Good evening. The first flight evacuating British citizens from Sudan has taken off, the Prime Minister has said. Scroll down for the latest reports from Khartoum, as well as analysis from Washington after Joe Biden announced his re-election campaign.
Flights will continue overnight, says PM
It has been speculated that several flights will need to be made as there are around 4,000 British passport holders in Sudan. The Prime Minister's office says that two more flights will take place later tonight though that is subject to change.
You can follow all this evening's developments on our live blog. The evacuation descended into chaos earlier after the Foreign Office reversed its advice for up to 4,000 citizens stuck in the war-torn country.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation warned that fighters in Sudan's capital have captured an internationally-funded laboratory holding infectious disease samples, posing a "huge biological risk".
And Harriet Barber has a read on the vicious history of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.
Biden becomes oldest presidential candidate in history
Joe Biden has asked voters to let him finish the job, as he announced his re-election campaign, making him the oldest presidential candidate in US history. “Let’s finish this job. I know we can,” Mr Biden, 80, said in a slickly-produced video of roughly three minutes.
Our US Correspondent Josie Ensor has a piece on why the Biden team believe he can win the 2024 presidential election.
If he wins re-election, Mr Biden, already the oldest ever US president, would be 82 at his second inauguration, and 86 when he leaves office. Donald Trump has already declared his third presidential bid, putting the country on course for a re-match of the 2020 presidential race.
Maighna Nanu reports that Mr Trump called his likely opponent the "most corrupt president in history".
Prince William ‘was paid very large sum by Murdoch firm over phone hacking’
The Prince of Wales recently settled a phone hacking claim against publisher News Group Newspapers for a “very large sum”, the High Court has been told. Prince William received the payment in 2020 after bringing a legal claim against the owner of the Sun and the News of the World.
Will Bolton reports that details of the settlement were revealed in legal documents submitted by his brother, the Duke of Sussex, as part of his legal battle with the same publisher.
Meanwhile, flight restrictions are set to be put in place across the south and south east of England on the day of the King’s Coronation because of a planned 60-plane flypast.
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