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I'm Janet Gillil and at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 13th October these are our main stories.

Israel orders more than a million people in northern Gaza to move south ahead of an

expected ground offensive. But the UN warns the evacuation order will have devastating humanitarian

consequences in such a densely populated and impoverished area. The Republican nominee

drops out of the race for US House Speaker creating more chaos for Congress.

Also in this podcast the biggest takeover in gaming history has just been completed.

And the fact that we can now make some sort of paving slabs, paving stones from the

lunar regolith is something that's really exciting and it opens up the whole world of possibility.

Plans to build roads on the moon to help us humans live there.

Some residents of northern Gaza are fleeing after an Israeli warning that they should

move south. Hundreds of cars and trucks heavily loaded with possessions even mattresses are

heading south into what is already one of the most densely populated parts of the world.

Many fear they'll be caught up in the anticipated Israeli ground offensive which is expected

any day now. Many families are walking on foot, some are bringing along their cows,

camels, sheep and donkeys. Gaza resident Suzanne Basak recorded this message as she was packing

her bags to leave.

We were hesitant about what we heard. We were very preplexed and confused whether these

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