ambassador to Sudan, who's been speaking to our colleagues on Radio 4's Today programme.

He says the geography of Khartoum complicates things, as the River Nile joins the Blue Nile and White Nile in the centre of Khartoum.

"There are a lot of bridges that need to be crossed to get around the city, and each of those bridges are controlled by one of the armed groups, so moving around Khartoum can be challenging."

Asked about where he envisages the airfield for UK evacuations to be located, and how easy it will be for people to get to it. Sir Nicholas says if the team are using the same contingency plan from his time in Sudan 10 years ago, it's relatively straightforward to reach the airfield if the security situation is "benign".

Speaking about diplomats needing to flee the country, the former ambassador said:

We've just been hearing from Sir Nicholas Kay, former UK ambassador to Sudan.

He says the UK's evacuation flights from Sudan is "excellent news" and a welcome development, adding that the announcement of a 72-hour ceasefire in Khartoum makes it "potentially possible".

However, Sir Nicholas notes that the situation in Khartoum is precarious, the security situation can change rapidly and there's no trust between the two sides of the conflict.

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A state of calm remains in Sudan's capital Khartoum with the start of the 72-hour truce between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Saudi Al-Arabiya TV on Tuesday morning said the truce has been holding so far and "there are no complaints of violations".

There were no reports of sounds of gunfire and the streets of Khartoum remain largely empty.

Seven people were reportedly killed in an air strike in the south of the capital, ahead of the truce announcement. Eyewitnesses told Darfur 24 news site that dozens were injured as a result of a military aircraft targeting a residential area in the Kalakla neighbourhood.

The UN Security Council has planned a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Sudan conflict as foreign governments continue to airlift their citizens out of the country.

A 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan appears to be holding after it came into force at midnight in Khartoum (22:00 GMT on Monday).

The pause in fighting was agreed, and independently announced, by both sides involved in the fighting - Sudan's armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

It followed negotiations with the United States, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the agreement was reached after 48 hours of negotiation.

This is the fourth suspension of fighting since violence erupted this month, but other attempts didn't hold.

Fighting erupted on 15 April and at least 400 people have been killed since. Key infrastructure has also been severely damaged, leading to limited access to clean water and the internet.

We'll bring you the latest as soon as we have it.

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The UK government is now working on evacuating British nationals in Sudan, says Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

"We have started contacting nationals directly and providing routes for departure out of the country," he tweeted., external

The government has come under pressure after they evacuated the embassy staff at the weekend and left around 4,000 British citizens in the country.

The Foreign Office has now updated its travel advice to Sudan, saying that British passport holders will be taken out of Sudan starting from 25 April on a prioritised basis.

Seats will be first allocated to families with children, the elderly or individuals with medical conditions.

But travel within Sudan is conducted "at your own risk", the ministry warns. And it has told the Brits not to leave their houses unless called.

Sarah Fowler
Live reporter

Good morning, and welcome back to our live coverage of the crisis in Sudan. We've just heard the UK government is planning to start evacuating British passport holders from Sudan by air from today.

This is happening amid another attempted ceasefire - the fourth in ten days of fighting - which was agreed after hours of negotiations between the two rival military groups. So far the truce appears to be holding, raising hopes for civilians trapped across Sudan who want to get out.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned the country is on "the edge of the abyss" and the violence may engulf the whole region.

Stick with me and my colleagues, Malu Cursino and Ece Goksedef, as we bring you all the latest updates on the story.

Nathan Williams
Live reporter

We're pausing our live coverage for now, thanks for following along.

The two rival factions – the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the regular Sudanese army – have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire, the US says. But, this is not the first ceasefire of the conflict – let's see if this holds. You can continue to read about the story here.

Nations have been attempting to get diplomats and citizens out of the country. But UK defence sources have warned the situation is "more dynamic, more dangerous" than what was seen during the evacuation of Kabul, Afghanistan back in 2021.

Amid the evacuations, some 3,500 Nigerians are "stranded", a Nigerian diaspora body has said.

Throughout the day, we've also heard many harrowing stories from people on the ground – including those who are having trouble accessing food and water.

For more on this story see this short background piece. And here's another on how evacuations happen.

And here's our latest news story on the situation in Sudan.

Today's coverage was brought to you by Heather Sharp, Alexandra Fouché, Cecilia Macaulay, Ece Goksedef, Antoinette Radford, Laura Gozzi, Adam Durbin, Sam Hancock, Aoife Walsh, Nadine Yousif, Alys Davies and myself.

Mayeni Jones
BBC News, Lagos

The South Sudanese government says about 9,000 people have crossed its border since the beginning of the conflict in neighbouring Sudan 10 days ago.

Foreign minister Deng Dau Deng told the BBC most of the arrivals were from his country - about 6,000 people.

