Howdy, Australia! - The man who killed twelve in a US theater learns his sentence - The UN criticizes Greece of all places for Europe Immigrant Crises - Islamists kill a fourth secular blogger in Bangladesh - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A US jury failed to come to a unanimous decision on the death penalty for James Holmes, the gunman convicted of killing people at a screening of a Batman film in Aurora, Colorado in 2012.  It means he is automatically sentenced to life in prison.  The defense argued that Holmes, who dyed his hair bright red before the attack and smirked during his booking photos, is mentally ill and not responsible for his actions. The jury agreed with the prosecution that he was eligible for capital punishment, but not that he actually deserved it.

Doctors at a military hospital have suspended all treatment for former Chilean spymaster Manuel Contreras, who ran the repressive Dina security agency for fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s and '80s.  He was sentenced to 500 years in prison for thousands of state murders and disappearances,and systematic torture of Pinochet's political opponents.  Contreras was also the architect of "Operation Condor", the US-backed campaign to support right-wing dictatorships throughout South America during the era.  A presidential decree issued in 2009 makes sure he will not get any military honors upon his death. 

Greek President Alexis Tsipras is defending his nation from United Nations accusations of "total chaos" on the islands of Kos, Chios, and Lesbos - as thousands of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East arrive to inadequate facilities and housing, water, and sanitation.  The problem, according to Tsipras, "surpasses" the capabilities of a nation in the midst of an economic crisis replete with austerity-drained public services, widespread unemployment, and increasing poverty.  Tsipras says his country faces a "crisis within a crisis". 

But the UN High Commission on Refugees is also pointing fingers at incredibly wealthy countries, too:  Austria is being singled out for deplorable conditions in a refugee camp designed to house 1,800 but hosting 4,500, described as "intolerable, dangerous and inhumane".  Families are being forced to sleep in the open.  The UNHCR blasted the UK and France over the situation outside the Channel Tunnel in Calais, where 3,000 migrants are living in a makeshift camp called "The Jungle".  The UN says this needs to be treated as a "civil emergency".

Britain charged a Sudanese man with interferring with the operations of the Channel Tunnel, after he almost made it - Abdul Rahman Haroun amazingly almost the entire distance of the tunnel from Calais. That's more than 50 kilometers underground, probably not lit, and having to constantly dodge high-speed trains that would surely kill him instantly if they made contact.  Instead of charges, I think that guy deserves a prize.

Police in Italy arrested five suspected human traffickers over the drowning deaths of some 200 migrants in the Mediterranean ea earlier this week.  The boat sank on Wednesday, just a few miles off the coast of Libya en route to Italy.  The suspects are two Libyans, two Algerians, and a Tunisian, all likely to be charged with multiple murder and people trafficking.  Survivors of the the disaster told authorities that the traffickers would use violence to keep hundreds of migrants in the crowded hull of the ship - thrashing Muslims with belts, and slashing at the heads of sub-Saharan Africans with knives. 

Gosh, why would anyone want to flee the Middle East?  Maybe because of stuff like this:  Islamic State gunmen kidnapped around 200 people including at least 60 Christians from their homes in the town of Qaryatain in Syria's Homs Province.  Capturing the town gives IS control of the strategically-important road linking the capital Damascus with Homs, and linking both cities to government strongholds on the Mediterranean coast.

There are craters in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan where at least two bombs went off, killing 35 people.  The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bomber who blew himself up near the city's police academy on Friday evening, killing about 20 recruits.  Earlier, a truck bomb went off near an army base in the Shah Shahid area, taking 15 lives - but with no immediate claim of responsibility. 

Masked suspected Islamists broke into the apartment of a secular blogger in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and hacked him to death.  40-year old Niloy Chakrabarti, who wrote under the name "Niloy Neel" is the fourth secular blogger to be murdered in this way in Bangladesh so far this year.  Before he was killed, Chakrabarti wrote that he had been receiving death threats.  The four bloggers killed this year, including popular Bangladeshi American writer Avijit Roy, were outspoken critics of extreme Muslim philosophies.

Thailand's military junta sentenced a man to 30-years and a woman to 28-years in prison for insulting the monarchy insocial media posts.  Thee are the longest sentences ever handed down for violating the country's lese majeste laws which prevent criticism of king Bhumibol Adulyadej.  Before the military coup, there were only two active prosecutions for insulting the king - now there are 56 open cases.