this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a major u—turn by the uk government. its smartphone coronavirus tracing app is put on hold amid doubts that it can do the job properly. i've got to say on this taking the neat thing, i don't know if it's got a broader history but i think it's from game of thrones. the uk's foreign secretary, dominic raab, says he has full respect for anti—racism campaginers after he is strongly criticised for his comments. celebrations among young us immigrants as the supreme court rules against president trump's bid to end a programme protecting them from deportation. a fly—past of the british red arrows and their french equivalent, la patrouille, in london — 80 years after general charles de

gaulle‘s famous wartime broadcast. # we'll meet again # don't know where, don't know when... dame vera lynn — the british singer who became known as the forces' sweetheart during world war ii — has died at the age of 103. hello and a warm welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. in a major u—turn, the uk government has announced that its smartphone coronavirus tracing app is being put on hold because it isn't up to the job. it was supposed to be up and running in the middle of may and trials had been taking place. but the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has blamed technical barriers for its delay and says the government is now joining forces with google

and apple to develop an app. but there's no date for when it could be ready. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. all eyes were on the isle of wight for the trial of a smartphone app which was set to be rolled out across england and play a central role in charting and curbing the spread of coronavirus. there was even an official publicity video. the nhs covid—i9 app lets you know quickly if you've come into contact with someone who has symptoms... but technical issues were revealed in the trial. it was supposed to trace and alert contacts of people who tested positive but proved not to be effective on all devices. now, it's back to the drawing board, with more research to be carried out using different smartphone technology. you had said that the smartphone app would play a central role in testing and tracing. it's now been delayed. when do you think the app will be involved in identifying and tracing contacts? we are working on it, is the answer. we're not going to put a date on it, i'm afraid, because i'm absolutely

determined that whilst this technology can help, it's got to be working effectively. very different from what was said to isle of wight residents last month. i have a simple message — please download the app to protect the nhs and save lives. it now won't be launched till the autumn at the earliest, perhaps only for booking tests and reporting symptoms and possibly never for full contact tracing. the focus now will be on human tracing. if someone tests positive, they'll get an e—mail or phone call asking for details of people they've recently met up with. since it was launched in england in late may, details of more than 14,000 people who tested positive were put into the system. of those, around 10,200 were reached and asked to provide contacts — just under three—quarters of the total. as lockdown has eased, the amount of calls i've seen over

the last few days have increased, in terms of the amount of contacts that they're giving me. so, for example, previously i might have only had three or four people that they've actually been in close contact with. that's now doubled to maybe seven or eight. but some others who have to follow up the contacts and wish to remain anonymous say they've had little to do. i went live on the 30th of may. in that time, i have dialled two numbers, and they were both no answer. i've had no other calls since then. you've been identified as a close contact of someone who has covid—19... in scotland, more than 700 contacts were traced up till the first week injune. as in england, this will be the way forward for now, rather than with smartphone technology. hugh pym, bbc news. let's get more on that now from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. he broke this story for the bbc. they are not the first country, the uk, to change tact, really. italy,

denmark, germany, have switched from a centralised model to a decentralised model. what is a uk app going to look like? that is a good question and i think there is a good question and i think there is a good question and i think there is a good question about whether we going to see it. in a certain way, talking about taking advantage of an apple, google system... the uk system did not work well. it was not able to spot apple's iphone at all, so in a way it's back to the drawing board. they say they are going to use the best what they have developed so far and what the best of what apple and google have developed. and it's got to be said that the apple and google system, nobody‘s quite clear whether that actually works very well. the key problem is this is untested technology, using bluetooth on the phones to measure the distance between people, and there's research not just from the between people, and there's research notjust from the uk but from around the world that says it's not

actually at the moment a very good way of measuring distance. it may give you a crude estimate of how many people have been in close contact, but you may get a lot of false positives or false negatives. germany changed tact and yet on monday, they launched their app and what a lot of people don't understand is why we cannotjust copy and paste germany's model for the uk. why do we have to wait until autumn or the winter? two things. an app is far more than just the software. it has to be integrated with your whole health system. for instance, you need to be of the put in the result of the test from your testing process into the app, and secondly, i come back to what i was sent before. we don't know that the germany app is actually working. yes, a you people of downloaded it, quite a lot of people happy with the number of downloads —— a few people have. it is thought 60% of the

