Good Morning Australia!! - A humanitarian disaster unfolds in Puerto Rico while Trump acts the fool - Pols from both sides demand Trump do something about the Hurricane-ravaged island - North Korea threatens to shoot down American military planes - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Millions of Puerto Ricans are practically begging for help from Washington, DC and the Trump administration as fuel, water, and food run out after successive hurricanes devastated the US territory.  "There is horror in the streets," said San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz in an interview with The Washington Post.  "There is no electricity anywhere in Puerto Rico. People are actually becoming prisoners in their own homes," she added.  Hurricanes Irma and Maria wiped out as much as 80 percent of vegetation on the island:  "There will be no food in Puerto Rico," said farmer Jose Rivera, "There is no more agriculture in Puerto Rico.  And there won't be any for a year or longer."  Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello warned of a massive exodus to the mainland United States: "We need to prevent a humanitarian crisis occurring in America."

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Almost 1,400 US National Guard personnel are involved in the response in Puerto Rico, moving food and water, helping local law enforcement and supplying engineering support to access infrastructure.  But there is a growing realization that this is not enough.  Former Secretary of State and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged the White House to mobilize the Navy and its hospital ships to take the pressure off of Puerto Rico's battered healthcare facilities, adding the reminder that "These are American citizens".  Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney called on Donald Trump to "put aside controversies" and "prioritize rescue" because Puerto Rico was on the "brink of a humanitarian disaster".

But the Republicans in control of the US government appear to be indifferent:  In Congress, attention is focused on the Graham-Cassidy Healthcare bill which would repeal all of the consumer protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as "Obamacare".  US Capitol cops removed disabled protesters from the only congressional hearing on the bill, some more gently than others.  People on canes and walkers, and in wheelchairs, were dragged out. 
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Even though every major healthcare and hospital group in the US has come out against it and polls show it has only 20-percent popular support, it may come down to just a handful of Republicans with the courage to defy their wealthy billionaire donors who are demanding that the signature achievement of the first black US President be erased.

And the White House infestation hasn't said jack about Puerto Rico while he appears to be obsessed with athletes who protest police brutality during the playing of the national anthem at sports games.  A week ago, only nine athletes "took a knee" at the start of sports games; after the orange clown went on his tirade at a Friday night campaign rally and in his Saturday morning bowel movement twitterstorm, practically all of sports lined up against him. 
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Most teams, players, coaches, staff, and even a few owners took part in protests.  By Monday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had dispersed only US$2.1 Million to Puerto Rico - less than the cost of one of Trump's US$3 Million visits to his Florida golf course, Mar-a-Lago.  The White House spent Monday defending Trump's obsession with the football issue instead of coming up with a rescue plan for Puerto Rico.

North Korea says Trump has "declared war" on it and that it reserves the right to shoot down US military planes.  Over the weekend, the US flew bombers off North Korea's east coast to send a message to Pyongyang over its bellicose threats and nuclear weapons tests.  "Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country," said North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in New York.  Pentagon spokesman Colonel Robert Manning responded, "If North Korea does not stop their provocative actions, you know, we will make sure that we provide options to the President to deal with North Korea."  Yeah, if the moron could get off of twitter long enough to read them.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for some reason called snap elections for next month.  Probably because the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is perpetually unready for a contest, so what the heck.  Although he's neck-deep in cronyism scandals and concerns over nationalist and militarist policies, 44 percent of respondents to a Nikkei Shimbum poll said they'd vote for Abe's ruling (and ironically-named) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) - mostly because of fear of North Korea.

The Kurds went ahead with an independence referendum, despite opposition from Baghdad and the United States and stupid threats from Iran and Turkey.  The non-binding plebiscite is expected to get a "yes" majority.

A supporter of the so-called Islamic State got life in prison for tossing a Molotov cocktail into a Christian Church in Indonesia in November of last year.  A two-year old girl died and two other children were injured at Oikumene Church in Samarinda.

At least 84 civilians died in a US-coalition airstrike in Syria last March.  Human Rights Watch (HRW) found that dozens of children were among those who died when a school in Mansoura and a market in Tabqa were hit.  "If coalition forces did not know that there were civilians at these sites, they need to take a long, hard look at the intelligence they are using to verify its targets because it clearly was not good enough," said HRW's Ole Solvang.

Myanmar is accusing Rohingya militants of murdering at least 28 Hindu men, women, and children and dumping the bodies in a mass grave.  The allegation hasn't been verified by an independent international body.  More than 400,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar government forces and nationalist mobs since Rohingya militants got into clashes with cops on 25 August, and there are reports of mass murders of Rohingya.

Ethiopia says hundreds of people have been killed in clashes between ethnic Somalis and Oromos, and thousands are reportedly homeless.  The groups are fighting over grazing land and water wells.

Aurora Borealis.