Iran's atomic agency chief said Thursday the path was clear for final implementation of a nuclear deal with world powers after "guarantees" were received on the redesign of a controversial reactor.

Ali Akbar Salehi's remarks came a day after U.N. inspectors reported that Iran had started to dismantle parts of its nuclear program in compliance with the agreement struck in July with the United States and five other leading states.

A Hungarian judge ordered on Thursday the deportation to Britain of two British nationals who spent time in jail for financing terrorism and who were detained trying to enter Romania.

Trevor Brooks, 44, also known as Abu Izzadeen, a Muslim activist dubbed a "hate preacher" by the British press, and Simon Keeler, 40, were not allowed to leave Britain without permission.

French President Francois Hollande spoke by phone with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Thursday to update him on the progress of investigations into last week's Paris attacks, and discuss the Syrian crisis, his office said.

The two leaders emphasized their military cooperation in Syria and discussed conditions for a "rapid solution to the situation in Syria" ahead of Hollande's visit to Washington on Tuesday, the Elysee Palace said in a statement.

Turkey on Thursday handed over to Greece a man suspected of seeking to join Syria jihadists, though not in relation to any attacks under investigation, a police source said.

The suspect, a member of the Greek Muslim minority living in the northeastern town of Komotini, had been arrested in Turkey on Wednesday.

Belgian police arrested nine people in Brussels on Thursday during raids connected to last week's deadly Paris attacks, prosecutors said.

Seven people were "taken in for further investigation" during six raids linked to French national stadium bomber Bilal Hadfi, the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.

South Sudan's parliament changed the constitution Thursday to boost presidential powers amid fears violence is spreading to new areas in the country, with seven killed on the highway to Uganda.

The constitutional change comes after President Salva Kiir ordered the number of regional states to be nearly tripled, undermining a fundamental pillar of a power-sharing deal to end a nearly two-year long civil war.

French lawmakers on Thursday voted to allow the government to block websites and social media accounts promoting or inciting terrorist acts, under a state of emergency.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls praised the "wisdom" of lawmakers who agreed the measure after voting to extend a state of emergency to three months.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for shooting and wounding an Italian priest in Bangladesh this week, according to a notice released Thursday by the SITE Intelligence Group.

"Security detachments of soldiers of the Caliphate in Bangladesh carried out some unique operations (including)... Targeting the Italian Crusader foreigner Piero Parolari," the jihadist monitoring organization SITE quoted IS as saying.

The suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, tried to recruit women living in Spain for the Islamic State group, Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said Thursday.

"This person, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, tried to recruit Spaniards, especially women, though social networks to join and fight with Daesh," he said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.

Britain is to spend up to £10 million ($15 million, 14 million euros) converting a military plane for official use by Prime Minister David Cameron, Downing Street confirmed Thursday.

The government argues that having an aircraft similar to the U.S. president's Air Force One, which could also be used by the royal family and senior ministers, will save money in the long term.