the grenfell tower inquiry gets underway, with harrowing testimony from relatives of the victims. tributes begin to the 72 who lost their lives — including from a father on first seeing his son, stillborn because of the fire. at that moment... ..we felt like our hearts had broken. there's a gaping hole in our hearts that can never be filled. and it hurts. it really hurts. and we have a special investigation into how the firm which supplied the tower‘s insulation may have misled contractors. also tonight... ken livingstone resigns from the labour party ahead of a legal hearing about claims of anti—semitism. i've decided, rather than this drag on for another two years, it's better for the labour party if i just resign. the us secretary of state vows to impose the toughest sanctions in history on iran. arsenal are set to appoint

a new manager — former paris st germain boss unai emery. and, all smiles — the duke and duchess of sussex reveal their official wedding photos. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, eddiejones wishes paul gustard all the best as his defence coach is announced harlequins‘ new director of rugby. good evening. the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire opened today and it began with a poignant 72—second silence to commemorate those who died. over the coming days, the inquiry will examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire. but the first testimony has come from relatives paying harrowing and heartbreaking tribute

to their lost loved ones. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. so many killed, so many lives cut short. none more so than logan gomes, not even born when he died after g re nfell. his family shared pictures with the enquiry, heartbreaking ones with the inquiry, heartbreaking ones of their tiny, stillborn son, so loved. they prayed he would open his eyes. he looked like he wasjust sleeping... ..as babies do. at that moment... ..we felt like our hearts had broken. and they had. but at least we were able to...

to hold him. and to be with him. the joy of the baby shower, decorating the nursery, choosing a name, all destroyed. you never know what you are made of until you're broken. mohamed neda, known as saber, fled the taliban in afghanistan. he came to britain and started a chauffeuring business. his final message to his family from inside the burning tower played to a silent inquiry room. his wife's tribute read

out by her solicitor. it's just so sad that my beloved husband will not be with us at fahad's wedding, and will not be there to see and hold his grandchildren, or share in thejoy of becoming a grandparent. those hopes and our dreams have been shattered. he was my husband, he was my best friend, i miss him so much. he will always be the love of my life. denis murphy had lived in grenfell for more than 20 years. he had three big loves. family, friends and chelsea. not always in that order, his sister said. he was the linchpin of our family, and touched the lives

of so many people. once you had met denis, you would never forget his warmth, wit, cheeky smile and love of life. there's a gaping hole in our hearts that can never be filled, and it hurts. it really hurts. a short but poignant tribute to 69—year—old joseph daniels was made by his son. the events of that night took his life and all trace of his existence in this world. he never stood a chance of getting out. it should never have happened. mother and daughter mary mendy and khadija saye died together. mary remembered as strong, hard—working. khadija a photographer lauded for her talent. the family's solicitor read the tribute. there will be two empty chairs on the table for every birthday, christmas and new year's, but they will forever own a position in our hearts.

and then the inquiry heard khadija's own words, filmed for a bbc documentary, talking about the future she would never have. then one of my friends said, "you're an artist." i was like, "i am now!" it will be quite an emotional moment to actually say, "khadija, you've done it." you know, you're up there. the tower is now largely covered up, but the grenfell families desperate for the truth to be exposed. lucy manning, bbc news. the emotional testimony there of the victims of the grenfell fire. and as the inquiry begins to look at what caused it, attention will turn to the recent refurbishment of grenfell tower — and in particular the addition of exterior cladding and insulation. an investigation for tonight's panorama programme has found that the firm which supplied the insulation, celotex, may have misled the contractors who did the refurbishment

about its suitability for use in high rise buildings. richard bilton has been investigating. move back! it started as a kitchen fire. look at this madness that's going on. oh, my god. but grenfell burned out of control because the building was wrapped in flammable material. these are the two products that covered grenfell that night — cladding with insulation behind. look at what happens when there's a flame, the cladding core melts and lights the installation. before the disaster, these two were never tested together. the manufacturers knew they were being combined on grenfell, but didn't warn anyone on the project. fire spread up grenfell in 15 minutes from the second floor to the 22nd floor.

and that is very, very fast fire spread. because you had so much combustible material that would be equivalent to having four large petrol tankers full of petrol, all burning at the same time on grenfell tower. this is the type of insulation that was on grenfell. it burns this quickly and that smoke is poisonous. the manufacturer, celotex, knowingly misled buyers about this product. they said it was suitable for use on the refurbishment of buildings above 18 metres. it wasn't. they were warned their marketing was misleading but they didn't stop. that is remarkable and staggering and i think people will be extremely angry about that. it is unbelievable that people can operate like that. it gets worse.

