Huge marches are taking place across Britain today in the face of calls for them to be cancelled following the Manchester synagogue attacks.

On Friday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged people intending to take part in the pro-Palestine demonstrations to "recognise and respect the grief of British Jews" and acknowledge that they were likely to cause "distress" following this week's terror attacks on Yom Kippur. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood meanwhile called for protesters to "step back" and allow people to grieve , adding: "To anybody who is thinking about going on a protest, what I would say is imagine that is you who has had a family member murdered on the holiest day of your faith".

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by police on Thursday outside the Heaton Park Congregation Synag

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