Good Morning Australia! - Police pounce on protesters who ignored the Paris state of emergency - Europe strikes a deal to shut off the flow of migrants - A call to cool down the inflamatory words over abortion in America - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

More than 200 protesters are under arrest in Paris just before the start of the COP21 climate talks.  Police fired tear gas at a large group of demonstrators gathered in the Place de la Republique in defiance of France's state of emergency put in place after the 13 November terrorist attacks.  Among other things, the declaration bans big public demonstrations.  Earlier, the main protest groups placed thousands of pairs of shoes - one pair donated by the Pope - in the place to represent those who would have marched in the French capital had it not been for the ban on demonstrations. 

Rallies to demand action to combat climate change took place throughout the world:  10,000 people turned out for in Berlin; about double were on hand in Madrid;  More than 50,000 people took part in a march in central London, where lab leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed crowds.  More rallies took place in Sydney, Seattle, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and many other cities.  Melbourne's rally late last week drew 60,000 people.

Turkey and the European Union have finally reached a deal to control the flow of migrants into the continent.  The EU will give Ankara A$4.4 Billion in aid and speed up talks to bring Turkey into the EU fold.  In return, Turkey will clamp down on its borders and keep migrants from crossing over.  Most of the 720,000 or more migrants that have arrived in Europe this year used Turkey as a transit point to get into the EU.

Israel is kicking the European Union out of peace efforts with the Palestinians.  The move follows the bloc's decision to label goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank.  The settlements are illegal under international law, although Israel denies this. 

The Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper is calling for the rhetoric on the abortion issue to be toned down.  This is after a white male terrorist with a Kalashnikov rifle opened fire on a Planned Parenthood clinic, killing three people including a police officer and wounded at leat nine other people.  Investigators say the gunman, identified as 57-year old Robert Lewis Dear, said "no more baby parts" during his arrest - repeating the false and alarmist allegations spouted by republican presidential candidates and a debunked propaganda video made by anti-abortion rights activists. 

Brazil is linking a recently-arrived mosquito-borne disease from Africa with birth defects.  Zika fever is confirmed in seven states in Brazil, causing two adult deaths in 739 confirmed infections.  But doctors now believe Zika fever is behind a spike in cases of micro-encephalitis - an inflammation of the brain contracted in the first months of pregnancy.  A UN World Health Agency teamarrives in Brazil next week to assist the effort to stop the disease and combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito which carries it.

After a year of often-violent political turmoil, Burkina Faso in Western Africa is having a presidential election - its first such poll since long-time dictator Blaise Compaore was forced to step down and flee the country last year.  The democratization process was briefly hijacked by a coup attempt two months ago.  The last free election in Burkina Faso was in 1983, when the country elected the great Thomas Sankara - often referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara" - who came in with a bold program to improve health care, women's rights, and education.  Sankara was overthrown and killed in the coup that brought Compaore to power.