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Putin digs in on Syria while Cameron claims progress
Though there were never great hopes of a significant breakthrough on Syria at the G8 summit, it's not obvious that it has produced any sort of breakthrough at all.
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Is Cameron's G8 summit in deep water?
David Cameron went for a bracing morning swim in the lough at the G8 summit today. But will the leaders' discussions over Syria be drowned in disagreement and indecision?
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G8/Syria: Obama silent and Cameron light on support
Arming the Syrian rebels: David Cameron is like "a man who drags his friend to the bar only to discover he's got no money himself to buy a round".
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President Barack Obama speaks to students in Belfast, saying there are "people who have not reaped the rewards of peace" and vowing the US will "always stand behind" efforts to create it.
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Watch live: Latest video on day one of the G8 summit taking place at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.
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Obama opts for 'intervention lite'
President Obama has reconsidered his stance on Syria. That decision comes from more than just the crossing of a red line.
Britain's GCHQ listening post will give parliament's intelligence and security committee full details of its links to the American Prism programme, according to chairman Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
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Data spying row has not helped Obama's pro-government case
As President Obama tries to persuade Americans that government is good, the news that it has snooped on US citizens' digital lives on a massive scale is sobering.
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Arming Syria: when two sides go to war
America has been split over what to do about Syria. Arm the rebels - or do nothing? President Obama wants to pull troops out - not put more in. But it could all become a nightmare.
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Hans Blix: Britain's Trident plans 'completely pointless'
I've just had the honour of interviewing the former UN chief weapons inspector Dr Hans Blix, who told me that replacing Trident with a new nuclear deterrent was "a completely pointless exercise".
