Good Morning Australia!! - The Indonesian death toll goes up, are authorities prepared for more? - Trump's finances laid bare - A US Ambassador appears to suggest a preemptive strike on Russia - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The death toll in Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami has risen to 1,347, which has already surpassed the capacity of the mass grave being prepared in the hills above Palu City on Sulawesi Island; volunteers there were told to prepare for 1,300 bodies.  For the hundreds of thousands of survivors, there is a desperate need for all of the essentials: clean water and food, shelter, toilet facilities, fuel, et cetera.  Many have turned to scavenging for these and other supplies from wrecked stores; soldiers are patrolling the streets and occasionally trying to stop people via arrested, warning shots, and teargas. 

Red Cross workers venturing into the Donggala area north of Palu City are describing "nightmarish" conditions, and that the region of as many as 300,000 people has been hit "extremely hard".  "We feel like we are stepchildren here because all the help is going to Palu," said Donggala resident Mohamad Taufik, "There are many young children here who are hungry and sick, but there is no milk or medicine."  Unlike Palu, Donggala officials are reportedly giving people permission to pick what they need from stores, but nothing other than food and water.

An extensively researched bombshell report in the New York Times says that Donald Trump's fortune was built with hefty donations and bailouts from his wealthy father Fred Trump who helped erase bad debt and bad outcomes from Donald's bad business decisions.  It further alleges that Trump took that family dosh, around US$413 Million in today's money, and eventually increased it with a combination of suspect and outright fraudulent schemes and tax evasion.  "In every era of Mr. Trump's life, his finances were deeply intertwined with, and dependent on, his father's wealth," reported the Times.  Trump has always insisted his father's contribution was only a $2 Million loan, which the Times says was actually $60 Million and was never paid back.

US Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison is threatening to "take out" Russian missiles that Washington believes are in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty signed in 1987.  Despite the Kremlin's denials, the US believes that Russia now has ground-launched medium-range missiles, capable of striking targets at distances between 500 and 5,500 kilometers - allowing them to strike NATO cities with little or no warning.  Arms control experts fear Hutchinson's comments could be interpreted to mean a preemptive strike against Russian missiles - which could be a really good way to start a nuclear war.  Russia has long accused the US of violating the same treaty with anti-aircraft missiles in Romania and more planned for Poland, which Moscow says can be used for the banned intermediate missiles.

Authorities arrested four white supremacists on federal conspiracy charges related to the racist rioting at the so-called "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year.  The four Californians are members of the same far-right gang that traveled clear across the country to take part in the mayhem, and were seen on video marching with torches and committing assaults.  They're not directly linked to the cowardly murder of Heather Hayer, a peaceful counter-protester who died after a racist rammed his car into a crowd; however, several have been convicted in ancillary violence and there are several prosecutions pending.

Italy's financial police arrested the pro-immigrant mayor of a town in Calabria, accusing Domenico Lucano of arranging illegal "marriages of convenience" for immigration purposes.  The mayor of Riace had gained world attention for a program he started in 1998, welcoming immigrants to town and giving them empty, abandoned homes and job training.  It was lauded by many as a model of integration, led to Mayor Lucano being named one of the world's 50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine in 2016.  The court has also dropped the far-right government's allegations of financial impropriety against Mr. Lucano.

Colombia's FARC former rebels told congress that "the fundamental pillar of the Peace Agreement of Havana has been betrayed" has been abandoned by the new conservative government, but insists that peace is the only way forward.  Specifically, FARC says President Ivan Duque is refusing to allow two investigative commissions to access the military's and intelligence agency's classified files about the 50-year civil war, which effectively ended when the past government negotiating the Havana Deal with the FARC.  Duque campaign on his dissatisfaction with the deal and vowed not to honor parts of it.