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UK charges two Iranian men over alleged plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community

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British police charged two Iranian nationals, who had entered the UK on small boats, with preparing acts of terrorism on Friday. Prosecutors allege the men planned an attack targeting the Jewish community in Manchester timed around Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Tensions between Britain and Iran were already high over another security incident.

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