Tuesday news roundup

Guardian editor reveals destruction of hard drives by GCHQ After the detention for nine hours on Sunday of David Miranda, partner of Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald, the paper’s editor Alan Rusbridger says today that “shadowy Whitehall figureas” oversaw the destruction of its computer hardware related to NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Rusbridger points out that the attempt at prior restraint was “a peculiarly pointless piece of symbolism” given that reporting on the files can continue from overseas. Scotland Yard has said Miranda’s detention was “legally a procedurally sound,” while the White House admits it was given a “heads up.” Coalition tensions over renewable-energy  Government sources have informed the Daily Telegraph about a row going on within the coalition over a report into renewable-energy and the rural economy, the newspaper claims. The report, commissioned by Conservative Environment secretary Owen Paterson, could allegedly provide official evidence of the negative effects of wind turbines, but is being suppressed by Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat in charge of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The news comes only a day after Prime Minister David Cameron seemed embarrassed by claims he was preparing for another coalition. Section 28 continues in schools, reports says The British Humanist Association, which campaigns against faith education, has found 44 schools whose policy statements echo the infamous Section 28 law, which forbade “promotion of homosexuality” in schools, the Independent reports. Section 28 was overturned by the Blair government in 2003, however the BHA said schools were still pursuing sexual education policies which either replicated it or were “overtly vague.” Its spokeswoman urged the schools identified to “urgently review their sex and relationships education policies.” Former Pakistani general charged with murder of ex-Prime Minister The former military ruler of Pakistan, Pervez Masharraf, has appeared in court to face charges that he organised the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The retired general, who declared emergency rule in 2007, was criticised for failing to protect Bhutto at the time of her assassination, and she warned that he would be responsible for her death. More from the BBC. Spiritual leader of Muslim Brotherhood held Mohamed Badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been detained in Cairo, after 25 members of the police force were killed in Sinai. Badie is the latest Islamic figure to be arrested in the violent military crackdown which has been going on since Wednesday, claiming almost 900 lives. The American Daily Beast website now claims that the U.S. has secretly suspended military aid to Egypt.