Good Morning Australia!! - The big powers back the Iran deal - Australia funds Great Barrier Reef protection - Washington bristles at an extremely sharp comic's appearance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany put out a statement to reaffirm their support for the current nuclear deal with Iran.  Two of them, French president Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in the last week went to the White House to pressure the orange clown Donald Trump not to pull the US out of the multilateral agreement.  Prime Minister Theresa May spoke by phone with Mr. Macron and Ms. Merkel over the weekend, and the three agreed that "the best way of neutralizing the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran" is to maintain the deal.  Trump's next opportunity to decide if the US stays in the agreement comes up in May.

South Korea says the North's Kim Jong-un has offered to close his country's nuclear test site in May - in front of Western journalists and nuclear experts.  Seoul's presidential office says that Kim made these comments on Friday during his summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.  He also expressed optimism about his anticipated meeting with Donald Trump.  The two Korean leaders vowed to end the state of war between them that has existed since the 1950s and to "denuclearize" the peninsula, although their joint agreement gives no specifics on how to accomplish it.

Thai environmentalists defied the coup government's ban on public gatherings to protest a luxury housing development for judges and government officials to be built on in the forested foothills of a the mountain Doi Suthep.  The area contains a popular temple and is considered by some to be sacred.  Cops said the protesters even cleaned up after themselves.  The government says it already owns the land and it doesn't encroach on the national park protecting the mountain.  The protesters gave the government seven days to cancel the project or they'll be back out again.

Bolivia's "Cocaine Coup" dictator from the 1980s Luis Garcia Meza died in prison at the age of 88.  Backed by drug trafficker money, Garcia Meza's regime was rife with brutal repression and mass human rights violations, including genocide, extrajudicial killings, and systematic use of torture.  He later fled, was convicted, got extradited from Brazil, and has been in prison since 1995. 

Australia is pledging AU$500 Million to protect the Great Barrier Reef by reducing the runoff of agricultural pesticides and improve water quality.  But the reef has lost at least 30 percent of its coral due to bleaching linked to rising sea temperatures.  Campaigners are okay with the extra funding, but note that it does not address the real issue:  "You cannot 'preserve' the Great Barrier Reef without cutting carbon emissions," said Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO, David Ritter, "That means no new coal, oil or gas."

Look at the video for yourself, do you really think comedian Michelle Wolf at Saturday night's White House Correspondent's Dinner was "booed"?  Hey, Australian newspapers, look at the video for yourself and stop relying on churned and massaged wire service reports; you got played.  You see, the White House Correspondents Society went out of its way to hire a controversial comedian, and there's.. controversy!  Yeah, there were a few groans and a couple of right-wing activists - one a White House employee - walked out.  And yet they stayed around for the after parties.  Here's a shocker: Pols and high-end journos typically don't like to be faced with criticism.  Heck, the orange clown didn't even bother to show up.

Brazilian surfer tackles the biggest wave ever.