Vladimir Putin has issued a blunt warning against Syrian rebels

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a  blunt  warning against arming the Syrian rebels, saying that the behaviour went against the humanitarian values Europe wanted to represent. The British  Prime  Minister David Cameron said the UK would continue to work with the  opposition  forces which wanted a  democratic  Syria. The two men were speaking after talks at Downing Street in London. As James Robbins reports.

President Putin and David Cameron exchanged thin smiles and a  handshake  at the door of number 10. Their differences over Syria could hardly be more  profound , backing,  opposing sides with Russia arming President Assad's government, and now Britain, France and United States edging towards arming the  opposition  rebels. After almost an hour and a half of talks, David Cameron stressed the need to search for some common ground and launch peace negotiations. But President Putin recalled video pictures apparently showing the  rebel   atrocity and asked if it would be right to support people who ate the organs of their victims.

The Turkish  Prime  Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that it was his duty to order a crackdown on protesters in Gezi Park. They were evicted on Saturday night. Addressing tens of thousands of supporters in Istanbul, Mr Erdogan dismissed allegations he was behaving like a dictator. Riot police used water cannon and  tear  gas throughout the day to  disperse protesters in other districts of Istanbul and in the capital Ankara. Chris Morris is in Istanbul.

In the last couple of hours, I've seen  tear  gas deployed by the police, presided in different locations around the city. All of them in areas within the vicinity of an immediately act on Taksim Square because what seem to happen is, the police have regained total  control  of Taksim Square and neighbouring Gezi Park. But it means the demonstrations had been pushed into various locations in the surrounding areas. These protesters had said they want to re- occupy Taksim Square, I don't think they are going to do that because the police have really taken that over from them again. Two Turkish main trade unions have called for one day nationwide  strike .

For the third day running, thousands of people have protested on the streets of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, despite the government reversing a  controversial   decision  to appoint a  media tycoon as the country's new  Security  Chief. Shouting mafia and  resign , the protesters increase their  pressure  on the  Prime  Minister just months after the  previous  government was swept away by  popular  protests. These protesters said the government was out of touch with the people.

A great part of Bulgarian Society is not represented in this parliament, why are you surprised that the people are out into the streets? In our opinion,  reform  should be made in the country so that the voice of the people, of the common people can be better heard and better represented in the parliament. Those voices (are) from the streets of Sofia.

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Reports from Syria say there has been a biggest  explosion  at a  military  airport in the west of the capital, Damascus. State television called it a terrorist act. The airport at Mezzeh, is one of the main hubs for the  distribution  of government's military supplies.

A  senior  member of the Obama  administration  has called the  election  of the new Iranian president an  opportunity  to mend bilateral relations. Speaking on American Television, the White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said if Iran was, as he called it, prepare to come clean on its nuclear program, it would find a  partner  in the United States.

I think we should all be quite proud of the way that Iranians turned out to vote and to express their  democratic  views and aspirations.

So, you see this as a hopeful sign?

I see it as a  potentially  hopeful sign. I think the question for us now is, if he is interested in - as he has said in his  campaign  events, mending his relations, Iran's relations with the rest of the world, there's an  opportunity  to do that.

The White House has said it's open to negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear program but that Pyongyang must  comply  with the UN  Security  Council resolutions. The Untied States was responding to a  proposal  from North Korea for high-level talks to  defuse  tensions. North Korea said the talks should take place without preconditions, but should  include  American nuclear weapons.

And Rome has been resounding to the roar of thousands of motorcycles as bikers from around the world join Roman Catholic pilgrims for  mass  and  blessing  by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square.  Leather -clad motorcyclists sat alongside nuns and other members of the large congregation , turning the roads near the famous square into a giant and noisy parking lot. They applauded and riffed their engines when the Pope pacifically welcomed them. The riders have congregated in Rome to  celebrate  the 110th anniversary of their motorcycle manufacturer, Harley-Davidson.