Monday's news in under 5 minutes.

1. Authorities identify the suspect responsible for James Foley’s murder.

British counterterrorism police  have identified the man thought to be responsible for the murder of US journalist James Foley.

Abdel-Ma, a 23-year old hip-hop artist from London, is the key suspect, The Sunday Times reports.

Earlier this month Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary was seen in a photo posted to Twitter, in which he was wearing a black balaclava while holding a severed head with his left hand. Bary is now believed to be in the city of Raqqa, in northern Syria, the area where Foley was killed.

His father is currently facing terrorism charges in the US for his alleged role in the bombing of the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

2. Californian earthquake

Northern California has been hit by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake six miles south-west of Napa.

The quake, the largest since 1989 left fires, buildings and bridges damaged and injured 89 people.

There are widespread power outages. CBS News reports that there are likely to be aftershocks for a week.

3. Aussie woman tells of alleged mid-air sexual assault

A Perth woman has told Sunday Night of how she was sexually assaulted mid-flight on board a Malaysian Airlines flight to Paris, allegedly by the Chief Steward on the plane.

Perth woman Laura Bushney recorded her alleged sexual assault.

Her attacker is now in custody in Paris.

For more on this story, read here.

4. Malaysia Airlines plane forced to turn back

A Malaysia Airlines plane en route to Tokyo has been forced to turn back after pressure problems inside the aircraft. The plane had been in the air for almost an hour.

Director-general of the Department of Civil Aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman told AFP the plane returned to Kuala Lumpur International Airport because it was unable to maintain the correct pressure inside the aircraft, The Star Online reports.

5. Disturbing images on Twitter

A jihadist group has posted disturbing messages on Twitter of a young boy dressed as a black executioner. Apparently mocking the death of US journalist James Foley.

In the image, the young boy holds a knife and cuts the head off a blonde doll dressed in orange.

The Mirror reports the messages came with the line: “Teach your children to cut necks, tomorrow there will be a lot of rotten heads.”

The Time for the Caliphate account also re-posted images of the beheading of James Foley.

6. British Ebola Victim

The first British Ebola victim is due to arrive in the UK in the next few hours. The man, thought to be an aid worker in Sierra Leone, is being flown back to the UK for treatment in a north London hospital which has a dedicated isolation unit for such cases.

The Times reports the public have been informed the man poses no public health risk.

7. QLD Labor to push for Federal Marriage Equality

The Queensland Labor state conference passed a motion yesterday calling on Federal Labor MPs to be forced to vote in favour of future marriage equality bills.

“The Labor party has a long and proud tradition of collectively binding on a vast array of policy issues and marriage equality should be one of them,” Queensland Labor delegate Nick Thompson told Fairfax Media.

8. The “Lolita effect”

A study has shown that by the age of four, little girls want to wear high heels, lip-gloss and go shopping for clothes.

Researchers have studied 4-year-old and 8-year-old girls and coined this desire to grow up the “Lolita effect.”

The study showed that one-fourth of eight-to-10-year-olds are unhappy with their bodies and appearance.

The Flinders University study found that by the age of eight, one-fourth of  girls talk about boys romantically and 1 in 10 wear a padded bra.

The Courier Mail reports that 50 of 8-year olds ask their mothers for feedback on their appearance.

9. Calls for re-vamped school kids bonus

There are calls for the Schoolkids Bonus to be revamped so parents spend it on their children’s uniforms, books, school excursions, computers and extracurricular classes – rather than “”plasma televisions, booze or be run through poker machines and into the pockets of poker machine barons,” as foreshadowed by Education Minister Christopher Pyne.

The Smith Family’s chief executive Lisa O’Brien has told Fairfax Media the bonus needs a framework behind it.

The government had hoped to scrap the payment but some Senate crossbenchers, including South Australian senator Nick Xenophon have said they wanted the bonus to remain.

10. SA Judge wonders why boys are only charged

A Judge in South Australia has questioned why there have been cases of unlawful sexual intercourse between teenagers and “only the boy is charged”.

News Limited reports Judge Paul Muscat was presiding over sentencing submissions for a teenage boy charged with two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 17. The teenagers were in a consensual relationship that broke up and the judge’s comments said “she clearly became upset at that,” after the girl’s mother found out the police were informed.

The judge said that the sex took place when he was under 18 “then she is as guilty as he is for engaging in those accounts of intercourse with him.”

“If that was so, if he was 17 and she was 15 and this actively was brought to the attention of the police, in her own statement of what happened … she would have to be charged along with him,” he said.

“I have never seen that in the youth court and I always wondered why only the boy is charged, but there I go.”

11. Students’ have lessons at the pub.

School students are now getting lessons in correct behaviour at the pub, with three Sydney high schools leading the charge.

News Limited reports the Sutherland Shire schools have trialled the program where they take a visit to the local tavern and learn about laws surrounding alcohol consumption, security issues and about Daniel Christie, who was killed on New Year’s Day in Sydney’s Kings Cross.

The program is expected to be rolled out to further schools in 2015.

12. Aussie parents are crap

Australian children have complained that parents are totally overindulged, according to one of our leading psychologists, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg. In his book Strictly Parenting, he labels Aussie parents “crap parents”.

While acknowledging that some people “may be offended by the term ‘crap'”, he states “the truth is that they are crappy.”

On the weekend he told News Limited the problem is a “vitamin ‘N’ deficiency in Australian parenting”.

“Learn to say no.”

13. Lauren Bacall left $10,000 to her dog

Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall’s $26.6 million estate has been split amongst her three children.

However The New York Post writes that she did not forget her little spaniel, Sophie to whom she left $10,000.

Her will also left $15,000 to the maid who had cared for her for the last 15 years.

14. Richard Attenborough dies

British director and actor Richard Attenborough has died at 90.

Attenborough, who appeared in The Great Escape and Jurassic Park, died after a long illness  on Sunday, the BBC reports.

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15. Co-payment to be waived for vaccines

Children will be able to get vaccinated free of charge when seeing a bulk-billing doctor under the government’s new healthcare system, the Daily Mail reports.

This allowance comes after the backlash the Abbott government received when Hockey announced the widely-unpopular budget back in May.

It was recently revealed by the Labor party that Abbott’s $7 GP co-payment and a $5 increase to every PBS script for workers will cost every Australian $300 over the next four years.

16. Domestic violence leave on the rise

The number of workers being granted paid domestic violence leave has doubled in the past two years, with approximately 1.6 million people covered, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

“Domestic violence is a whole of community responsibility,” national manager of the Safe at Home, Safe at Work project Ludo McFerran said.

“It’s not just a matter for the police or family members. The workplace needs to be part of that integrated response.”

17. Apple recalls iPhone with faulty batteries.

Apple has launched an iPhone recall – and replacement program – for some select smartphones that were issued two years ago with faulty batteries.

Apple has said “a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices (that) may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently”. The affected phones were likely to have been sold between September 2012 and January 2013.

Every second person with an iPhone likes to complain about their battery life, so to stop people who haven’t been issued with a faulty battery trying to make a claim, Apple has also designed a website where users can put in their phone’s serial number, and see if it is one of those that can be replaced.

Otherwise, you’re out of luck. And after reading this news post, you might need to charge your phone again.