Good Morning Australia!! - A fourth major earthquake in weeks has shaken Italy and caused new damage - The US FBI chief was warned not to screw around with politics - Arrests, after a president can't explain where he got all that cash - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Italy has been hit with its most powerful earthquake since 1980, a magnitude 6.6 temblor that rocked the central hills northeast of Rome in the same area as three other major quakes since August.  The epicenter is close to the town of Norcia and Tolentino, where the San Benedetto Basilica is in ruins (here's what it looked and sounded like inside) along with a host of other historic buildings and old homes.  Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is vowing to rebuild.  This quake was much larger than the other three, and was felt all the way over in Rome, where some plaster came off the walls of the Vatican.  Despite this, no deaths are yet reported, although officials are warning people to beware of aftershocks that might be stronger than the initial quake.

The Director of the US FBI was counseled not to inform Congress of a new inquiry into emails found that may or may not have relevance to Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, because the move would be inconsistent with rules designed to avoid the appearance of interference in an election.  But James Comey went ahead and did it anyway, resulting in the "unprecedented" and "deeply troubling" politicization of America's largest domestic law enforcement agency in a presidential election.  FBI agents apparently haven't even seen the emails which purportedly exist on the device of a disgraced former congressman, meaning that Comey set off a media firestorm without knowing the content of what he was talking about.  The Hillary Clinton campaign is stepping up pressure on Comey to come clean about his actions.

Middle East stuff - A Saudi air strike on a prison complex killed 58 people in Yemen - Saudi Arabian police claim to have broken up two jihadist plots; one was kill police officers, the other was to attack an upcoming football match with UAE - Syrian Rebels and government forces accuse each other of using chemical weapons in the battle over Aleppo - Archeologists opened the purported tomb of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem for the first time in centuries.

Turkey has sacked another 10,000 public workers, making it more than 100,000 workers fired and more than 35,000 arrested since the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  All are accused of links to us-based cleric Fethullah Gulen who denies Erdogan's allegations of organizing the coup.  Opposition parties now say that whatever happened in July, what Erdogan is doing now amounts to a "direct coup against the rule of law and democracy". The government also closed a host of newspapers and media outlets that report from the predominantly Kurdish southeast where the military is cracking down.

Canada and the European Union signed the CETA trade deal, which was delayed for weeks because of opposition in Belgium's French-speaking region.  The "Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement" removes 99 percent of tariffs, which free-traders believe will generate an increase in trade worth US$12 Billion per year.   Critics complained it weakens safeguards on labor, environmental and consumer standards.

Fearing an African exodus, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged South African President Jacob Zuma not to pull his nation out of the International Criminal Court at The Hague.  South Africa and Burundi say they're pulling out as of October of next year, since the court has focused exclusively on prosecuting Africans.  The Gambia blasted the ICC as the "International Caucasian Court", and announced its withdrawal; Sudan this weekend condemned the ICC as "a political organ of the EU" that was "built to indict Africans".

El Salvador police arrested the ex-president and six of his former aides for alleged illicit enrichment, unlawful association and money laundering, busting Tony Saca at the wedding of one of his children.  Authorities say Mr. Saca has failed to account for the source of US$5 million in assets he acquired during his time in office.  The wealthy former sportscaster and conservative politician was worth around $3 Million when he took office in 2004, $13.1 Million when he left in 2009.  The former aides also had similar good luck with their finances, despite the global financial meltdown that occurred in 2008. 

Mexico City held its first official Day of the Dead parade; the capital city never did before, but ever since the fictional version shown in last year's James Bond movie "Spectre", officials figured they'd better get on the ball and lure those tourists.