Good Morning, Australia! – Is a new peace plan for Ukraine too late – The Pentagon’s inappropriate diagnosis – The big hacking attack at Sony pictures claims the head of the studio’s chief – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

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The head of Sony Pictures Amy Pascal has resigned, following the cyber attack in which hackers released private emails, screenplays to movies yet to be completed, and finished films.  She also apologized for revelations in the emails that consisted mainly of studio executives complaining about pain-in-the-arse actors.  The US government blamed North Korea for the hack, saying it was revenge for some movie nobody even remembers a month later.  Some computer experts believe the real hackers were disgruntled former Sony employees.

Jordanian F-16 fighter jets attacked Islamic State (IS) targets in its stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria.  And then they flew a victory pass over the home village of the pilot who was murdered by the militants, where King Abdullah was meeting with the family of the pilot murdered by IS.  The terrorists released a video earlier this week showing captured pilot Muaz al-Kasasbeh being burned to death, although the murder might have happened a month ago.  This is the first time Jordan struck IS outside of the framework of the US-led coalition.

China says Islamic State killed three Chinese militants who joined the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, but later tried to get out.  One grew disillusioned with IS’s version of “jihad”, and tried to cross back to Turkey to attend university.  The group caught him and killed him.  Two others were beheaded in January.  China is battling an insurgency in the far northwest, where ethnic Uighur Muslims want to break away and form a country called “East Turkistan”.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are in Kiev with a new proposal to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine.  Russian denies direct involvement, but acknowledges some Russian volunteers are assisting the rebels, who have also been seen using brand new Russian vehicles and arms.  The western Europeans are stepping up involvement amid reports that the US is considering providing lethal aid to Ukraine to counter the Russian-backed militants.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has “some form of autism” – possibly Asperger’s Syndrome – that “affects all of his decisions”.  This is according to a Pentagon report obtained by the Washington Post via America’s “Freedom of Information Act”.  How the US military Office of Net Assessment managed this long-distance psychiatric diagnosis is unclear, and it mentions that its findings could not be confirmed without a “brain scan”.  And THAT is how you know it’s full of bullocks.  There is no scan or any other diagnostic tool to determine autism.  “This kind of speculative diagnosis is fraught with risks and is unhelpful,” said Jane Harris of the UK’s National Autistic Society.  “Autism is a complex condition and a diagnosis should only ever be made following a thorough, holistic face-to-face process involving both the individual and the diagnostician.”

A London court has convicted former rock star Gary Glitter of abusing three young girls during the 1970s.  The 70-year old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, denied the charges.  He was remanded into custody and given his past convictions he faces life in prison when he’s sentenced later this month.