population need to have it be effective, and we come back to how good these apps are at measuring distance. this is basically a huge technology experiment lots of countries have embarked upon end of it is quite clear whether it is actually going to work. of course, there have been this concern over privacy, which is why some governments went on the line of a centralised system but there been a lot of people saying, i told you so. the problem with essentially system is it we all go on holiday as we unlock and we all go tried to go back to a normal life, the app we are using might not work in france oi’ are using might not work in france or in italy or germany, or vice ve rsa . or in italy or germany, or vice versa. that is a wider problem. france has built a app, it might not work in germany. countries are working primarily on whether it works in their own countries. i think there is good be more and more emphasis in the uk and around the world on good old—fashioned manual

contacts tracing because the other question is what happens when you getan app question is what happens when you get an app notification with quite frightening news that you have to self—isolate for 14 days? that will not be as impressive, comprehensive to people, as a civil phone call. lots of things flash up on a smartphone every single day for some how serious you take it? rotary, good to see you. —— rory. the latest uk figures show that the number of deaths from coronavirus reported in the last 2a hours has risen by 135. it brings the total number of deaths since march to 42,288. among the victims was a 13—day—old baby with no known underlying health conditions. the seven—day rolling average now stands at 144, compared to 943 at the height

of the pandemic. the french president has been in london today for ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of charles de gaulle's bbc broadcast which urged the people of france to resist the nazi invasion. president macron met the uk prime minister, boris johnson, where they also discussed quarantine rules for people travelling to the uk from abroad. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. newsreel: now, here is a statement in french, of great importance to our french listeners, by general de gaulle. it was 80 years ago that charles de gaulle came to broadcasting house to make his famous speech, urging the people of france not to give up. "the flame of french resistance," he said, "must not and shall not die." charles de gaulle was a junior general in the french army. he had no authority from his government, which had capitulated to the nazis. and yet, from his base here in central london, he argued that france had lost

the battle but not the war. it was a defining act of leadership in the history of the french republic. the general‘s chauffeur in those days was a young english woman. 0livia jordan, then just 21, had been driving ambulances for the french army. now 101, she told us how — even then — she sensed the importance of this imposing frenchman. he was very impressive, de gaulle. he was tall, good—looking, and always made use of all that. ratherfrightened people. looked down on them, you know? such is the importance of the general‘s broadcast that president macron made a special trip to london to mark the anniversary, greeted by the prince of wales and a guard of honour at clarence house. nearby, they paid their respects at the statue of de gaulle, and the president awarded london

with the legion d'honneur, thanking britain for giving france a voice for its resistance. "britain, he said, "gave free france its first weapon, a bbc microphone." then, in downing street, some socially distanced diplomacy as president and prime minister tried to sprinkle some entente cordiale over the countries dividing their countries today, the brexit negotiations and the covid—19 quarantine rules. hoping to match on the ground the unity their air forces showed in the skies. james landale, bbc news. diplomacy not easy in the era of coronavirus. involved in that diplomacy today was the uk foreign secretary, dominic raab.

he has been heavily criticised, for saying the anti—racism gesture known as "taking the knee" felt to him like a symbol of subordination and that he thought it came from the tv series game of thrones. he later said he has full respect for the black lives matter movement. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the pitch became a site of protest, kneeling to show strength and sympathy in the fight for black rights — echoing last night the stance, the anger of protesters around the world and here at home. yet the full story seemed rather to have passed the foreign secretary by. i understand this sense of frustration and restlessness which is driving the black lives matter movement. this taking the knee thing which, i don't know, maybe it's got a broader history but it seems to be taken from game of thrones, it feels to me like a symbol of subjugation and subordination rather than one of liberation and emancipation. but i understand people feel differently about it, so it's a matter of personal choice. so would you or wouldn't you do it? i'd take the knee for two people, the queen and the missus when i asked her to marry me. there is a broader history. a few years ago, the american football star colin kaepernick angered donald trump and inspired supporters by kneeling

