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The Government’s delayed first charter plane to evacuate British nationals from the Middle East has finally taken off, while British Airways has announced it will operate a further rescue flight.

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00:00The first government charter plane has landed at London Stansted Airport, having taken off
00:05from Muscat in Oman behind schedule on Thursday.
00:09Thousands of British nationals are stranded in the Middle East after US-Israeli strikes
00:13on Iran prompted retaliatory strikes across the region.
00:17The Titan Airways plane touched down at London Stansted just before 1am on Friday.
00:22More than 140,000 Britons have registered their presence in the Middle East with the
00:26Foreign Office and 4,000 have returned home.
00:29Muscat has emerged as a key location for people wanting to leave the Middle East.
00:34The Foreign Office does not advise against travel to the area where the capital's airport
00:38is located, unlike the current advice for airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha.
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