Good Morning Australia!! - The FBI swoops in on Trump's lawyer - The US and Russia fight over the Syrian poison gas attack - An admission could be damaging to Japan's PM - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

US FBI agents on Monday afternoon raided the offices of Michael Cohen, the colorful lawyer representing the orange clown Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels case.  They reportedly confiscated records related to the porn star's story that she had an affair with Trump and that Trump paid her US$130,000 before the 2016 presidential election to keep quiet about it.  Investigators took from his office at Rockefeller Center:  Cohen's computer; phone; personal financial records; and records of Cohen's communications with Trump.  It is believed the raid came after special counsel Robert Mueller referred part of his investigation into Trump to federal prosecutors in New York City.

The US and Russia argued at the UN Security Council over the chemical attack in Douma, Syria that killed from 42 to more than 60 people.  The US blasted Russia for backing the prime suspect - Syrian government forces loyal to President Bashir al-Assad - and said Moscow has the "blood of Syrian children" on its hands.  Russia alternately has claimed the attack didn't happen or that it was staged by the "white helmets", civilian volunteers who come to the aid of other civilians harmed by the fighting in the lengthy civil war.  The Kremlin at this point seems to be acting less like the seat of a vast nation and more like a really, really dumb criminal defendant.  The US and France are threatening to respond to the chemical attack on Douma.

Meanwhile, Russia is accusing Israel of an aerial attack on a Syrian military air base.  At least 14 people were killed.  Israel is not commenting, and in fact rarely comments on its military excursions, but in the past has claimed Iran and its Revolutionary Guards had long been active at the base.

Suspected rebels killed five rangers and a driver at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, noted being home to endangered mountain gorillas and a diverse range of wildlife.  The eastern DR Congo is essentially lawless, with various rebel groups battling government troops.  More than 130 rangers have been killed over the past four or so decades trying to protect the 880 remaining gorillas from poaching.

The Spring of Discontent in European travel hit Germany, with Lufthansa cancelling half of its 1,600 on Tuesday - The trade union Verdi said worker walk-outs were intended to "increase pressure" on public sector employers ahead of wage talks.  This follows a similar action with Air France, and rolling strikes on France's rail system.

The head of Japan's Finance Ministry admitted officials had proposed making up a cover story to justify the sale of prime land at a cut-rate price to a school with connections to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife.  Prosecutors in Osaka arrested the school operator in July last year on suspicion of illegally receiving government subsidies.  The scandal over the land sale has worn down Mr. Abe's ratings, which now has voters disapproving of Abe and his cabinet at 45 percent versus supporters at 38 percent - underwater, as they say.  Abe had promised that if the sale of the land could be directly linked to him or his wife, he'd resign.

A topless woman charged at comedian Bill Cosby as he entered a courthouse in Pennsylvania for his sex abuse lawsuit.  Topless protester Nicole Rochele had been a guest actor on "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s, and said she did this to make Cosby "uncomfortable", as he allegedly has been doing to women for many years.