Good Morning Australia!! - British banks and developers tank on the first Monday after the Brexit vote - A US court smacks a hefty fine against the killer of Victor Jara - Turkey apologizes to Russia for shooting down a fighter jet - Fiddy Cent's mouth costs him thousands of dollars - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

European leaders are playing hardball with the UK, refusing to engage in preliminary talks about the latter's leaving the European Union.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted talks with French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Berlin; they insisted that the UK government would have to invoke Article 50 of the EU charter, which mandates that a separation agreement be reached within two years.  British citizens last week voted 52-48 in favor of leaving the EU, although the country was very divided on very stark age demographics and geographic boundaries.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out the possibility of a re-vote on the Brexit referendum, despite numerous Brits expressing regret over a vote they didn't believe would actually count, and more than 3.75 Million signatures on a petition demanding another referendum.  Mr. Cameron explained the result of last week's disastrous referendum to Parliament, telling MPs they must "bring the country together" in a session in which Tory rival, "Leave" campaigner, and possible future Prime Minister Boris Johnson was conspicuously missing.  Here's the thing:  David Cameron doesn't want to be the one in the history books who pulled the trigger Article 50, but neither does Boris. 

Jeremy Corbyn was met with shouts of "resign!' as he spoke in the same Parliamentary session; Corbyn is facing a no-confidence vote in a special Labour meeting Monday night and Tuesday morning, UK time.  practically irrelevant Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said he would continue fighting for the UK to remain a member of the EU.  But the Scottish National Party's representative in Parliament Angus Robertson said the SNP had "no intention whatsoever of seeing Scotland taken out of Europe", and raised the specter of a fresh independence drive. 

Despite an attempt by Chancellor George Osborne to calm markets, the UK took another bashing in the financial world.  The Sterling is trading at a 31-year low against the US Dollar; it's down .26 percent against the Euro at just south of 1.20.  The FTSE shed another 2.5 percent to close below 6,000 - but the FTSE 250 Index, which contains more UK-intensive stocks, was down almost 7 percent, nearly matching a similar plunge on Friday.  Easyjet's shares fell more than 22 percent; the banks Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland closed down 17.4 percent and 15.51 percent respectively; property developers took it in the pants as well, with Taylor Wimpey falling 14.9 percent and Barratt Developments losing more than 19 percent of its worth.  Oh, and now all three major credit agencies - Moody's, S&P, and Fitch have cut Britain's credit rating.

Moving along...

Here's video of that Singapore Airlines jet that had to return to Chandi Airport after one of the engines caught fire; scary, but no one was hurt.

An official report from the Brazilian senate has cleared legally and democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff of fiscal wrongdoing.  And yet she's still suspended and facing impeachment for pushing some numbers around in the budget.  Recent polls have shown 70 percent of Brazilians are disatisfied with coup leader and interim President Michel Temer.

A Florida jury has awarded US$28 Million to the widow of slain Chilean singer Victor Jara, who was tortured and shot more than 40 times because of his support of deposed Socialist President Salvador Allende in the early days of the fascist dictatorship of US-backed scumwad Augusto Pinochet in 1973.  The verdict finding Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nunez liable for Jara's killing could lead to the former Chilean army officer being extradited back to South America to finally face criminal charges.  Joan Turner Jara, who led a 43-year fight to seek justice from her husband's killer, was in court in Orlando when the verdict was read.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apologized to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for the downing of a Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border last November.  The Kremlin is making a very big deal out of making sure everyone knows that Erdogan sent a message to Putin expressing "sympathy and deep condolences" to the family of the killed pilot.  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says it states "that Russia is a friend to Turkey and a strategic partner, with which the Turkish authorities would not wish to spoil relations".  In other words, Western tourism to Turkey is down after a series of bombings by Islamists and Kurdish separatists, and Erodgan (who once had his balls kicked by a horse) really needs Moscow to lift the ban on Russian tourism to tourism.

Iraqi forces are completing the taking of Falluja from Islamic State.

Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has retired from international football at age 29, after missing in a penalty shootout.

South Africa's treasury says President Jacob Zuma should repay the US$500,000 in state funds that he used for upgrades to his personal compound, for things like a swimming pool and amphitheater.  The first tranch of about three percent must come within the next 45 days. 

Authorities on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis briefly detained the American rapper 50 Cent for using foul language in a performance.  Mr. Cent (always wanted to do that) was only scheduled to host the festival, but gave an impromptu performance of his hit P.I.M.P., and it turns out you can't say "motherf****r" on stage in St. Kitts and Nevis when there are little kids in the audience.  Fiddy was on his way after paying a US$1,800 fine.