Good Morning Australia!! - Australia's Defence White paper gets Beijing's attention - After years of delay, Italy finally moves slightly forward on LGBT rights - Why is Israel snubbing Australia? - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

China says it is "dissatisfied" with Australia's "negative" characterization of its South China Seas expansion, as it appears in the Federal Government's Defence White Paper.  The White Paper outlines plans to increase Australia's defence spending to two percent of GDP in response to growing challenges in the region, including China's military base-building campaign on islands and reefs in the South China Sea that were already claimed by the Philippines and Vietnam.  The US and defence hawks want Australia to follow the American lead and stage "freedom of navigation" naval operations within 12 nautical miles of the Chinese bases.

The US and China have reached a deal to limit the flow of oil into North Korea in retaliation for Pyongyang's recent aggressions, which include an atomic bomb test and missile launch.  The matter will be put up for a vote at the United Nations security Council within a few days.  Other proposed sanctions would also significantly expand asset freezes and travel bans targeting North Korean individuals and organizations.

Italy's senate approved a watered-down bill to legalize civil unions for same-sex and heterosexual couples.  Approval by the lower house is virtually guaranteed, and it's a victory for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in getting some movement on the issue after years of stagnation because of pressure from conservatives and the Roman Catholic Church.  But LGBT activists believe the bill is a betrayal because language to allow gay adoptions and other clauses were removed to win over the center-right.

A French court approved a plan to clear out part of the shantytown in Calais known as "The Jungle", where thousands of migrants and refugees have hunkered down to wait for opportunities to cross the English Channel to go to the UK.  Authorities say around 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan for the southern part of the camp, but aid agencies say the number of people living there is actually much higher.  Conditions are squalid, unsafe, and unhealthy - not to mention a blackeye to remind the world that two of its biggest economies and influential cultures can't or won't do anything to help people living in boxes with tarps for roofs.

Greece recalled its ambassador to Austria, after Vienna convened a summit of Balkan nations to deal with the migrant crisis - without asking Athens to attend.  Yeah, it's just getting pissier and pissier.  The European Union's migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos - a conservative Greek opposition politician - warned the EU's migration system could "completely break down" within weeks.  Athens is angry because Austria, Serbia,and Macedonia have enacted their own border controls which cause bottlenecks of migrants, but which also endanger Europe's Schengen accord for visa-free travel.  In Brussels, Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said his country would "not accept becoming Europe's Lebanon" - referring to Lebanon's burden of housing and caring for about a million Syrian refugees.

The Federal Government is angry over Israeli President Reuven Rivlin snubbing Oz in favor of Russia.  Rivlin cancelled next month's plan visit to Oz, which would have been the first visit by a sitting Israeli president in more than a decade.  Instead, Rivlin's office says the Syrian situation makes it more important to accept an invitation from President Vladimir Putin that bigfooted the Aussie plan.  The ABC reports that the snub has officials in Canberra wondering if Israel really appreciates what Australian forces are doing in Syria and Iraq.

A mysterious battle between al-Shabaab terrorists and Kenyan troops last months appears to have been much worse than described in the scant details that have leaked out.  The president of Somalia says at least 180 Kenyan troops were killed when al-Shabaab attacked their base in the southern Somali town of el-Ade.  Kenyan military officials deny it, but refuse to give a death toll.  If these numbers are confirmed, it would make the base attack the deadliest one that al-Shabaab has carried out - even bloodier than the Garissa University College in north-eastern Kenya last April that killed 148 people.