<p><br /> About 1,800 Britons are being flown home on emergency flights from strife-torn Tunisia, after trouble on the streets escalated and protesters defied an overnight curfew.<br /> </p><p><br /> Tour operators Thomson and First Choice were scheduled to charter 1,437 passengers back on seven flights across the UK throughout Saturday.<br /> </p><p><br /> Thomas Cook was arranging to evacuate another 300 holidaymakers on a single flight into Manchester after getting 1,500 tourists back home on Friday.<br /> </p><p><br /> The flights were arranged after violence swept through the North African country and ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia with his family.<br /> </p><p><br /> The popular tourist destination was rocked by unrest sparked by anger over unemployment and at a leadership many see as controlling and corrupt.<br /> </p><p><br /> On Friday Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announced he was assuming power after the president fled the country.<br /> </p><p><br /> The president had earlier declared a state of emergency after saying he would dismiss his government and call new legislative elections within six months.<br /> </p><p><br /> Thousands of angry demonstrators had marched through Tunisia's capital, Tunis, to demand his resignation.<br /> </p><p><br /> A curfew from 6pm to 6am was imposed in the Greater Tunis area but protesters and looters have flouted it.<br /> </p>
