Hello Australia!! - Boris threatens to close the bank - US CEOs may halt investments over Trump's trade war - Hong Kong police escalate tactics - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The White House was reportedly blindsided by the surprise appearance of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday in the coastal French town hosting the Group of Seven (G7) summit.  "No one was expecting it," one US official said to NBC News, "It was a surprise," although other US sources claim that Donald Trump was not bothered.  The Iranians said he came at the invitation of France's FM to "continue talks" - Zarif met with French President Emmanuel Macron, but not with Donald Trump.  This comes amid the nuclear row with the US which is trying to get allies to take its hard line on Tehran.  The G7 was already almost fractious, because of Trump's trade war with China and the UK about to crash out of the European Union.  

One good sign from the G7 - the class photo went well, none of the frowning or scowling one might have expected.  Hey, at least they're not all strangling each other.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to withhold some of the 39 Million Pound (about AU$71 Billion) financial settlement with the European Union, claiming that the cash is "no longer strictly speaking owed" in the case of a no-deal Brexit.  The settlement was agreed to by European Union negotiators and the Theresa May government, and rejected three times by Parliament.  It covers the money London already owes for EU projects approved during Britain's membership, and future pensions for Brussels staff.

US CEOs are reportedly anxious over Trump's trade war with China, and incredulous over his bizarre tweet from last week ordering US companies to stop doing business in China.  "He has a lot of authority through the national security statutes to disrupt trade and commerce in a way that would cause huge damage -- not just to the Chinese economy, but to the global economy and the US economy," said Josh Bolten, president and chief executive officer of the Business Roundtable and a former chief of staff to President George W. Bush.  Corporate leaders are poised to put a halt to new investments if the trade war escalates.  Monday should be interesting when it roles around to Wall Street.

Hong Kong police fired warning shots above pro-democracy protesters, and for the first time on Sunday rolled out water cannons on the demonstrators who have been throwing bricks, bottles, and petrol bombs.  The escalation of police tactics on the 12th consecutive weekend of protests comes as Hong Kong officials really, really want to convince Beijing that they are up to the task of controlling the campaign that has brought much of the city's economy to a standstill.  If/When Beijing loses its patience, it has a large battalion of paramilitary People's Armed Police (PAP) gathered just over the border - minutes away from the protests.

Seven people were killed when a helicopter and small plane collided in midair over Mallorca, Spain.  Separately, three people including a baby died in a small plane crash on the Simplon Pass in southern Switzerland near the border with Italy.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro finally sent military planes to dump water on the widespread wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, amid worldwide outcry to save the "lungs of the planet".