Some 3,000 of the new arrivals are a mix of Sudanese and citizens of other countries including Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, Eritrean and Somalian, many of them diplomats.

Kenya reportedly sent an aircraft to South Sudan on Monday afternoon to repatriate 24 of its citizens.

Deng said President Salva Kiir has been in touch with both Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces) and Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (paramilitary Rapid Support Forces) to call for an end to the conflict which has claimed the lives of more than 400 people and forced thousands to flee the violence.

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan 12 years ago but according to Deng, instability in Sudan still affects South Sudan: there is a large South Sudanese population in Sudan and oil from South Sudan goes through Sudanese territory to get to Port Sudan on the Red Sea.

Barbara Plett Usher
North America correspondent, BBC News

Previous attempts to pause the conflict in Sudan have quickly disintegrated.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says this one came after 48 hours of intense negotiations.

The Secretary of State has been heavily involved in attempts to stop the fighting. He’s called both of Sudan’s warring generals several times and regularly consulted regional players.

He met Kenya’s top diplomat in Washington earlier on Monday and has held phone conversations with counterparts in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed to a 72-hour ceasefire, the US and the RSF have said.

Previous attempts to call truce between the two warring parties last week collapsed.

Warring factions had agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire last Tuesday, but the plans shattered within minutes of its launch at 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT).

A new ceasefire with the same timing was put forward by the RSF on Wednesday. The army said it would abide by the truce - but gunfire could still be heard across the capital.

Most recently on Friday, the RSF and the army said they had agreed to a three-day truce. But despite calls for a ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the bombing, shelling and gunfire continued.

Many would normally attend prayer services on Eid - a festival marking the end of Ramadan - but on Friday many mosques in Khartoum and Omdurman were almost empty as people sheltered at home.

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have confirmed the 72-hour ceasefire brokered by the US.

In a statement on their Twitter account, external, the RSF says they have "agreed to a humanitarian truce" in order to allow for civilians to reach hospitals and safe areas, as well as to assist evacuation missions.

"The Rapid Support Forces affirm their full readiness to cooperate, coordinate and provide all facilities that enable expatriates and missions to leave the country safely," the statement reads.

They add that they are committed to upholding the ceasefire and have warned against any non-compliance with the armistice.

The fighting in Sudan is between the paramilitary RSF and the regular Sudanese Army, and started on the 15 April. We are yet to hear from the army on the ceasefire.

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The head of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme that around 3,500 Nigerian students are "stranded", and that they are doing what they can to help them.

"We are conveying them in buses. We want to ensure their safety and security - so by tomorrow morning we believe that they will be en route to Egypt," Abike Dabiri-Erewa said.

Earlier on Monday, Uganda and Kenya began evacuating their citizens from Sudan.

Rashid Ssemuddu, the Ugandan envoy to Khartoum, said they were evacuating about 300 people, including diplomats, businesspeople and students from the country.

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Alfred Mutua, said 29 Kenyan students had already been airlifted.

The country was expecting to evacuate more than 400 of its citizens on Monday by land and air via a number of countries.

James Landale
Diplomatic correspondent

So what’s going on? Is the UK government once again failing to protect British nationals in a crisis? Has the Foreign Office not learned the lessons of the chaotic evacuation from Kabul?

Well, one answer is that the Afghan comparison isn’t quite right.

There the UK had boots on the ground and relative stability. The problem was one of crowd control and logistics. By contrast, in Sudan, the fighting is ongoing and the UK has little presence.

A second answer is that none of the options for evacuation are easy. Most Britons are in Khartoum where the fighting is fiercest. If they leave their homes, they could be shot or taken hostage. Some convoys and assembly points for other foreign nationals have already been attacked. There is no guarantee any temporary ceasefire – to allow safe passage - may hold.

So for now the official UK advice remains to stay put. But for some UK nationals, this won’t be good enough. For they have a dilemma: do they wait for an organised and safe evacuation that might come in a few days – or may not come at all?

British ministers are at pains to make clear they’re considering every possible option. But there is still no guarantee that the UK will mount an evacuation. As one official said, there are no right answers.

In his statement on the ceasefire announced for midnight, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also adds that the US will organise a committee that will oversee negotiations for a permanent ceasefire.

Blinken says the committee will be coordinated with regional and international partners, as well as Sudanese civilian stakeholders.

It will oversee the "negotiation, conclusion, and implementation of a permanent cessation of hostilities and humanitarian arrangements in Sudan," Blinken says.

"We will continue to work with the Sudanese parties and our partners toward the shared goal of a return to civilian government in Sudan," he adds.

Sudan's rivals have agreed to a three day ceasefire starting on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

"Following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire starting at midnight on April 24, to last for 72 hours," Blinken said in a statement.

Multiple ceasefires have not been observed by the two sides since the fighting broke out.