News in under 5 minutes: Monday, January 12.

The top stories making headiness across the world today.

1. Paris March

More than 40 world leaders and over one million people have marched in Paris vowing to fight terrorism with a ‘cry for freedom’.

The marches have come after three days of terrorist attacks left 17 people killed.

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2. Amedy Coulibaly jihadi video

A video has emerged online of Amedy Coulibaly, the terrorist who killed a policewoman on Thursday in Paris and another four people in a kosher supermarket in the Paris suburb of Vincennes on Friday, seeking to justify his murders, pledging allegiance to Islamic State and discussing the Charlie Hebdo attack.

The short video is called ‘Soldier of the Caliphate’ and the film shows Coulibaly doing push ups in what looks like a prison courtyard, and filming a cache of weapons.

He says “The brothers of our team were split into two groups…I went out a bit against the police.” Referring to the attack on Charlie Hedbo.” reports The Independent.

He swears allegiance to “Caliiph Ibrahim”, also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self-proclaimed leader of Islamic State of Iraq.

Coulibaly refers to France saying “You and your coalition – you almost above all – bombarded regularly over there, civilians and fighters.”

He then calls on “Muslim brothers in France” to take up arms. “What are you doing?” he asks repeatedly.

Le Monde reports that the Paris’ prosecutors’ office has asked for social media to remove the video from viewing.

Police have also linked Amedy Coulibaly to an attack on a jogger on Wednesday evening.

The man suffered injuries to his arm and back and is still in a critical condition.

“Five bullet casings were found on the scene,” prosecutors said, which matched the weapon left by Coulibaly in the supermarket.

His partner, Hayat Boumeddiene, is still wanted by police – although she is thought to have fled France last week. Officials believe she may have entered Turkey en route to Syria.

 3. Supermarket worker hailed a hero

A man who hid a group of shoppers – one of whom had a baby – in a basement cold storage room in a kosher supermarket in the Paris suburb of Vincennes to shield them from the gunman has been hailed as a national hero by many in France.

The Guardian reports that police initially thought he may have been an accomplice when he managed to flee the supermarket, holding him for about an hour before realising their error.

 4. German newspaper who ran Mohammed cartoons attacked

A newspaper in Hamburg, Germany that reprinted cartoons from Charlie Hebdo featuring Mohammed has been targeted by an arson attack yesterday.

“Rocks and then a burning object were thrown through the window,” a police spokesman said.

“Two rooms on lower floors were damaged but the fire was put out quickly.”

No one was hurt reports AAP.

5. Nigerian massacre. Where is the hashtag?

Ignatius Kaigama, the Catholic Archbishop of Jos and president of the Nigerian Bishops Conference has said that the West needs to act. He told The Independent on Sunday that there was a stark difference between the reaction to last week’s events in France and the approach to the slaughter in Africa.

“We believe there is a lot we can share in terms of security information. I would have thought by now they would be able to help Nigeria. There has to be a concrete collaboration between Europe and America to bring this to an end.”

“Compare what has happened in Paris and what is happening here. There is a great difference.”

 6. Black box found

The black box from AirAsia QZ8501 flight has been located and will be retrieved this morning.

Indonesia’s Directorate General of Marine Transport announced that the box is currently wedged between pieces of wreckage making it difficult for divers to retrieve reports The Jakarta Post.

The search crew will attempt to retrieve the black box by moving parts of wreckage to loosen it from where it is currently stuck, and if that fails, the same balloon method used to lift the tail of the plane will be employed.

 7. Diets harming children

Nutritionists have warned parents to make sure that their own dietary habits do not adversely affect their kids.

The Healthy Diet Study has shown that 82% of parents change the meals they prepare for their children when dieting.

Almost half limit the amount of bread their children eat. 17% cut carbs completely from their children’s meals.

Julie Gilbert, from the Dietitians Association of Australia has told News Limited that it is a worrying trend.

“Bread and cheese are often taken off the table as parents follow low carbohydrate diets. But carbs and dairy are vital to a child’s development.”

8. US couple arrested after putting gun in baby’s mouth and making video

A couple in the US have been arrested after police found videos on a mother’s phone showing her putting a handgun in her 12-month old daughter’s mouth.

Police then found the mobile phone videos.

In the video police say that the man and the 22-year old mother of the baby can be heard encouraging the toddler to say “pow”.

They say the gun’s magazine appeared to be removed but it’s not clear if ammunition was in the chamber reports USA Today.

 9. Pope encourages mothers to breastfeed during baptism

By ABC

Pope Francis has told mothers to feel free to breastfeed their children if they cried or were hungry during a baptism ceremony he conducted for 33 infants in the Sistine Chapel.

“You mothers give your children milk and even now, if they cry because they are hungry, breastfeed them, don’t worry,” he said, departing from his prepared text.

The written text of his homily had the phrase “give them milk,” but he changed it to use the Italian term “allattateli”, which means “breastfeed them,” and added that they should not hesitate.

As the 20 girls and 13 boys in the room famous for Michelangelo’s frescoes cried, Francis asked his listeners to remember poor mothers around the world, “too many, unfortunately, who can’t give food to their children”.

Even before he read the homily, at least one mother was seen breastfeeding, perhaps recalling that the pope had used similar words to make mothers feel at ease before.

Baptism is the sacrament at which infants or converts are initiated into the Christian faith.

Francis poured water on the foreheads of the infants as part of the ritual.

The Sistine Chapel, which Michelangelo painted in the 16th century, is the room where cardinals elect popes in secret conclaves.

Francis was elected the first non-European pope in 1,300 there on March 13, 2013.

 A version of this story was originally published on ABC and has been republished with full permission.

 10. Newly weds sue over the colour of the flowers

A wedding dispute out of control, or a legitimate complaint? A newly married couple have sued their florist after claims the flowers were all wrong.  The dispute included the claim that the groom’s buttonhole rose broke, and the reception arrangements were the wrong shade.

News Limited reports that the groom 33-year old Nathan Vogt was “very stressed” when a rose supplied by Alpha Fiori snapped as it was pinned on his lapel.

His bride Kara was happy with the bouquet, thankfully but was “disappointed” by the $30-a-table floral displays.

She had been expecting light pink roses, but in a mess up that ended in court the roses were dark pink.

The dispute ended up in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal this week and the florists were ordered to pay $300, plus the $55 tribunal fee to the newly weds.

11. Parents can’t help with homework cause it is too hard

A study has shown that 2/3rds of parents say they can’t help their children with their homework because it is too hard.

Half of the parents said they turn to google when their kids aren’t watching to find out the answers.

And according to the study, in The Daily Mail it is yet another frontier on the judgey mummy wars with 4 in 10 admitting there was competition between themselves and other mothers when it came to homework.