8 h. ago In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland

This was a horror but amid rising antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start nowIt was the Jewish New Year last week, when the traditional greeting is shana tova: a good year. This time around, you’d often hear it in adapted form, as Jews wished each other something more modest: “A better year.” As if, given the times we live in, “good” would be too much to ask for; as if we ought to scale down expectations. It turns out we didn’t scale them down enough.I was in synagogue when word spread of the murderous attack at Heaton Park in north Manchester that left two people dead, along with the killer. Yom Kippur is rightly described as the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, but it is also a moment of vulnerability. Those who follow tradition, and that includes plenty who wouldn’t describe themselves as believers in God, do not eat or drink for 25 hours; many switch off their phones, and don’t watch TV or listen to the radio; they engag...

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26 h. ago Manchester attack: two killed and three injured after terrorist drives into grounds of synagogue and stabs worshippers

Police say Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, was behind car and knife attack that left three people seriously injuredPolice have shot dead a terrorist who killed two people and seriously injured three others in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.Using a car to ram into the grounds of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, the man then stabbed worshippers in a six-minute rampage that only ended when armed officers shot at him twice, fearing he also had an explosive device tied to his chest. It was later found to be a fake. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Man who carried out deadly Manchester synagogue attack named

The incident earlier today saw three people dead, including the attacker, and multiple people injured - This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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28 h. ago Manchester synagogue attacker named after deadly attack on Jewish holiday

The terror incident saw three people dead, including the attacker, and multiple people seriously injured as Kier Starmer vowed that the country must defeat 'rising antisemitism'

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29 h. ago Police issue crucial update on Manchester synagogue attack suspect

The suspect who carried out a terror attack that resulted in the deaths of two people and four other being injured was shot dead by police seven minutes after the incident began

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30 h. ago Seven minutes of horror: How the Yom Kippur terror attack unfolded

Two people were killed and suspect shot dead in a terror attack on a synagogue in north Manchester on the Jewish community's holiest day

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32 h. ago Police patrols at Scottish synagogues stepped up after Manchester terror attack

The incident, which has been declared as an act of terror, took place on Thursday - also Yom Kippur, the holiest day for Jews - leaving two people dead.

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33 h. ago Terrorist shot dead after killing two people in synagogue car and knife attack

Two arrests have been made following the attack, police said.

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33 h. ago Manchester synagogue attack that killed two was a ‘terrorist incident’, say police – latest updates

Police confirm that victims were Jewish and say that suspect, who they have not named, was shot dead within minutes during Yom Kippur attackFull story: police shoot suspect dead as at least two people killed in attack at Manchester synagoguePolice have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public at the Heaton Park Hebrew congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Police said.The force posted on X saying police were called to the synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed.Police said four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester.A cordon has been set up after the incident, and a major road had been closed while officers attended. Paramedics are at the scene.Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the “immediate...

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34 h. ago Police to give update after two killed in Manchester synagogue attack – latest

Police say two people killed by suspect, who was then shot dead by police, in attack coinciding with Yom KippurFull story: at least two people killed in car and knife attack at Manchester synagoguePolice have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public at the Heaton Park Hebrew congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Police said.The force posted on X saying police were called to the synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed.Police said four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester.A cordon has been set up after the incident, and a major road had been closed while officers attended. Paramedics are at the scene.Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of...

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35 h. ago Police 'arrest two men' yards away from Manchester synagogue attack with street shut off

Two people were killed and the suspect shot dead in Crumpsall

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36 h. ago John Swinney expresses 'horror' over Manchester synagogue attacks after two people confirmed dead

The First Minister spoke out after police said two people had died.

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36 h. ago 'The car crashed into the synagogue gates... the second he got out he started stabbing anyone near him'

Two people have been killed and a suspect shot dead by police outside a synagogue in Manchester

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37 h. ago James Comey’s real ‘crime’? Daring to put the law before loyalty to Trump | Lawrence Douglas

The former FBI director prioritized fidelity to his office. The case against him is flimsy – but that’s cold comfortIn 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned Adolf Hitler to testify in a criminal case. Litten represented four victims of a brutal assault perpetrated by members of Hitler’s Sturmabteilung, or SA, on a dance hall frequented by leftist workers; by the time the assault ended, three people were dead. At trial, the defense sought to portray the SA as a disciplined political organization, under orders from Hitler to use force only as self-defense.In his three-hour cross-examination of the head of the Nazi party, Litten managed what precious few dared to attempt. Hitler had expected the young lawyer to be intimidated; instead, Litten aggressively and skillfully dissected him under oath, reducing the supposedly gifted orator to a stammering rage. In trapping Hitler in contradictions and exposing him as an inveterate liar, Litten also m...

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37 h. ago Jewish community living next to Manchester synagogue 'in utter shock' after horrific attack

Two people have died and the suspect shot dead by armed police following a suspected terror attack on Yom Kippur

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37 h. ago Manchester synagogue suspect killed by police as two people dead in horror attack

The suspect did not gain access to the building and he was shot at the scene by armed police.

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38 h. ago Two members of the public killed in synagogue rampage as three others 'fight for life'

Two people have been confirmed as dead, with another said to be left 'fighting for their lives' as a stabbing at a Jewish synagogue at Manchester Heaton Park took place earlier today

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38 h. ago Manchester synagogue 'terrorist' suspected to have bomb: Knifeman  stabs multiple people and rams car into crowd before being shot 'dead' by police on Yom Kippur in Manchester 

A major incident has been declared by the local ambulance service and locals are being told to avoid the area in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester.

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55 h. ago He was the most hated boy in America. Now, 10 years after entitled 'Affluenza' teen's lethal DUI crash, new photos and family reveal his astonishing transformation

He was known as the most hated boy in America after going on the run in 2015 following his deadly DUI crash that left four people dead.

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63 h. ago Nearly 70 dead as huge earthquake rocks Philippines just days after 'super typhoon'

Southeast Asia had been recovering from the mammoth Super Typhoon Ragasa when another natural disaster hit, leaving at least 69 people dead in the Philippines when the quake struck

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