Hello Australia!! - Islamic State make-shift chemical attack - US proxies are battling those of a NATO ally in confused Syria - A close shave on a London Double Decker - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Islamic State is taking a scorched earth approach to the group's impending loss of Mosul to Iraqi and Kurdish forces; militants set fire to a sulfur plant outside the city, causing a caustic cloud that sent more than 1,000 people seeking medical help for breathing difficulties.  At least two deaths are reported in connection with the reckless sabotage in Qayyara, a town south of Mosul.  Meanwhile, Iraqi forces repelled an IS attack on Kirkuk that was meant to divert their resources, and have advanced into the town of Qaraqosh - once Iraq's largest Christian enclave, it is now virtually empty, save for IS booby-traps.

Fighting and air strikes resumed quickly on Saturday night in Aleppo, at the end of the Russian cease-fire.  There are concerns that aid deliveries made during the three-day halt in fighting did not reach the intended civilian victims of fighting. 

Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks are advancing on the town of Tel Rifaat, which is held by US-backed Kurds in the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF).  Not good.  Observers say  13 Turkey-backed rebels and three SDF fighters were killed in preliminary clashes.  Differences over successful Kurdish military advances in Syria have caused strains between NATO allies Turkey and the United States.

Libyan troops freed eleven Eritrean women as well as a Turk and an Egyptian from Islamic State terrorists in that fragmented country.  This happened in the coastal town of Sirte, where forces allied with Libya's UN-backed Government of National Unity began an offensive against IS in May - and they're still fighting block by block.

French police battled migrants outside "The Jungle" shanty town outside the Port of Calais.  Officials have said that they will begin dismantling the camp on Monday, and disperse the inhabitants to refugee facilities elsewhere in France.  There are still concerns about whether a deal to transport The Jungle's unaccompanied children and teen migrants to the UK will be completed before the final curtain closes on the camp.

A helicopter crash in Russia's Siberia region killed 19 people.

London police are investigating why the driver of one of the city's famed Double Decker Buses took it under a bridge too low, shearing off the top.  More than two dozen people were hurt.

Thailand's military junta says Google will remove online content insulting the country's monarchy, during the mourning of King Bhumibol who died earlier this month.  Thailand has some of strictest lese majeste laws in the world.  "When we are notified of content that is illegal through official processes, we will restrict it in the country where it's illegal after a thorough review," said a statement from Google.

The US Navy has completed its fourth "Freedom of Navigation" exercise through the South China Sea, where China has recently built military bases on islands and reclaimed reefs that belong to other countries.  Navy Commander Gary Ross said the destroyer USS Decatur conducted the transit operation near the Paracel Islands in a "routine, lawful manner without ship escorts and without incident".  China warned the ship off, and the Americans ignored that crap.