Good Morning, Australia! – Europe formulates a plan to deal with the human trafficking crisis – A child’s unthinkable act sends panic through a school – Amazing video of a Saudi airstrike in Yemen – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

As European foreign ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss the immigration crisis in the Mediterranean on Monday, at least two more immigrant ships sent out distress calls.  Italy and Malta are working on rescuing as many as 450 passengers.  A third ship ran aground on the Greek island of Rhodes, killing three people and leading to the rescue of some 90 from the water. 

The boat that capsized over the weekend was a deathtrap, according to officials.  With anywhere from 700 to 950 on board, the people on the lower deck and cargo hold were likely doomed from the start, as the smugglers locked the doors before sending the ship north from Libya.  Only 28 survivors and 24 bodies have been recovered.  Earlier on 13 April, another vessel sank off of Libya’s coast with up to 550 people on board – more than 400 are believed to have drowned.

The European Commission presented ministers with a ten-point plan to resolve the crisis, including things like fingerprinting rescued migrants and the swift return of “irregular migrants”.  Other proposals include a “systematic effort to capture and destroy vessels used by smugglers”.  A European immigration official also says there’s a proposal to share resettlement of migrants across the 28-member bloc.

Saudi Arabia put its security forces on alert after unspecified threats to shopping malls or oil facilities.  “There was information about a possible act targeting a mall or Aramco installations.  We passed this information to the security forces to be on alert,” said Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki.  Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of mostly Sunni Muslim nations in bombing raids against Shiite rebels from the Houthi group in Yemen.  An air strike on a Scud missile base in Sana’a resulted in an explosion that blew out windows in homes and killed at least seven civilians.

A 13-year old student with a crossbow and a machete killed a teacher in Barcelona.  The boy arrived late for class and attacked another teacher and her daughter who happened to be a student – male teacher was killed running in to protect them.  If the attacker were confirmed as a 13-year-old, he would not face charges, as the age of criminal responsibility in Spain is 14.

China will invest almost A$60 Billion in a system of roads, railways and pipelines from China to Pakistan’s Indian Ocean coast.  The deal was announced as the high point of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Islamabad.  They’ll run from Kashgar in Xiniang, across Pakistani-administered Kashmir, terminating at the port city of Gwadar.  The deal gives Beijing a direct link to the Indian Ocean and beyond, and advances Pakistan’s plans to turn the small town into a major moneymaker through oil and shipping.

Celebrating two tumultuous years in office, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced A$6.5 Billion in financing from China for unspecified development projects.  It comes at a good time for Maduro – the country’s economy is in trouble from smuggling and wealthy product hoarders, and the price of the main export oil has halved in the past year.

Guy falls onto the subway tracks in Rio de Janeiro, gets rescued, cameras are everywhere.

Thai customs officials say they seized four tons of illegal ivory being smuggled from Africa.  Investigators found the haul, worth almost A$7.8 Million hidden in bags labeled as dried beans from the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Thailand is an intermediary and processing point for smuggled ivory.  Tusks from Africa arrive in Bangkok, are carved into trinkets and display items, and sold to hungry markets in China and Vietnam.