Good Morning Australia! - Europe desperately searched for a way to handle the flow of refugees - The Kurds release video of the raid that freed prisoners of Islamic State - Tony Blair apologizes for part of the international disaster known as the Iraq war - Turning the page in Argentina (but it's probably still the same book) - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

European leaders are having their five billionth meeting on handling the refugee crisis, which BTW is still not being handled.  The draft statement calls on nations to stop hustling thousands of migrants and refugees through their borders, dumping the problem on the next country up the so-called Balkan Corridor from the south to the more generous and well-off countries in northern Europe.  Closing off borders has only created bottlenecks and hardship on neighboring countries.  "We will not be able to endure this for weeks if we do not get help," said Slovenian PM Miro Cerar.  Some leaders fret that without a plan, those countries will continue retreating into their limited national interests, leading to a break-up of the European Union.

But Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras points out, "Everybody knows at the end of the corridor there is an entrance."  German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said there is no solution without the help of Turkey, which hundreds of thousands of migrants have used as the transit point into Europe from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.  And therein lies the problem - Turkey isn't taking part in the summit.

Former UK PM Tony Blair is admitting that the 2003 Invasion of Iraq - which he was totally in favor of - led to the creation of Islamic State (IS), which your humble CareerSpot News correspondent points out directly led to the European Refugee Crisis.  Tones also apologized for failures in intelligence leading up to war - apparently  referring to incorrect pre-war claims that Saddam Hussein had banned weapons of mass destruction.  But he insists that removing Saddam from power was the correct thing to do.  SMDH.

Kurdish officials in northern Iraq released video of last week's raid that freed around 70 prisoners being held in an IS safehouse in Iraq.  An America commando was killed assisting the Peshmerga forces.  Officials say the raid thwarted IS plans for another mass execution.

The Free Syrian Army is rejecting a Russian offer of military support, if they attacked Islamic State.  The Western-backed FSA considers the Kremlin's offer to be insincere:  "Vladimir Putin is assisting a regime that indiscriminately kills their own people," said spokesman Issam al-Reis, "How could we trust the Russians' help?"  The US-led coalition alleges Russia's bombing campaign in Syria has largely avoided IS positions and targeted the FSA and other rebels opposed to Moscow's ally President Bashar Al-Assad.

Election day in Africa:  Voter turnout is reportedly high in Tanzania where a new opposition coalition is trying to end the ruling party's 54-year run.  The semi-autonomous island archipelago of Zanzibar is also voting for a president and local leaders.  In Ivory Coast, allegations of fraud and irregularities are marring the first presidential election after the end of the civil war in 2011; some candidates are urging people to boycott the poll.  Another boycott is urged in Congo-Brazzaville after police killed protesters opposing the referendum that would allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to stand for a third term.

It's near the end of an era in Argentina, with voters choosing a successor to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), who served for eight years and who followed her husband Nestor Kirchner in office.  But most of their policies have a very good chance of living on, as the leading candidate is Daniel Scioli of the ruling Justicialist Party.  The major change he's offering voters is a pivot from CFK's position of claiming the Falkland Islands, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas; Scioli says he will seek closer ties with London.  Center-right Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri is polling second.  If neither candidate gets a necessary majority, it goes to a runoff on 22 November.

What hurricane?  Two days after the strongest storm ever recorded slammed into the Pacific coast, Mexico's skies are clear, the planes are landing, and the roads are open.  No deaths are reported, flooding wasn't that bad, and damage is bad news for the individuals whose properties were impacted - but not devastating for the country or even the region.  President Enrique Pena Nieto is vowing to help those people rebuild.