LONDON (Reuters) -British street artist Banksy has painted a mural on London's High Court depicting a judge beating a protester, possibly in reaction to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators supporting banned group Palestine Action.

The artist, whose identity has never been confirmed, published pictures of the artwork on his Instagram page on Monday.

The stencilled mural shows a bewigged judge using a gavel to hit a protester holding a blood-splattered placard who has been knocked to the ground.

By Umit Bektas

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Police fired pepper spray and detained supporters of Turkey's main opposition party on Monday as protesters gathered at the party's Istanbul headquarters to prevent the replacement of a senior party official ordered by a court last week.

Hundreds of riot police maintained barricades around the Republican People's Party (CHP) building, scuffling with a group of CHP-aligned protesters that included party lawmakers.

By Joshua McElwee

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo's recent forceful statements about the war in Gaza and his strong call for a ceasefire during a meeting last week with Israeli President Isaac Herzog showed the new leader of the Catholic Church developing a robust, if quiet, diplomatic style.

Leo, who became the first U.S. pontiff when he was elected in May, takes an approach that is more muted than his predecessor Pope Francis, who often grabbed headlines with big public appeals or unexpected, off the cuff comments.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from U.S President Donald Trump, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday.

Speaking at a press conference with his Hungarian counterpart in Budapest, Saar said that Israel was ready to accept a full deal ending the war that would include the release of hostages and Hamas laying down its arms.

(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell, Writing by Ahmed ElimamEditing by Gareth Jones)

By Francois Murphy

VIENNA (Reuters) -Time is running out in talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran on how to fully resume inspections in the Islamic Republic, the watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday, adding that he hoped the discussions would conclude within days.

By Luke Tyson and AbdelHadi Ramahi

AJMAN, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -Beloved Palestinian ice cream parlour Kazem, forced to shutter its Gaza doors in 2023 as the Israel-Hamas war escalated, has opened up in the United Arab Emirates, offering not just frozen treats, but a taste of nostalgia to the local community.

Kazem is now serving scoops of ice cream and its famous barrad, a traditional Palestinian slushy drink with citrus flavours, in Ajman, a small emirate roughly 45 km (28 miles) north of Dubai, the region's tourism and business hub.

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge

GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations human rights chief condemned Israel on Monday for its "mass killing" of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and "hindering of sufficient lifesaving aid", saying the country had a case to answer before the International Court of Justice.

Volker Turk, who heads the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR), stopped short of describing the Gaza war as an unfolding genocide, as hundreds of U.N. staff had urged him to do.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Five people were killed in a shooting at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, Israel's ambulance service said, while the police said the perpetrators had been killed.

It was not immediately clear who carried out the shooting or what was the motive. Palestinian militant group Hamas praised two Palestinian "resistance fighters" who it said had carried out the attack but it stopped short of claiming responsibility.

CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel said it would ramp up airstrikes on Gaza on Monday in a "mighty hurricane", to serve as a last warning to Hamas that it will destroy the enclave unless fighters accept a demand from U.S. President Donald Trump to free all hostages and surrender.

Residents said Israeli forces bombed Gaza City from the air and blew up armoured vehicles in its streets. Hamas said it was studying the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal, delivered on Sunday with a warning from Trump's that it was the militant group's "last chance".

CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli military's Arabic spokesperson on Sunday issued a new evacuation warning for residents in a building in Gaza City and surrounding tents, as Israel called again for Hamas to surrender.

It was the second warning for the same building and tents housing displaced families in little over 24 hours.

(Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Muhammad Al GebalyEditing by Tomasz Janowski)