An Australian soldier dies in New Zealand – Nigeria’s President double crosses Malala – Pope Francis speaks up for migrant children – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Egypt’s ambassador to Australia says the jailing of Peter Greste isn’t about “right or wrong” but rather the “rule of law”.  Greste was sentenced to seven years in prison for reporting a court in Cairo questionably found to be false and defaming to Egypt.  Doctor Hassan El-Laithy told 666 ABC Canberra he would have preferred Greste be released, and acknowledges that the verdict and sentencing makes his country seem like it’s moving backwards, not forwards.

An Australian soldier was killed after falling into a crevasse on Aoraki-Mount Cook in New Zealand.  The soldier, believed to have been in his 30s, plunged 40 meters during a training exercise on the east side of the mountain. 

Russian authorities are investigating why a Moscow subway train derailed and crashed, killing at least 21 people and sending more than a hundred to hospital – 42 of them in intensive care.  Moscow’s Metro opened under Stalin in 1935, but the accident occurred between two of the more recently-added stations.

A typhoon killed at least ten people in the Philippines, prompted 150,000 people to evacuate, and shot down financial markets, government offices, and schools.  The Red Cross says Typhoon Rammasun – know by the Philippine naming system as Typhoon Glenda – did little damage to the capital Manila, but damage was more intense across the islands.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has already gone back on his promise to teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai.  Jonathan is now refusing to meet with the parents of the schoolgirls who were abducted by the terrorist group Boko Haram.  Jonathan is accusing the activists of the #BringBackOurGirls group of “playing politics” with the situation.  The Nigerian government has made no visible progress in recovering the 200-plus girls, who were abducted in April.

Pope Francis is calling on the United States to welcome and protect the 57,000 undocumented immigrant children showing up at its borders from Central America.  Child migrants must be especially cared for, Pope Francis said, and governments must improve economic and security conditions that guarantee the youths viable futures in their homelands.  Anti-immigration activists are some conservative politicians are demanding the children be sent back quickly, although that would be in violation of a law they passed during the Bush presidency. 

The leaders of the five BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – signed a deal to create a new US$100 Billion development bank and emergency reserve fund.  One of its goals would be to increase the amount of money loaned to developing countries to help with infrastructure projects. 

Two former Attorneys General for the US state of Utah were arrested for allegedly taking bribes from businessmen and obstructing justice while running the state’s highest law enforcement office.  John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff – both  Republicans – are accused of accepting gold coins, resort vacations, other gifts, and campaign contributions from several businessmen who faced possible scrutiny by the attorney general’s office between 2008 and last year.