jeremy corbyn said mr livingstone quitting labour was "sad" but "the right thing to do". aura 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

jeremy corbyn said mr livingstone quitting labour was "sad" but "the right thing to do". uenssberg 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

earlier mr livingstone spoke to bbc london's political editor tim donovan.rag on for another two years, it's better for 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 or more. so you are accepting you were going to lose, in other words you are jumping before you were pushed? i was tipped off at the weekend some of the right—wingers on the labour national executive committee were planning to raise this again at tomorrow's meeting. and all the does is just distract attention from jeremy's leadership of the party. and the options he is giving britain. you haven't worried about that and that disruption over the last couple of years. you have been causing a lot of distraction, haven't you? i have worried about that, i mean this is absolutely ridiculous. the police don't take two years to solve a murder but the labour party has allowed this to drag on under the previous general secretary.

understand conversations between the two old friends may well in the end have hastened the departure of mr livingstonsussex have released official portraits from their wedding. in a message released with the photographs, the couple said they felt "lucky" to share their day with their guests, and also with those watching around the world. the pictures were taken by photographer alexi lubomirski, as nicholas witchell reports. there were certainly no shortage of photographs being taken on saturday, as the carriage procession made its way through windsor and up the long walk, it seemed as though everyone was holding up a mobile phone to take a snap. but it was after harry and meghan had reached the end of the procession and made their way into the comparative calm of windsor castle that the official wedding pictures were taken is a group shot of the couple, 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

very difficult now to see how any rational decision—maker could allow mr livingstone to stay in our partyly into disrepute. he has brought shame upon it. police in indonesia believe a couple and theirfour children, aged between nine and 18, were involved in coordinated suicide bombings at three churches in the city of surabaya this morning. at least 13 people were killed and dozens injured — as jonathan head reports. blazing motorbikes marks the site of one of the three attacks. all suicide bombers, say the indonesian police, and all from the same family, including a mother and two daughters aged nine and 12. a known islamic state media outlet has claimed that the attack was the work of its loyalists. the police believe the family had recently returned from fighting with is in syria. the president visited the site, and called for indonesians to fight the scourge of extremism. translation: this morning, we have ordered the police to track down the networks of the perpetrators. we will not tolerate this kind of cowardice. i'm calling on everyone to fight terrorism, which is against the valu

mr livingstone denies he was pushed. two years, it's better for 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 or more. so you are accepting you were going to lose, in other words you are jumping before you were pushed? i was tipped off at the weekend some of the right—wingers on the labour national executive committee were planning to raise this again at tomorrow's meeting. and all this does is just distract attention from jeremy's leadership of the party. and the options he is giving britain. the us secretary of state says america is imposing the "strongest sanctions in history" on iran. a look at some of our other stories from around the language services. these pictures are from syrian state television — the syrian military says it's taken full control of the all areas around the capital damascus for the first time in six years. since 2011, f

mr livingstone denies he was jumping before being pushed.ijust resign. it is better for the labour party if i just resign. can it is better for the labour party if ijust resign. can i go back to campaigning on issues like the environment and supporting jeremy's economic plans, but if i was to stay in and fight this, my lawyers say it could take two years more. are you accepting it would lose and jumping before you are pushed? i'm pip i was tipped off of the right—wingers would raise this and it is a distraction. the husband of a british—iranian woman being detained in iran says she is now facing a new charge. richard ratcliffe says his wife nazanin denies the new allegation of spreading propaganda. she is already serving a five—year sentence after being convicted of spying. she denies all charges. the british prime minister's spokesman said the government was urgently seeking more information from iranian authorities. across the state of texas, people stood for a moment of silence today in a ritual that is becoming painfully familiar. they w

and mr livingstone will be speaking to vanessa just after 8.ictims of the manchester bomb attack later today. it's a year since a suicide bomber killed 22 people as they left an ariana grande concert at the manchester arena. 800 people were left with physical and psychological injuries. local councils in england are to be given new powers to curb the use of wood burners to heat homes. the idea is part of a new clean air strategy which aims to reduce the amount of harmful particles in the air that can cause serious health problems. greater legal protection could be given to police drivers who are involved in a road crash during a pursuit under plans by the home office. the reforms, which would affect forces in england and wales, follow concerns among officers that they risk prosecution for careless or dangerous driving if they chase criminals at high—speed. a murder investigation's started after a man was stabbed to death on a busy street in north london. officers were called at around 6.30pm last night where the unnamed victim was pronounced de

mr. christie: grew up in livingston, so we are neighbors. >> i took the transit train daily for years. through my four years of taking the train, i saw numerous delays at the tunnels into penn station continued to deteriorate. i was wondering what you see as a solution for nj transit problems after your tenure. gov. christie: it is also amtrak that uses those tunnels as well. they are actually amtrak's tunnels. it was an absolutely awful project. it did not go to penn station in new york. it went to a terminal that cost $1 billion to build in the basement of macy's eight floors down. you had to the escalator all the way up and walk -- and you are familiar with the area -- from macy's to penn station to go uptown, downtown, crosstown. it was a bad project. it was a project where new jersey was screwed. let me tell you why. new york state and new york city put no money into the project. zero. 0. who was really benefiting from it besides new jersey? every real estate owner and developer in new york, doubling the number of people coming from new jersey into new york. they paid nothing into

mr. christie: there you go. grew up in livingston, so we are neighbors. >> i took the transit train daily for four years. as governor you canceled the arc tunnel, and through my four years of taking the train, i saw numerous delays at the tunnels into penn station continued to deteriorate. i was wondering what you see as a solution for new jersey transit problems after your tenure. mr. christie: it is not just nj who uses the tunnels but amtrak as well. the reason i canceled it was it was an absolutely awful project. it did not go to penn station in new york. it went to a terminal that cost $1 billion to build in the basement of macy's eight floors down. then you had to take the escalator all the way up and walk -- and you are familiar with the area -- from macy's to penn station to go to your next train, uptown, downtown come across town. it was a bad project. it also was a project where new jersey was screwed. let me tell you why. new york state and new york city put no money into the project. zero. who was really benefiting from i