Hello Australia! - Russia strikes back at Turkey - Police identify the man who attacked a Colorado abortion clinic - China warns the US, but does the US care? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a list of economic sanctions against Turkey, in retaliation for Turkey's downing of a Russian SU-24 fighter jet along the border with Syria.  Russian tour operators can no longer sell holidays in Turkey nor charter flights; certain Turkish imports would be outlawed; and Turkish firms and nationals will have their economic activities halted or curbed.  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to apologize to Russia, and the Turkish military insists that the Sukhoi violated its airspace while the Russians were carrying out operations against Syrian rebels backed by Turkey.  The Kremlin says the incident that killed one of its pilots and a Russian marine was pre-planned and designed to provoke Russia.

Turkey claims a top Kurdish lawyer and rights activist might have been killed in the "crossfire" of a gun battle in which two police officers also died.  But witnesses say had just read a statement to reporters about an earlier incident when the crowd was sprayed with bullets.  The pro-Kurdish HDP party maintains the death of Tahir Elci was a "planned assassination" and urged people to protest.  

Police in Macedonia fired tear gas grenades at migrants piled up on the Greek side of the border, as soldiers built a metal fence.  Many of the migrants had been trapped at the border for weeks. Macedonia and other Balkan countries began turning away "economic migrants" nearly two weeks ago.  Human rights groups have criticized the policy, under which only refugees from the wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan are allowed through.

China's top admiral said his forces have shown "enormous restraint" in the face of U.S. provocations in the South China Sea.  But Wu Shengli warned, "If the United States carries out repeated provocations despite China's opposition, we have the ability to defend our national sovereignty and security."  China has built artificial islands and put bases on them in the South China Sea - in waters already claimed by other countries, through which US$5 Trillion in shipping passes through annually.  The US has already pretty much ignored China's sabre-rattling on the matter, and sent air and naval patrols through the areas Beijing is claiming.

A North Korean attempt at testing a Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile failed, according to South Korean media reports. "There is no identification of a missile taking flight and only fragments of a safety cover was observed so it's highly likely that the launch was a misfire," a South Korean told the Yonhap news agency.  Pyongyang had earlier claimed success with a SLBM in may, but Western sources say that's unverified.

Colorado Springs police have identified the middle-aged white male terrorist who attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic.  Three people were killed including a police officer, and at least nine more were hurt.  57-year old Robert Lewis Dear has a history of brushes with the law, including once being accused of being a "peeping Tom".  The shooting was believed to be the first fatal attack at an abortion provider in the United States in six years, and particular clinic had been targeted by anti-abortion rights protesters.

Brazil plans to sue the mining company Samarco, which is co-owned by Australia's BHP-Billiton, for US$5.2 Billion over this month's dam collapse.  At least 13 people died when the dams gave out in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais.  Government officials say the red waste water from the iron mine contaminated a river all the way down to the sea, but the company denies that.

Paraguay fired its indigenous affairs minister after Jorge Servin was caught on camera kicking an indigenous woman in the stomach at a land protest, at about 1:25 on the video.  President Horacio Cartes said he could not allow someone who supposedly represents indigenous people to kick them.