Chicago's Jewish community was set to kick of the event at noon to celebrate Israel declaring its independence 76 years ago on May 14, 1948.

Men appear in court accused of IS-style terror plot against Jewish community - Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein are accused of planning to use automatic firearms in an attack against the Jewish community in north-west England.

The Jewish community has been told to 'continue as normal' and 'remain alert' after two terror suspects appeared in court accused of plotting an Islamic State-inspired gun attack in the North West. Both men have been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts.

Two men have appeared in court in London on charges of plotting a firearms attack on the Jewish community in the north west of England. Prosecutors alleged the pair planned to conduct an Islamic State-inspired assault using automatic weapons to target members of the Jewish community as well as members of law enforcement and the military.