in a statement the un spokesman stephane dujarric said the united nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences. the united nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation this is the scene live in gaza where it has just gone 7:00 in the morning. the un said the order by the israeli military also applied to all of its staff and those sheltered in un facilities, including schools, health centres and clinics. an hamas official, quoted by the reuters newsagency, said that the relocation warning from israel was "fa ke propaganda". well, let's give you a sense of the geography in gaza. here's a map of israel where you can see gaza and the west bank marked. what the israeli military is saying that everyone living in northern gaza should relocate to the southern end in the next 2a hours. that's more than a million people about half the population of the entire gaza strip. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. what you make a

in response, un spokesman stephane dujarric said, "the united nations considers it impossible for such movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences. the united nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation". that statement has sparked an angry reaction from israel. the country's ambassador to the united nations said israel is trying to minimise harm to gazans. he went on to say that for many years the un has turned a blind eye to the arming of hamas and the use of the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the gaza strip as a hiding place for weapons and murder. in the last hour, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been meeting the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, injordan. here is mr blinken arriving for that meeting. remember, mahmoud abbas is head of the palestinian authority which controls the palestinian west bank. he does not control gaza, which is in the hands of the hamas. mr blinken met the israeli prime minister on t

armenian population, said the representative of the secretary general of the united nations, stephane dujarriceuters reported. according to the official, the group visited stepana kert, the azerbaijani name of khankendi, which was the capital of the unrecognized nagorno-karabakh republic. the visit took place a few weeks after azerbaijani forces took control of the territory. aljazeera tv journalist. also visited the city and stated that it is already a ghost town, there are almost no people there, things are scattered on the streets. as reported press secretary of the prime minister of armenia, nazeli baghdasaryan, more than 100,000 ethnic armenians left nagorno-karabakh, which is more than 80% of the region's population, the armenpress agency reported. the national bank canceled the fixed exchange rate of the hryvnia. introduced that year in july, from now on the regime of managed flexibility will be in effect, says the explanation on the nbbu website. the exchange rate will be able to move in both directions, both up and down, and thanks to the nbu's participation in the foreign exchange ma