Friday's news in under 5 minutes.

1. Hunt for Charlie Hedbo terrorists

The manhunt for the two men responsible for the Charlie Hedbo attack and slaying of 12 people in Paris is intensifying with police sealing off the French village of Crepy-en-Valois.

The two suspects, Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, were spotted in the area after holding up a petrol station.

CNN reports that the wanted brothers held up a petrol station demanding food and petrol.

The manager of the petrol station said that the attackers fitted the description of the two men, and were heavily armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

The area is now flooded with police, roadblocks and helicopters as they search for the fugitives.

Earlier, France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he feared the Islamist militants who killed 12 people could strike again.

The interior ministry in France has confirmed that seven people have been arrested in connection with the investigation so far, including 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad who turned himself in to police after seeing his name mentioned on social media.

The victims have now all been named:

• Economist and regular magazine columnist Bernard Maris, 68, known to readers as Uncle Bernard
• Cartoonist Georges Wolinski, 80
• Cartoonist Jean “Cabu” Cabut, 76
• Charlie Hebdo editor and cartoonist Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier, 47.
• Cartoonist Bernard “Tignous” Verlhac, 57
• Cartoonist Philippe Honore, 73
• Mustapha Ourrad, proof-reader
• Elsa Cayat, psychoanalyst and columnist, the only woman killed
• Michel Renaud, who was visiting the offices.
•  Frederic Boisseau, 42, caretaker, who was in the reception area at the time of the attack
•  Police officer Franck Brinsolaro, who acted as Charb’s bodyguard.
• Ahmed Merabet, 42, who was shot dead while on the ground.

2. Second terror attack

France has been rocked by a second shooting – this time a man dressed in black shot and killed a female police officer in the Paris suburb of Montrouge, after his vehicle was stopped for a check. Authorities are calling the Thursday morning killing a terror attack, but have not connected it to Wednesday’s Charlie Hedbo attack.

3. In other developments in Paris

• The lawyer for Charlie Hebdo, Richard Malka, confirmed that next week’s edition of the magazine would go ahead on Wednesday and would have a print run of one million, instead of the normal 60,000 copies.

• The Islamic State group’s radio has praised as “heroes” those who carried out the Charlie Hebdo attack.  “Jihadist heroes have killed 12 journalists who worked for the French magazine Charlie Hebdo and wounded more than 10 others, to avenge the Prophet (Mohammed),” said a statement read on Al-Bayan radio.
• The people of France have observed a minute’s silence. People stood in silence in public spaces across France at midday as the bells of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris and churches nationwide tolled in mourning. Some onlookers held pens in the air in tribute to the eight fallen journalists.

• At 8pm in Paris the lights on the Eiffel Tower went black as a mark of respect.
• In Sydney and Melbourne more than two thousand people turned out to candlelit vigils last night. In Sydney Martin Place was again a scene of mourning as over a thousand French nationals gathered to show solidarity with their country.

4. Australian “sheik” supports attack

An Australian radical self-proclaimed Islamic sheik Junaid Thorne has been critisised for tweeting his support for the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack.

Fairfax Media reports that he then posted on Facebook “They were warned and even threatened more than once. On one occasion, their premises was fire-bombed, yet they forbade to learn a lesson.

“I’m not condoning what happened, but I’m just stating that there must be a line/limit for freedom of speech, and when people or religions are being affected, the boundaries shouldn’t be crossed.”

The WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has said Mr Thorne was being monitored.

 5. Man throws 5-year old off bridge

A five-year old girl has died after her father threw her from a bridge in Florida in the US.

“The man reached into the back seat, grabbed his little girl, held her under the arms and then threw her over the railing and into water,” St. Petersburg police spokeswoman Yolanda Fernandez told WFLA.

25-year old John Jonchuck’s daughter Phoebe was swept into the strong river.

“The officer heard the splash and immediately tried to climb down underneath the bridge … to try to save her, but the current was very strong there.”

The father drove off but was later arrested.

Five-year old Phoebe’s body was recovered later.

6. Baby dead after police chase

A 17-month old girl has been tragically killed during a police pursuit in NSW.

News Limited reports that police from the Metropolitan Robbery, the Middle Eastern Organised Crime and Tactical Operations units were involved in the pursuit of a stolen car when the driver smashing through a fence into a backyard where the 17-month old was playing with her older siblings.

The offender then crashed through another fence and drove at 15 children playing cricket.

Assistant Commissioner Mennilli said it was a “highly volatile situation.”

“The offenders had been described as violent and a risk to the community.”

“I have actually spoken to police involved in this situation and they are distraught. These are family members, they have got children the same age.”

A neighbour told News Limited that a single mother with eight children lived in the house where the incident occurred.

The driver is still on the run.

Anyone with information is urged to call CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.

 7. Search for hero

Police are asking for public help in the search for a man who rescued two girls on Wednesday afternoon and then left.

The man is being called a hero for his actions.

Police say that the girls were swimming out near a sandbar at Dolls Point, NSW when they began to struggle.

The man rushed into the water and rescued the two girls.

For more and to see if you can identify the man read this post here.

 8. 110 people suffer food poisoning from QLD restaurant

A Chinese restaurant in QLD has been the source of over 110 people suffering from a suspected salmonella outbreak.

The Australian reports that the Logan City Council has temporarily closed the Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant at Springwood, south of Brisbane after over one hundred diners fell ill, many of them hospitalised.

The Metro South Public Health Unit have said the patrons probably became ill from eating deep-fried ice-cream.

“We are certainly quite suspicious of a deep-fried egg product and that is a risk product at the best of times when you’re combining a cold food with a hot layer on top,” Dr Kari Jarvinen said.

“(It) becomes difficult to maintain proper temperature control and indeed to sterilise it to get rid of any organisms that might be there.”

It is expected that the number of people who are sick will increase in the next 48 hours.

9. Bill Cosby: Three more accusations

Three more women have accused Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them years ago.

In a news conference in Los Angeles the women described unwanted encounters with the comedian between 1981 and 1996 in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Lawyer Gloria Allred says the accusations are too old for criminal charges or lawsuits, but she reiterated a challenge she had previously made that Cosby waive the statute of limitations to allow lawsuits.

In recent months, nearly 20 women have come forward with claims Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago. He has never been charged in connection with any of the allegations.

 10. Two boys aged under 10 started Coolbinia school fire

By ABC

Two boys under the age of 10 were responsible for lighting a fire in the grounds of a primary school in Perth, police have said.

The fire was started on Sunday at Coolbinia Primary School.

Firefighters called in helitaks to provide aerial support as the was fire close to neighbouring homes.

There was no structural damage to the school and the fire was extinguished within an hour.

The boys, aged eight and nine, are under the age of criminal responsibility but will be referred to a juvenile program run by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

Arson squad detectives said they identified the boys with help from information provided from members of the public.

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

11. Bigger babies more likely to have asthma

A study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has said that babies who put on weight quickly in their first three months of life are more likely to suffer from asthma when they get older.

The researchers from Bristol University have found that quickly gaining weight may lead to abnormal development of the child’s lungs or immune system.

12. Koala mitten knitters wanted

An appeal for koala mittens has been launched by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

Volunteers are being asked to sew koala mittens for koalas who have burned their paws after recent bushfires in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

The cotton mittons are used to put over bandages.

“The treatment for burns in a koala is very similar to the treatment of burns in a human being,” the organisation’s Jilea Carney said.

“It’s a regime of infection control, applying burns cream, bandages.”

Ms Carney said the mittens could be dropped off at local wildlife care centres, including the Adelaide Koala and Wildlife Hospital at Plympton.

For more information see the IFAW website.