The devastated father of France's most wanted woman has handed himself in to police, declaring: "That is my daughter."

The Charlie Hebdo media murders in Paris have sparked a polarised debate in New Zealand about democracy and liberty, writes Bryce Edwards.

The killings were fully justified and the victims deserved their fate, declared Amedy Coulibaly in a chilling Isis video.

Zealots are dangerous because there is a deadness in their soul. To be human is to grapple with doubt, writes Deborah Hill Cone.