G8 foreign ministers gathered at historic Lancaster House in central London on Thursday for a summit, with Syria, North Korea and Iran said to top the agenda.<br/> <br />The talks, which began over dinner on Wednesday night and were due to end later on Thursday, will also be the first chance for the ministers to discuss face-to-face the failure of last week's meeting in Almaty on curbing Iran's nuclear programme.<br/> <br />Britain was expected to call for more help for the Syrian opposition but there are no signs of a major shift in policy.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE SAYING:<br/> <br />"Welcome everyone to London. Thank you to ministers for joining me for dinner last night. We had a useful discussion. We've got many issues to discuss today around the themes of conflict prevention and conflict resolution. We're going to be discussing counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation, that will give us the opportunity to discuss the situation with DPRK and the E3+3 n
