welcome to "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. the leaders of the g-20 nations have wrapped up their summit in st. petersburg, russia. they entered the talks with profound differences over a u.s. push for military intervention in syria. they're heading home just as divided. nhk world's akihiro mikoda reports. >> reporter: the situation in syria dominated the agenda. u.s. president barack obama tried to drum up support for military action against the

syrian government. he did not win unanimous backing. some leaders said they wanted military action right away. others said they won't back any armed intervention without the authority of a u.n. security council resolution. russian president vladimir putin used his closing statement to highlight the divisions over obama's push for military action and his opposition. >> translator: we hear each other, and we understand the argument, but we do not agree with them. i don't agree with his arguments, and he doesn't agree with mine. but we hear each other and we try to analyze. >> reporter: the head of the international monetary fund took part in the talks. she said decision in syria is threatening the global economic recovery by pushing up oil prices.

>> we always are careful and attentive to any kind of disruption on commodity markets. particularly oil. because that's a very sensitive commodity and one where prices have historically varied enormously. >> reporter: another focus at the summit was a slowdown in emerging economies. leaders of developing countries including india and brazil say they're concerned because they're seeing inflation and weakness in their currencies. investors sparked those problems by pulling out their money. they believe policymakers at the u.s. federal reserve are getting ready to scale back the stimulus program. the g-20 leaders used their joint declaration to say they will carefully tabulate and clearly communicate any changes in their monetary policies.

the leaders of industrialized and emerging nations formed the g-20 as a forum to coordinate their policies and tackle economic problems, but this summit showed how easily their political differences can prevent them from working together. akihiro makoda, nhk world, st. petersburg. >> president obama came out of the conference room and gave his take on the chances of military intervention in syria. he admitted leaders are divided on the wisdom of any armed action without a u.n. security council resolution. he said he'll tell americans why he believes the u.s. must launch strikes. >> i intend to address the american people from the white house on tuesday. the kind of world we live in and our ability to deter this kind of outrageous behavior is going to depend on the decisions that we make in the days ahead.

>> u.s. state department officials are trying to protect americans from what they say are threats to security in syria's neighbors, lebanon and turkey. they've told most of their diplomats in lebanon to pull out, and they're urging u.s. citizens not to travel there. turkey is taking steps to tighten security along its southern border with syria. this comes ahead of a possible u.s. military strike targeting the administration of syrian president bashar al assad. the country's military leadership has dispatched several dozen military vehicles to at least two border areas and opened six field hospitals. local media quote the governor of a province in the border area as saying that shells fired from syria have recently landed on the turkish side. they also say militants have been found hiding among syrian refugees and that the border area is no longer controllable. turkey had already deployed 20

fighter jets to the southeast and special vehicles to seven border sites to test if chemical weapons have been used. the country has been helping rebel forces against the administration of syrian president bashar al assad and is in favor of u.s. military strikes. the u.s. unemployment dropped last month to the lowest level in more than four years, but employers created fewer jobs than analysts had expected. leaders at the federal reserve will likely take those numbers into account when they decide whether to scale back their stimulus measures. they're due to meet the week after next. labor department officials say unemployment stood at 7.3%. the rate was down 0.1 point from the week before and the lowest since december 2008. employers added 169,000 non-farm jobs. analysts had been expecting

180,000. businesses created jobs in retail, food and beverage services and health care. they reduced their payrolls in information technology and real estate. japan's best loved animation director has spoken publicly for first time since announcing his retirement earlier this week. hayao miyazaki has told fans he was calling it quits in the past, but he says this time he means it. ♪ miyazaki's probably best known for his 2001 production "spirited away" which set an

all-time box office record in japan. and won an academy award for best animated feature. ♪ his latest production "the wind rises" is a full length feature and movie. miyazaki said he's happy that so many people around the world have watched and enjoyed his movies over the years. coming up the three-day world weather forecast.

japanese and peruvian archaeologists are digging into

the mysteries of ancient civilizations in the andes. they've made what they say is an unusual discovery, a statue with a human body and the head of a jg war. they say their find could help them understand how religious leaders transformed societies nearly 3,000 years ago. the researchers are based at japan's national museum of et nolg and peru's national university of san marcos. they unearthed the statue last month at the pacopampa runs and it probably represents a leader with special abilities. the researchers say religious leaders became increasingly powerful and transformed societies that had been relatively classless. they say the statue could help them figure out how those leaders gained their power. that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for joining us.