Apple chief Tim Cook insists he won’t give ‘key’ to FBI

Apple chief Tim Cook has said in an email to employees that the US government should withdraw its demand for the company to help the FBI hack a locked iPhone used in last year’s deadly shooting in San Bernardino.

The message is accompanied by an online question-and-answer page that reiterates many of the comments Mr Cook made in a public letter after a magistrate judge’s order last week.

It also dismisses several key government claims, including an assertion that the company was acting out of business interests in saying it would not co-operate with an FBI investigation of the shootings.