{{World leaders meeting for the final day of the G20 summit in Russia remain divided over military action in Syria.}}<\/p>\n
Italian PM Enrico Letta said the splits in opinion were confirmed at Thursday’s working dinner in St Petersburg.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Russian presidency said a US military strike on Syria would “drive another nail into the coffin of international law”.<\/p>\n
At the UN, the US ambassador accused Russia of holding the Security Council hostage by blocking resolutions.<\/p>\n
Samantha Power said the Security Council was no longer a “viable path” for holding Syria accountable for war crimes.<\/p>\n
The US government accuses President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of killing 1,429 people in a poison-gas attack in the Damascus suburbs on 21 August.<\/p>\n
The UK says scientists at the Porton Down research laboratories have found traces of sarin gas on cloth and soil samples.<\/p>\n
But Mr Assad has blamed rebels for the attack. China and Russia, which have refused to agree to a Security Council resolution against Syria, insist any action without the UN would be illegal.<\/p>\n
The US and France are the only nations at the G20 summit to commit to using force in Syria.<\/p>\n
The United Nations says it needs another $3.3bn (\u00a32bn) to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis up to the end of this year.<\/p>\n
BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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