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Jeb Bush is the third in line in what is perhaps modern America's greatest political dynasty and he has already announced his desire to run for US President on the Republican ticket.

But some of the party's activists are worried that Mr Bush is not conservative enough and they have spoken to ITV News' International Affairs Editor Rageh Omaar about their concerns:

ITV News' Europe Editor James Mates says Boris Nemtsov was a leading reformer under former President Boris Yeltsin and was not tainted by corruption.

Prime Minister David Cameron today defended the security services over their handling of Islamic State militant Jihadi John.

The fighter, now known to be Kuwait-born Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, had been on the radar of MI5 for some time before he left for Syria in 2013.

ITV News UK editor Rohit Kachroo reports:

Somali pirates have released four Thai hostages, who were captured while fishing in 2010, bringing to an end the longest-running international hostage drama in the Horn of Africa.

The four men were part of a Taiwanese flagged fishing vessel which was seized by pirates almost five years ago.

Of the original 24 person crew six died in captivity, 14 from Myanmar were released in 2011 and the remaining 4 were freed today.

Nicholas Kay, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Somalia said he was "grateful to see the longest-held hostages released from Somalia, and thank all those involved who made it happen,"

Somali pirates are still holding 26 crew from a vessel that was captured in 2012.

The incidents of piracy have been severely curtailed since 2010 following the creation of an international task force to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Russian opposition politician and former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov has died after being shot four times on a street in Moscow, according to a statement from the Russian government reported by the Interfax news agency.

Fearne Cotton is quitting Radio 1 after telling her fans she is pregnant with her second child.

The DJ, who is married to Ronnie Wood's son Jesse, said leaving the station was the start of a "new chapter".

Writing on her website, she said she had had "the most incredible decade" working on the station.

Cotton's role presenting the station's Live Lounge will be taken over by Clara Amfo.

US President Barack Obama has issued a statement after the death of veteran actor Leonard Nimoy.

Zachary Quinto, who played Mr Spock in the 2009 reboot 'Star Trek' and its 2013 sequel 'Star Trek Into Darkness', has said his "heart is broken" after the news that the original Mr Spock, Leonard Nimoy, died this morning.

Celebrities have been positing tributes on Twitter to actor Leondard Nimoy.