The Foreign Office is closing its embassy in Tripoli amid escalating violence in the Libyan capital.
Many staff members were evacuated earlier this week and British citizens have been told to leave the country immediately.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is helping British nationals leave but warned it will not be able to provide assistance after operations are suspended on Monday.
Only the ambassador and core staff remain in the building and are expected to return to the UK in the coming days.
Fierce fighting between rival militias has spread northwards through Tripoli, into the area where the consulate is situated, and shots were fired at embassy staff in an attempted carjacking last week…
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