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Live updates: The latest on the G20 summit

Theresa May was promised Australian support as the UK adapts to Brexit as she held talks with counterpart Malcolm Turnbull at the G20 summit.

Key developments so far:

  • The Australian prime minister wants a "very strong" free trade agreement with the UK after it leaves the EU
  • Theresa May is holding Hinkley Point talks with the Chinese leader on Monday
  • Japan has issued a stark Brexit warning over the impact on Japanese firms in the UK
  • President Obama has warned US-EU trade will be Washington's priority
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Obama calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets US President Barack Obama Credit: Reuters

Barack Obama has said he and Vladimir Putin held a "candid, blunt [and] businesslike" meeting on Syria.

Obama confirmed US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will continue talks on "ways in which we can institute a meaningful, serious, verifiable cessation of hostilities in Syria."

He added the US needed to act fast "to provide some humanitarian relief to families, children, women who are suffering enormously under the burdens of that war.

"We're back into a situation in which Assad's regime is bombing with impunity - that in turn is actually strengthening the capacity of Al-Nusra to recruit people who might not have been sympathetic to terrorism.

"In our view anyone who is fighting against Assad is legitimised - and that is a very dangerous dynamic.... we need to focus our attention on common enemies, like ISIL and Al-Nusra.

"The faster we can provide some relief to folks on the ground, the better off we're going to be", he added.

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