we have discovered the insulation on grenfell had never been tested for tower blocks. panorama understands the product that passed the safety test contained extra fire retardant. we think a more flammable version was then sold for public use. well, words fail me. this is absolutely mind blowing. this material is all over the place. the insulation that burned out of control on grenfell should never have been there. but celotex targeted the grenfell refurbished and specifically refurb and specifically offered their untested insulation. we have been advised that the company's behaviour could amount to corporate manslaughter. celotex say they can't comment

because they are cooperating with the police investigation and the public inquiry. but they haven't denied panorama's allegations. richard bilton, bbc news. our special correspondent lucy manning is with me now. lucy, the inquiry will go on for some considerable time but these first few days will be all about those who died. that is right, there is a time forbidding and there will be a time forbidding and there will be a time for evidence, experts, difficult questions and even more challenging a nswe i’s questions and even more challenging answers but the time at the moment, the time today is to grieve and remember and cry and there were certainly lots of tears in that room today from everyone, senior police officers, council leaders and even the chair of the inquiry said he found it very emotional listening to what the relatives had to say, but he said it was important, that he

wa nted he said it was important, that he wanted to appreciate their lives. the tributes will continue all this week and into next week and then we will start hearing from the experts, hearing evidence from firefighters, hearing evidence from firefighters, hearing from those who survived, trying to find out how safe or probably the question is how unsafe the building was, why does fire spread so quickly, why so many people did not make it out, and that will go on into late autumn. the chairsaid will go on into late autumn. the chair said today this was the greatest tragedy in london in terms of loss of life since the end of the second world war and that is why it is right to remember those who died today. lucy, thank you. ken livingstone has resigned from the labour party. the former london mayor said his suspension from the party over claims of anti—semitism had become a distraction. jeremy corbyn said mr livingstone quitting labour was "sad" but "the right thing to do". our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster. that's your politics, rewriting history... never shy of a battle, ken livingstone landed himself with one. what hitler did... that he walked into again, and again, and again.

arguing that at one time hitler had supported zionism, the movement to create a jewish state in the middle east. two years after calls for him to quit, he is finally off. well, i have decided that rather than this drag on for another two years, it is betterfor the labour party if ijust resign. i can go back to campaigning on issues like the environment, supporting jeremy's economic plans and all of that. but if i was to stay in and fight this, my lawyers say it could take two years more. this was the start. let's remember when hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was thatjews should be moved to israel. he was supporting zionism, before he went mad. but by no means the end. he stood by his remarks, to the horror of many in the labour party, jewish community, and well beyond. shame on you! the best—known case of alleged anti—semitism that brought thousands

of protesters to parliament square. but he is going at a time of his own choosing, the investigation into his comments, due to restart tomorrow, still isn't over. clearly he should have been expelled long before now. had the party taken that decision i think the reputational damage that has been inflicted on the labour party would have been minimised. instead, we have allowed this to drag on and to get to a point where ken livingstone has still escaped justice. mr livingstone is an old comrade ofjeremy corbyn from the london left, his resignation feels like history for a different reason. he was expelled from labour for running against its candidate for london mayor, a campaign he went on to win. now some ofjeremy corbyn‘s committed supporters believe he is the one who was badly treated. i have a feeling of relief for him if for no one else because i think this last couple of years has been cruel and beastly towards him. i don't want to live in a labour party or society that

maligns somebody endlessly. all i want to do today, let's get out and do some gardening... he will now have more time to do just that. labour's problems though with anti—semitism are much bigger than just one man. yet it is relief forjeremy corbyn for his old friend to spend less time on politics and more looking after the lawn. laura keunssberg, bbc news, westminster. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, jailed in iran for spying, faces a new charge against her. a judge reportedly said she should expect a conviction. she denies spreading propaganda against the tehran government. the unions dubbed it meltdown monday, and for some train passengers it has been just that. big changes to timetables yesterday had a knock—on effect this morning and caused disruption in many parts of england. a shortage of train drivers was blamed for problems affecting destinations such as manchester, liverpool and newcastle. the speaker of the house

of commonsjohn bercow has given an explanation amid allegations he used the word "stupid" when referring to the commons leader, andrea leadsom. mr bercow said the reference was to the government's conduct of business in the house that day and not about mrs leadsom's political ability or character. a £22 billion bid for sky from us telecoms giant comcast may not be referred to the competition authorities. that was the suggestion from the culture secretary today. the decision could be seen as a blow for 21st century fox, which is also trying to buy sky. the us has vowed to impose the "strongest sanctions in history" on iran. the us secretary of state mike pompeo says iran will be "battling to keep its economy alive" after the sanctions take effect. his iranian counterpart has claimed the us is a prisoner of its "failed policies" and will suffer the consequences. mr pompeo is warning that there could be more to come. we will apply unprecedented financial pressure

