IT'S SYRIA VS G8 IN NORTHEN IRELAND

The leaders of the G8 nations are set to begin a summit in Northern Ireland, with Syria's crisis likely to dominate. UK PM David Cameron met Russian leader Vladimir Putin - Syria's key ally - on Sunday. They will each hold separate talks with President Barack Obama, who has indicated he will arm the rebels.
Mr Cameron, the host, is also keen to focus on global economic issues.
He hopes to oversee the launch of talks for an EU-US free trade deal and achieve progress on tax transparency.
The 39th Summit of the Group Of Eight (G8) will be held in Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, on Monday and Tuesday.
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the US and the UK will be represented.
Mr Cameron said he wanted "a meeting where we can look each other in the eye, cut through the obstacles and the opposition and generate the political will to solve the problems we face".
The PM is scheduled to meet Mr Obama ahead of the opening.
After his meeting with Mr Putin, the UK PM said it was no secret he and the Russian president had disagreements over Syria, but that they shared a common aim - to end the conflict.
Mr Putin said "blood is on the hands" of both the Syrian government and the rebels in the crisis and that Russia was not breaching any laws by supplying arms to the "legitimate government of Syria".
On Friday, the US announced it would supply some rebels with direct military aid after seeing evidence of chemical weapons use by Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Mr Cameron backed the lifting of EU arms sanctions against the rebels, but says no decision has been made on whether the UK will provide arms to them.
Two years of civil war in Syria has left an estimated 93,000 people dead.




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