Good Morning Australia! - There's a big difference in the way Myanmar is handling a massive flood disaster from just a few years ago - An overzealous US cop is shown doing something completely awful to a tiny disabled child - Germany strikes a big one for Press and Internet Freedom - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Myanmar is admitting it cannot handle its flood disaster on its own and is appealing for International aid.  At least 46 people are dead, and the flooding has routed or affected more than 200,000 people spread out over four different areas of the country.  This is a big step for Myanmar as it opens up the formerly-closed-off nation to the rest of the world.  Myanmar refused outside help during the 2008 floods than killed at least 138,000.  By contrast, UNICEF and the UN World Food Program today are already helping some 40 thousand people, and are ramping up operations to help more.  The monsoon rains are particularly heavy in the region this year - more than 180 people are dead in flooding in India.

Germany's justice minister Heiko Maas has sacked the chief prosecutor be fired for conducting a treason investigation into a website.  The case has put the government on the defensive as protests over attacks on media freedom grew in size and volume.  Prosecutor Harald Range was determining if Netzpolitik.org, a digital rights blog, breached state secrets in articles about plans to step up state surveillance. 

Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission is confirming that the equivalent of A$962 million was deposited into the personal accounts of Prime Minister Najib Razak.  In a statement, the commission said the deposit wasmade by a "donor", but did not identified the donor or purpose of the deposit, and claims it did not come from the state development fund which Najob managed that's currently $11 Billion in debt.  Najib has refused to resign during the investigation and instead has sacked five ministers who wanted him to publicly answer corruption allegations.

There are now four police departments investigating allegations that former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath was allegedly a pedophile.  London's Met, plus Wiltshire, Kent, and Jersey police forces are conducting separate probes.  Wiltshire is looking into a retired cop's allegations that charges were dropped against a brothel keeper during the 1990s when she threatened to expose Heath.  Scotland Yard plans to interview a 64-year old man who says he was raped by Heath as a 12-year oldboy in the early 1960s.  Heath was PM from 1970 through 1974.

 

A South African court has thrown out corruption charges against Julius Malema, leader of the boisterous left-wing opposition "Economic Freedom Fighters" (EFF) Party.  The judge ruled there were too many delays in the case, originally brought in 2012.  Malema - a frequent critics of President Jacob Zuma - consistently denied allegations of money laundering, racketeering, and corruption related to a government contract worth about A$5 Million.

Three major UN air carriers are banning the shipment of big game trophies on flights.  This is in reaction to the public outcry over the killing of Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe.  United, Delta, And American Airlines join Emirates and South African Airways.  It puts hunters under additional pressure at the peak of trophy hunting season in Africa. 

You have to wonder what the hell is wrong with this guy.  A Deputy in the Southern US state of Kentucky was caught on video dealing with an allegedly unruly eight-year old boy by pinning his arms behind his back and fatening handcuffs above his elbows.  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has filed a lawuit over the egregious police action, notes that this occured in a classroom for disabled children.  "It is your decision to behave this way," Kenton County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Sumner tells the tiny little kid, who the ACLU said is dealing with ADHD and post-traumatic stress disorder.  America is awash in videos showing police engaging in abusive, violent, and often deadly conduct, coming out once or twice a week.

Russian police have reportedly located a man whose pregnant wife and six children - all younger than seven years old - were found dismembered in their home in Nizhny Novgorod, a city east of Moscow.  The bodies had been left in the family's apartment in a Soviet-era housing block for quite a while; police knocked in the door and made the grisley discovery when one of the kids didn't show up to kindergarten.  They found the father, 51-year old Oleg Belov, admitted to a mental hospital.  He was reportedly kicked out of the local Seventh Day Adventist Church for adultery.