Britons in Bahrain were advised yesterday to travel to the airport this morning.

At least six people were killed and hundreds injured in another day of violence. The Foreign Office had faced criticism for not acting quickly to evacuate Britons from Libya last month. Britons in Bahrain were advised yesterday to travel to the airport this morning. The Foreign Office will charter planes to Dubai for all those not able to get on commercial flights. It estimated that there are "several thousand" Britons in Bahrain.
In what was described as a day of "annihilation", at least three protesters were killed after police, backed by tanks and helicopters, used tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition to clear crowds from Pearl Square in Manama.
The government said two police officers were also killed, and a third later died from injuries received. Abdel Jalil Khalil, the head of Wefaq, the Shia opposition bloc, said: "This is a war of annihilation. This does not happen even in wars and this is not acceptable. I saw them fire live rounds in front of my own eyes."
Barack Obama called King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa al–Khalifa yesterday to express "deep concern". David Cameron had also made an unsuccessful appeal for restraint hours before the crackdown. A senior Bahrain government official said that the royal family defied the appeal because it "fears meeting the fate of Hosni Mubarak", Egypt's ousted president.
Like Mr Mubarak, Bahrain's royal family has been a long–standing ally of America and is worried Washington could "pull the rug from under its feet".