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The head of technology giant Apple believes privacy is a "basic human right" and no government or private company should be able to access personal information, he said in an interview.

Tim Cook, CEO of the US firm, also said invading people's privacy would not solve the issue of terrorism and would punish the "99.999% of people who are good".

His comments come amid a debate in the UK over whether security agencies should be given access to people's personal data such as emails to help detect potentially-violent extremists.

Mr Cook told the Daily Telegraph:

Senior Conservative MP David Davis has accused the British intelligence agencies of using "ineffectual" tactics in detecting radicalised youths like Mohammed Emwazi - the man thought to be so-called Islamic State terrorist 'Jihadi John'.

Writing in the Guardian he said:

Mr Davis went on to condemn Emwazi as "evil and delusional". He also said the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, which will look into MI5's handling of the case, had "shown itself incapable of holding the intelligence agencies to account".

A major police operation will be in place today for the first demonstration in Britain by the controversial anti-Islam group Pegida UK.

Opponents of the group are also rallying in Newcastle city centre, on what will be a busy day for Northumbria Police as it coincides with a Premier League football match.

Pegida organisers have pledged on Facebook that it is a peaceful organisation and not affiliated with right-wing extremists.

Opponents disagreed and have vowed to make the group, whose name translated from German means Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, feel unwelcome.

George Galloway MP and comedian Russell Brand have backed the counter demonstrators, who come under the banner Newcastle Unites.

It's not known how many people will support the first Pegida rally, although more than 800 people have indicated on Facebook that they will attend.

Russian politician and former chess Grand Master Garry Kasparov was devastated to hear of the killing of opposition colleague Boris Nemstov in Moscow on Friday.

Mr Kasparov posted a message to his Facebook page paying tribute to the former deputy prime minister.

Douglas Carswell is expected to urge Ukip activists to break the "Tory-Labour power cartel" in May's General Election.

The Conservative defector, who triggered and won a by-election in his Clacton-on-Sea seat, will set out his blueprint for political reform and reconnecting with voters at the Ukip spring conference later today.

Mr Carswell is the highest-profile speaker on the second day of the Ukip conference at the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent.

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British Intelligence officers have reportedly questioned former teachers of British man Mohammed Emwazi after he was unmasked as the so-called Islamic State terrorist 'Jihadi John'.

A former secondary school teacher of the 26-year-old, who she described as a "success story" for appearing to overcome an anger problem to achieve good grades, said staff at Quintin Kynaston Academy were quizzed by MI5 on Thursday.

The teacher, who remained anonymous, told BBC's Newsnight that Emwazi had received anger therapy to help him control his emotions.

An official statement from the school in north-west London, released by Westminster Council yesterday, said it was "shocked and sickened" that the former pupil was involved in terrorism.

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The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given his "deepest condolences" to the family and friends of Russian politician, Boris Nemstov, who was shot down in the street near the Kremlin in Moscow yesterday.

The Government of Russia's official English-language Twitter account said:

The UK will follow closely the investigation into the murder of a key Russian opposition politician who was gunned down near the Kremlin in Moscow, the Foreign Office has said.

Former deputy prime minister Boris Nemstov - a prominent critic of president Vladimir Putin and the conflict in Ukraine - was hit by four shots from a passing vehicle two days before a major opposition rally in the Russian capital.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said:

Mr Nemtsov was reported to have warned in a recent interview that he believed Mr Putin would have him killed.

Russian mourners have reportedly begun to lay flowers near the spot where Russian politician Boris Nemstov was gunned down in Moscow.

Mr Nemstov was former deputy Prime Minister and a vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin.

Russian state news agency Ria Novosti have tweeted this image:

US President Barack Obama has said that his country condemns the brutal murder of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov.

The White House National Security Council tweeted that the US will call upon Russian authorities to conduct a "prompt and impartial" investigation into the murder.

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