Obama, UK's Cameron spoke about refugees, Syria: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke by telephone on Thursday about the global refugee crisis and the situation in Syria, the White House said in a statement.

Obama and Cameron reaffirmed their commitment to defeat Islamic State, reach a political transition to end the conflict in Syria and the need to focus on climate change ahead of the upcoming international conference in Paris.

(Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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