on the iranian regime. the leaders in tehran will have no doubt about seriousness the iranians regime should know that this isjust the beginning. the sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime does not change its course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen to one that rejoins the league of nations. our north america editorjon sopel is at the white house for us tonight. what is the us hoping to achieve with these sanctions? mike pompeo is calling it a diplomatic road map. it is america waving a big stick at iran and trying to alter its behaviour. the nuclear deal concerned itself with whether iran was developing a nuclear programme. this concerns itself with ballistic missile is, whether its funding terror groups in the region, whether it's destabilising the region. the

important thing about these sanctions is they aren'tjust going to affect us firms trading with iran. any multinational will be hit by these sanctions if they also trade with the united states. you've already seen the french energy giant total saying it can no longer do business with iran as a result. i'm sure a lot of other multinational companies will be reluctantly coming to the same conclusion as well. there's already been a lot of concern in europe about these sanctions, it sounds like their worst fears have been confirmed. you've had lots of opposition to america leaving the iran deal. were a number of other nations involved in its negotiation as well. you've had the eu foreign minister saying the normalisation of trade and economic relations with iran constitutes an essential part of the

agreement which should be upheld by the international community. federica mogherini goes on to say that there is no alternative to the iran nuclear deal. i spoke to someone iran nuclear deal. i spoke to someone seniorfrom the iran nuclear deal. i spoke to someone senior from the white house about this. this person said not only is iran going to have to accept this new reality that things have got tougher, europe is going to have to a cce pt got tougher, europe is going to have to accept it as well. that is something europe so far is reluctant to accept. tomorrow marks a year since 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber at an ariana grande concert at manchester arena. eight—year—old saffie roussos was the youngest victim of the attack. as the anniversary of her death approaches, her father andrew has told the bbc that he wants her life to be remembered with a special concert. judith moritz has been talking to him — as well as others affected by the tragedy — about how they are coping one year on. losing your eight—year—old child is, it's changed life forever. it'll never be ok again. at night i couldn't sleep, like,

crowds, loud noises, ijust hated. this experience has brought us all together. it's the psychological part that's been the hardest, i think. devastation caused in seconds has changed lives for ever. children traumatised, survivors recovering, families broken. like that of little saffie roussos, the youngest child to die. her parents are still reeling. how has this year been? dreadful. you know, having a child that young and losing her in such a way, we'll never be ok. it's not something that time passes and you can pick up the pieces and move on. you start forgetting bits, and i dread that. i dread not feeling saffie's touch, not feeling saffie's presence. i want to celebrate my daughter.

she loved music. andrew wants the music industry to help him stage a benefit concert at old trafford because there's no specific state funding for terror victims. this concert‘s for us. ——this concert‘s not for us. i want it to be there to support victims of future attacks. we are all really shocked at the lack of support from our government. so there's no government support? nothing. you're turning to charity? yes. when it happened, it wasjust a really scary experience. ii—year—old ava wasn't directly caught in the blast, but still struggled emotionally afterwards. she's one of hundreds of traumatised children to be supported by the warrington peace centre. we have been talking about different coping techniques. it's like always good experiences coming here. it's helped a lot? yeah. ava and her mum have also found solace in music.

the manchester survivor's choir is giving them strength. everyone singing here survived the bomb. singing together with other people who understand what you're going through, is a positive message instead of seeing the negative in the world. it's not just about the choir. the people here know how it felt, so that makes a big difference. the choir have agreed to perform in the city centre for tomorrow's anniversary, although they know that'll be difficult. that is a common theme, we are struggling going into crowds and busy places. with each other, hopefully we'll all do it and that will be just remarkable. 12 months on, the memories are fresh, the pain still raw. but manchester is healing. judith moritz, bbc news. people in hawaii have been given

fresh warnings about toxic fumes from a major volcanic eruption which began in early may. the fumes are produced when molten rock flows into the ocean. lava from mount kilauia has wrecked dozens of homes and forced hundreds of people to be evacuated. the two anti—establishment parties that are poised to form a government in italy have put forward their choice to be prime minister. giuseppe conte, a law professor with no political experience, has been proposed by the anti—establishment five star movement and the far—right league party. silvio berlusconi had put himself forward, but he was rejected. our europe editor katya adler is in rome this evening. katya, what do we know about signor conte and is this going to work? of course, silvio berlusconi is a household name in italy as well as abroad. but as prime minister he was

simply unacceptable to one of the two parties planning to govern here. the five star movement want a com plete the five star movement want a complete break with the past in italy. they are promising a people's republic, putting ordinary italians first. not the rich, not be corrupt. while the prospect of this populist government seems to spook brussels and the financial markets with its euro sceptic spend your way out of the crisis tough on immigration stance, most italians want to give ita stance, most italians want to give it a go. tonight, like us, they are confused about this moderate little—known academic being proposed as prime minister of this supposedly fiery government. not an mp and still have to be confirmed and approved of by the president and parliament. no one is quite sure where this hugely influential eu nation is heading, the third—largest economy in the eurozone. no one is sure. this feels like a dramatic and

