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Gazans are "in the midst of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals for Israel to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe," after the Israeli army ordered more than one million people to evacuate north Gaza. "The Secretary-General and his team have been working the phones. He's been in constant contact with Israeli authorities, urging them to avert a humanitarian catastrophe," spokesman Stephane Dujarric tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
At a press conference in Astana, Vladimir Putin insists that Russia has no plans to expand mobilisation in Russia following last month's 'partial mobilisation', which called up military reservists to fight in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
At the border crossing in Vaalimaa, Finland, Russians arrive by bus or car, with many of them escaping the military mobilisation decreed by President Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
People In Russia's former imperial capital, Saint Petersburg, gather in the streets to protest against president Vladimir Putin's decree on a partial military mobilisation in the country, with Russian police arresting a few of the demonstrators. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia would initially mobilise some 300,000 reservists, after Putin warned in a televised address Russia would use all available military means in Ukraine. IMAGES