Hello, Australia! – Mass murder at a church appears to be racially motivated – Shocking intrusiveness regarding a breastfeeding mum from a federal court – Hong Kong blocks a plan to allow citizens to vote for their own leader, because of strings attached – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

At least nine people were shot, some fatally, at a predominantly black church in Charleston, South Carolina in America’s southeast.  Police are reportedly looking for a 21-year old white male in a hoodie sweater.  Emmanuel AME Church is one of the oldest black churches in the south, and was holding its regular Wednesday night Bible study meeting when this happened.  The church’s pastor Clementa Pinckney, who is also a state senator, is believed to be among the dead.  “This is a tragedy that no community should have to experience,” said Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen, who added that this was absolutely a hate crime.  The FBI is also taking part in the investigation.

South Australian police issued an arrest warrant for a 29-year old doctor who went and joined Islamic State.  Tareq Kamleh grew up in Perth and worked in hospitals in the Northern Territory and Queensland as well as South Australia, before he flew to Syria and took the name Abu Yusuf al-Australi.  He also appeared in an Islamic State propaganda video to recruit new fighters.  Should Kemleh be caught, he faces as much as 45-years in prison if convicted.

A federal judge is banning a woman from breast-feeding her own 11-month old baby because she got a tattoo four weeks ago.  This is despite the fact that the mother tested negative for hepatitis and HIV.  The decision shocked breastfeeding advocates like Dr. Karleen Gribble of the University of Western Sydney who told the ABC, “I think if it were reasonable then we would have very, very many women in Australia who would be quite horrified and perhaps child protection authorities should be taking action because many mothers who are breastfeeding get tattoos – very often of their children's names.”  The complaint was raised by the child’s father in what appears to be a rather bitter parenting dispute.

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers defeated a Beijing-backed proposal to reform elections in the former British colony.  The reforms would have given Hong Kong citizens the right to vote for their chief executive – but also would have given Beijing the authority to vet the candidates.  Calling that “fake democracy”, 28 Hong Kong lawmakers opposed it, keeping it from getting the necessary two-thirds to pass.

Hungary is coming under much criticism for its plans to erect a four-meter tall fence on its 175-kilometer border with Serbia to keep out migrants.  The government said about 54,000 migrants entered the country so far this year, compared to 43,000 people in 2014.  Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said he was shocked by Hungary’s unilateral decision, and fences are “not the solution” to migration from his country.

The European Union will extend economic sanctions against Russia for at least another six months, through the end of January 2016.  This is because of Russia’s territory grabs and support for the separatists in Ukraine.  This comes as NATO announced it is moving more weaponry to its members that share borders with Russia.