Hello Australia!! - Mayhem in Hong Kong - Can protests stop Boris Johnson from suspending Parliament? - Huricane Dorian threatens thousands of people in the Bahamas - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters battled police pretty much through the night, at one point early this morning setting a barricade on fire in addition to lobbing bricks and petrol bombs at riot cops.  Running battles broke out throughout the city center, and for the first time Police rolled out a new weapon:  Water cannons with blue dye to mark protesters for later arrest.  And while the People's Armed Police (PAP) have yet to move into Hong Kong from their staging area in Shenzhen, Beijing is blaming Washington and London for inflaming tensions:  "Irrational emotions don't come from Hong Kong society," said Hu Xijin of the fiercely pro-Beijing Global Times newspaper, "A large part has come from foreign support".

Tens of thousands of people marched against UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to suspend parliament and limit the time MPs have to stop him from forcing through a no-deal Brexit, which his Tory government has already determined could be disastrous for people.  The protests took place in towns and cities across England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as among ex-pats and their supporters in Amsterdam's Dam Square, outside the British embassy in Latvia's capital Riga, and beside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.  Protesters occupied some of London's busiest areas to decry what they see as Johnson's assault on democracy at a critical time in their country's history.

Hurricane Dorian is moving up on the Bahamas as a potentially-devastating Category Four storm, and forecasts about what it will do next are kind of all over the map.  Bahamian authorities are warning residents that homes and things can be replaced, but lives cannot, and therefore people need to evacuate the most at-risk areas.  Dorian is expected to hit the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama early Sunday morning, local time.  Forecasters had expected Dorian to advance on to Florida as a Cat-4, although now they say it could stay off-shore.  Still, it will kick up a large storm surge and powerful wind, and Florida's governor is telling residents not to take any chances.

The US claims it has "reliable" information that an Iranian oil tanker was transporting oil to Syria in violation of international economic sanctions.  British marines seized the tanker in July and held it at Gibraltar for several weeks until a court ruled it can go about its business.  But now, "that the tanker is underway and headed to Tartus, Syria," said US secretary of state Mike Pompeo.  Iran has denied selling oil to Damascus, but some pundits believe the tanker will transfer its cargo to another ship, with a Syrian port the final destination.  Pompeo says anyone or any entity assisting this will feel the weight of US sanctions.