Hello Australia!! - The Coalition loses yet another MP to the dual citizenship saga - A smaller TPP now has a bigger acronym - Rebel Wilson and George Takei are the latest stars figuring in Hollywood's sex abuse controversy - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is ruling out a snap election, despite the resignation of yet a coalition MP over dual-citizenship issues.  John Alexander has resigned from Parliament because he now believes he is a dual-British citizen by descent, despite a life-long belief he was solely an Aussie: "Given what I have learned about the Constitution and understanding now of the High Court decision just a couple of weeks ago, I can no longer, with sufficient certainty, maintain the belief that I have held through my 66 years".  He may still renounce his British citizenship and contest his seat in Bennelong, NSW. 

The Citizenship saga has now unseated the Deputy PM and five other MPs.  The Lib-Nat Coalition now has 74 members.  That's the same number as the opposition, made up of 69 Labor MPs and five crossbenchers. 

The trade agreement formerly known as the Trans Pacific Partnership is closer to approval by eleven nations, sans the United States.  Canada raised concerns when PM Justin Trudeau failed to show at a Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders on the sidelines of APEC conference in Danang, Vietnam, but negotiators say more progress has been made:  "We have overcome the hardest part," said Vietnam trade minister Tran Tuan Anh, "We have reached an agreement on a number of fundamental parts."  Most elements of the deal have now been agreed by the eleven nations involved, with only four issues still to be discussed involving Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, and Canada.  The new group has been rebranded the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership - or CPTPP - and will offer members greater access into formerly protected economies Japan and Canada.

Rebel Wilson is the latest actor to share sordid tales of sexual harassment in Hollywood.  A "male star" whom she did not name allegedly pushed her into a room and pressured her to perform a sex act:  "All whilst his male 'friends' tried to film the incident on their iPhones and laughed," Ms. Wilson tweeted, "I repeatedly said no and eventually got out of the room."  She also said she was propositioned by a married director, and escaped that situation when his wife rang him to complain.  The Aussie movie star says she will not longer be polite if she ever witnesses this sort of behavior again.

Meanwhile, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu George Takei is flatly denying allegations he groped a man in the early 1980s.  Former model and actor Scott Brunton told The Hollywood Reporter that it supposedly occurred after the two went out for drinks and returned to Takei's condo.  "I want to assure you all that I am as shocked and bewildered at these claims as you must feel reading them," the social media legend tweeted, "The events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur, and I do not know why he has claimed them now.  I have wracked my brain to ask if I remember Mr. Brunton, and I cannot say I do."  Brunton has been unavailable for comment since telling his story.

More than 750,000 people filled central Barcelona to demand that Spain release Catalan independence leaders from jail.  Some of the eight regional ministers and two grassroots campaign leaders being held on remand will appear on the ballot in next month's snap election.  Madrid took control of most Catalonian institutions after the local government declared independence.  Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and a handful of supporters remain in self-imposed exile in Belgium.

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun has not accepted the surprise resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and is demanding Saudi Arabia come up with some answers as to exactly what's going on.  Mr. Hariri is a Sunni leader who mysteriously traveled to the Saudi capital Riyadh where he announced his resignation, complaining of Iranian influence - but he hasn't been heard from since.  Iran and Hezbollah accuse the Saudis of holding him against his will.  France's foreign minister says "we think he's free to move and he has to make his own choices".  You "think"?  Oy.. anyway, the US is warning regional powers not to use Lebanon has the latest ground for a proxy war. 

Although correlation does not mean causation, it can't be overlooked that Saudi Arabia's insertion into Lebanese politics comes as Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman - a hawk on the Sunni kingdom's rivalry with Shiite Iran - purged all rivals in a purported "corruption crackdown" and consolidated power.  And it is probably no coincidence that all of this followed an unannounced visit to Riyadh by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and advisor.