Hello Australia!! - A deadly shooting at a synagogue is called a "hate crime" - Sri Lanka cracks down on extremist groups - The trial of a Sydney woman's killer is racing to a conclusion - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

A gunman injured at least four people in an orthodox synagogue near San Diego, California.  Police arrested a suspect at the Congregation Chabad Community Center in Poway, a suburb just north of the southern California city.  "It's a very important celebration for us.  There's lots of people inside, they're praying," witness Minoo Anvari told told local media, "Everybody was crying and screaming."  The Rabbi celebrating services was reportedly one of those injured, and Poway's mayor told NBC News that at least one person was killed in what he termed a "hate crime".  This happened six months to the day after the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittburgh in which a far-right terrorist murdered eleven people.

A jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota could get the case of former police officer Mohammad Noor this week.  He is charged in the shooting death of former Sydney resident Justine Damond Ruszczyk in July 2017, after she called police to report a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her house.  Prosecutors maintained that Noor had absolutely no reason to fire his service weapon when Ms. Damond Ruszczyk unexpectedly knocked on the driver's side window.  Noor told the court, "I had to make a split-second decision," under cross examination from the prosecutor.  If convicted of third-degree murder, Noor could face a maximum of 25 years in prison, though twelve and a half years is more likely.

Sri Lanka has banned two Islamist groups associated with the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people and wounded 500 more at Christian churchs and hotels.  This comes after police continued a series of raids on suspected Islamist safe-houses.  One such raid went south in a hurry - 15 people including six children were killed in the town of Sainthamaruthu when suspected Islamist militants blew themselves as police closed in.  The Roman Catholic church in the island nation has canceled Sunday service this weekend so as not to create any more targets in this tense week.

A United Nations relief official say a powerful cyclone has "entirely wiped out" villages in Mozambique, making the area look like it had been "run over by a bulldozer".  Cyclone Kenneth, which killed at least five people, came a month after Cyclone Idai caused mass destruction and the loss of 900 lives across Mozambique and two other African nations. 

Sudanese protesters say talks with the ruling military council on forming a transitional government were "transparent" and "fruitful".  The protesters, backed by the military, drove long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir from power; but it was the military that took control of government, promising to call elections in two years - which is not good enough for those who risked their lives to bring about democracy.

More clashes between police and Yellow Vest protesters in France.

The two cooling towers from Massachusetts' last coal-fired power plant have been reduced to rubble in a controlled implosion that's super neat to look at.