decisive moment for italy. the markets, brussels and the people of italy are on the edge of their seat. thank you. the first official pictures from the royal wedding have been released by the duke and duchess of sussex. the newlyweds said they felt "so lucky to have been able "to share their day with all those gathered in windsor and those "who watched on television across the uk, commonwealth, "and around the world." nicholas witchell has been taking a look. relaxing in windsor castle. all the principal players, bride and groom, their close family and the bridesmaids and page boys. standing to the couple's left is meghan's mother doria ragland, who made such a deep impression at the wedding with her poise and dignity. the queen and the duke of edinburgh are seated in front of prince charles and the duchess of cornwall. among the bridesmaids and page boys, prince george is smiling, princess charlotte is sitting on her mother's lap. the second picture shows harry and meghan in a more relaxed pose with their young attendants. george has an even bigger smile, charlotte is sitting on the floor holding one of the bouquets.

the third photograph is a black—and—white portrait of the bride and groom looking very happy on the east terrace of windsor castle. so what do people make of the pictures? to see a room of colour in the royal family, ——to see a woman of colour in the royal family, which inherently has been white, that acceptance, it does mean there is a step forward. that's, um... the commonwealth's history, our history and a bit of history in the making. it's nice to see philip about as well. for the queen, visiting the chelsea flower show this evening, the wedding and the positive reactions to its images of diversity will surely be a matter of relief. she knows that the family's younger generation is stepping forward now and it seems well—equipped for the future. nicholas witchell, bbc news. arsenal are set to appoint unai emery as their new manager. the 46—year—old spaniard has recently left paris st—germain, where he won the french title and four domestic cups in his two seasons in charge.

our sports correspondent david ornstein, who broke the story, is in salford for us. will this surprise fans? it already is. if you take a look at social media you will see its news that has divided opinions. we broke it at around 7:45pm and it has caused a profound impact. the favourite for this position was mikel arteta, the former arsenal captain and currently assistant manager at manchester city. it was understood at one point this was just a formality for mikel arteta to get the position but it is my understanding that after what has been described as a full and exclusive recruitment process, arsenal and their hierarchy have unanimously decided that unai emery is the right man for them. we should hear from is the right man for them. we should hearfrom him at a news is the right man for them. we should hear from him at a news conference later in the week. why else might it divide opinion? if you look at his

record, despite leading paris st—germain to the french title last season and four domestic cup competitions in his two seasons at the club, he failed to take them past the last 16 of the european champions league, despite having one of the most expensively assembled squads in european football at his disposal. however, if you look at his previous club sevilla he led them to three consecutive europa league titles. but as the competition arsenal will be playing in next season. i'm told he's not fluent in english but that won't be a major problem, i'm told. as recently as 11 days ago he was 66—1 with some bookmakers. he will be the man to replace arsene wenger who won ten major trophies in 22 years at arsenal before deciding to step away at the end of the season. he will slot into a continental model at arsenalfor slot into a continental model at arsenal for the first time, which sees a director of football and had

of recruitment as well as the chief executive ivan gazidis calling the shots and unai emery will slot in as head coach. all change at arsenal with the 46—year—old spaniard unai emery coming in as manager. thank you. liverpool hopes are high in the run up to the champion's league final against real madrid on saturday and their attempt to win a sixth trophy. and many say it is this man, mo salah, that will win it for the reds. the liverpool striker impressed this season, winning the premier league golden boot with a record 32 goals. today, salahjoined the rest of the squad for training in liverpool ahead of the big game. but where did his career start? in a little—known village in egypt — as sally nabil has been finding out. they dream of becoming football stars. in mohamed salah's hometown nagrig, all the kids want to follow in his footsteps. translation: when i see him playing, ifeel it's me playing. i feel grateful that salah is from our town.

salah is like a big dream to me. i love salah and other world footballers, too. the kids here are amazing. they are very enthusiastic, very optimistic about the future. mohamed salah has given them a lot of hope. they believe that if he has managed to become a top—class footballer, they can too. salah was just like these children, an ordinary egyptian with a strong will and big ambitions. but his sports teacher immediately spotted his talent. translation: mohamed had a very small body, but he was very skilful. we expected him to be a star, but he went far beyond our expectations. we are living a dream because of him. everywhere you go in nagrig, you see the pictures of the man who has come a long way from rural egypt to the champions league final. but his school friends say

he has stayed humble, despite all his success. translation: he always used to dream ofjoining the egyptian football league and then play abroad. when he comes back here, he forgets that he is a star. he isjust ourfriend, and we are all equal. salah has neverforgotten his roots. he is now building a school in his hometown. translation: the people here had already started to collect money to build the school. but when salah knew, he and his father decided to fund the whole project. from this sleepy town, mohamed salah has united egyptians