UK grounds flights to Egypt over security fearsFlights to rescue 20000 Britons could start on Friday
Short term emergency measures to be set up Sharm el-SheikhEgypt’s president Sisi holds press conference with CameronHas your flight been suspended? Whatsapp the Guardian on +56Read the latest summary 5.47pm GMTHere’s an evening round-up of where we are now: 5.09pm GMTFollowing the assembly of the government’s Cobra emergency committee,here’s some background, from David Blood in our data team, or about the committee:nowadays’s Cobra assembly is at least the 96th time the government’s emergency response committee has met since May 2010,according to publicly available data.
Taking its name from the Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, Cobra meetings convene senior ministers and civil servants in response to urgent national or international situations particularly those affecting national security.
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