Survivors of Morocco's 2023 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people rallied in Rabat on Monday, demanding their houses be rebuilt as part of the government's reconstruction programme.

Marking the disaster's second anniversary, dozens of protesters gathered outside parliament in the Moroccan capital, protesting what they described as their "exclusion" from the reconstruction programme.

Many held signs that read "No to exclusion, no to marginalisation" and "A roof for every life, dignity has no price".

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday that he was hopeful of reaching a deal with Iran on a full resumption of inspections of its sites in the "next few days", warning that "not much" time was left.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been in talks with Tehran on how to fully restart its inspections of key nuclear sites after Tehran suspended cooperation with the agency following attacks by Israel and the United States in June.

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.