Sir Keir Starmer has said pro-Palestinian protests planned for this weekend will cause "distress" and urged those thinking of taking part to "recognise and respect the grief of British Jews" after Thursday's synagogue attack. "It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain," the prime minister wrote in the Jewish Chronicle.

Chart: The Economist This was the first terror attack against Jews on British soil in three decades, going back to the 1994 attack on the Israeli embassy in London. Yet sadly it did not come as a surprise.

Police in the English city of Manchester say a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue left at least four members of the public wounded.

Six minutes of terror followed, ending with two people dead at the hands of a suspected Islamist terrorist who was shot by police. The rampage began when a black Kia Picanto car, driven at speed along the busy Middleton Road, ploughed into people standing outside the synagogue at 9.31am.

Evangelical Christians under the age of 35 are less likely than their elders to believe that the Jews are God s chosen people, according to a recently released survey

German authorities say three Hamas members have been arrested and charged with plotting to stage attacks against Jews in the country.

For decades, the large communities of both Jews and Muslims in the suburb of Crumpsall have lived side by side in peace in the diverse Manchester neighbourhood.

Ashkenazi Jews believe their relatives came from Germany and Eastern Europe, which misses the earlier journey from Israel.