Hello Australia!! - The Brexit's on Hold, UK voters will get a general election - An attempt to stop women's reproductive rights is on hold - Economic protests force one country's leader to stand down - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The UK will have a general election on 12 December, with Labour and the opposition parties agreeing to the plan after the European Union granted a 90 day delay to the Brexit.   Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said, "This election is a once-in-a-generation chance to transform our country and take on the vested interests holding people back."  Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted that he wants a "new Parliament so we can and the country can to focus" on other issues.  Lib-Dem leader Jo Swinson said the election will "decide the future of our country for generations.  It is our best chance to elect a government to stop Brexit."  

Leading Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said Parliament would be dissolved next Wednesday, which would by followed by 25 working days to allow members to campaign in their home districts.  The results of the third UK general election in four years would be announced on Friday, 13 December.  Yep, Friday the 13th.  

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Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg testified before the US Senate Commerce Committee, admitting the airplane manufacturer had "made mistakes" and apologizing to the families of victims of two deadly 737 Max 8 crashes that killed a total of 346 people.  "We have learned from both accidents and identified changes that need to be made," Muilenburg said.  The families of the Ethiopian Airlines Indonesian Lion Air crashes were not satisfied, believing Muilenburg was being evasive, with some suggesting he should step down and "go to jail".  Democratic Party Senator Richard Blumenthal said Boeing had engaged in a "pattern of deliberate concealment" to rush the 737 Max 8 into the air before it was ready, effectively designing a "flying coffin".

A US Federal Judge has blocked Alabama's new law that imposes a near total ban on abortions in the arch-conservative US southern state.  Alabama is one of several southern, rural US states that passed laws that would ban abortions after the heartbeat of what becomes the fetus can be detected, all with the aim of setting the stage for the renewed legal fight over abortion rights.  In each of those states, a federal judge has blocked the measures from taking effect.  The states are appealing, and the situation could be resolved in the US Supreme Court.

Cheers rang out around Beirut after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced he is resigning because the protests over political corruption and economic turmoil that have gripped the country for almost two weeks.  The unrest has forced banks, public offices, as well as schools and universities to close for more than ten days.

Chile's economic protesters hit the streets again Tuesday, pouring by the thousands into plazas and shutting down main boulevards as cops in armored vehicles watched.  It's a clear sign that the economic reforms promised by conservative President Sebastian Pinera aren't enough.  Hardcore protesters set fires and looted stores the night before, prompting Pinera's new spokesperson to warn that the violence is "threatening" to overtake the legitimate demands of the peaceful protesters going on during the day.

In Cameroon, at least 37 people are dead after heavy rains loosened a hillside, causing a torrent of mud and rock to bury several homes in the town of Bafoussam.

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the Philippines' Mindanao island, killing at least seven people.