rather than standing for the american anthem, to protest against discrimination. but it's a modern echo of the public prayer of civil rights leaders like martin luther king. labour's less than impressed. a lot of people in the black community felt very, very let down and hurt by the flippant tone that the foreign secretary took this morning, at a time when a lot of people in the black community are grieving over loved ones that they've lost and very, very anxious about the future and really reeling from those images of george floyd over in america. we've got to see a more serious approach. the foreign secretary wrote later that he has full respect for the black lives matter movement, saying... ..calling for everyone to come together to tackle discrimination. ministers have said again and again they understand the frustration felt by those who came here and elsewhere to demand an end to racism. but this less—than—diplomatic choice

of words by our diplomatic chief adds to the sense of frustration among those who believe the understanding in government is not complete, and that even though there have been years of promises, progress has been far too slow. now is the time to get the government's knee off the neck of the black, african, caribbean, asian minority ethnic communities. foreign secretary, would you like to say anything about the taking the knee issue? the foreign secretary chose to not add any more comment this afternoon. when strong feelings are stirred, perhaps our politicians might be advised to always proceed with care. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. the speed with which he issued a classic asian, iain, on twitter suggest it was quickly put it out to them why so many people would be offended by this. there was more --

the speed with which she issued a clarification. the shadow justice secretary, david lammy, made clear how embarrassing it was for the foreign secretary. he said this started when the american football players refused to stand to protest american police brutality. sensibly, he did not comment any further when he did not comment any further when he was out to do so but got that tweet out making it clear he respected people's rights to take the knee, as it were, and he also from his point of view made it very clear he also understood that black lives matter movement. but ethic the criticism of the government is, has it respond quick enough? the criticisms have been, borisjohnson

has put up a commission to look at inequality. nonetheless, it was curtis eyes for being pushed out with no remit and no idea for the commissioners were, so anything which shows a lack of understanding of how this movement came about has potentially damaged the government ata potentially damaged the government at a very volatile time. to be clear, iain, you don't have to take any to stand in solidarity with the black lives matter protest, do you? what staggers loud people as he thought this came from game of thrones, and this been plenty of coverage colin kaepernick on google, the pictures of martin luther king going back to 1965. that's right. but it's been interesting so many labour politicians have done so. in

america, democratic politicians have done so. sir keir starmer was picture doing so. some police officers policing those demonstrations did the same thing. you are not required to do it, but i think as the shadow foreign secretary said, it was the flippant tone. he was on a chat show, radio show, more informal, but... believing the origins may have come from a hit tv show rather than american football, i think that's what has raised questions other than he personally would be willing to ta ke he personally would be willing to take the knee. 0k, iain watson, thank you very much. the united states supreme court has

ruled against the trump administration over its bid to end a programme that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. the deferred action for childhood arrivals programme, known as daca, was set up by president barack 0bama to protect us—born children of illegal migrants, so they could stay in the country — allowing them to work and claim some benefits. since 2017, the trump administration has tried to end the programme as part of the hardline anti—immigrant policy platform the president was elected on. today, though, the us supreme court justices voted 5—4 to uphold lower court rulings that found trump's attempt to rescind the programme were unlawful. in fact, the conservative chiefjustice john roberts joined the court's four liberaljudges in finding that the administration's actions were "arbitrary and capricious". 0ur washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue gave us some reaction to the ruling. a couple of immediate pieces of reaction from the president, one saying, "do you think the supreme court doesn't like me?" and another one suggesting that this is politically charged, and he referred to it as a sort of shotgun blast in the face of conservatives and republicans, and then made an appeal to increase the size of the supreme court, which is something that's been floated many times before. at the moment, it's ninejustices.

some people on both sides think one way of getting their own way on that court would be to increase its size. second blow in a week, this, christian, for the president in terms of the supreme court. you'll remember that other decision which federally prevented employers from discriminating against gay and transsexual people. so, in a sense, the culture wars have taken a bit of a battering this week in terms of those conservatives out there which will represent some of donald trump's base. yeah, i mean it's worth saying, isn't it, that over 90% of the daca participants have a job? nearly half of them are in school, many don't speak the language or know the culture of their supposed home countries because they were born in the united states to these undocumented migrants. so what does it mean for them, gary?

is this it? is that the end of the trouble that they were facing or could the administration do something else? it's probably worth noting that the supreme court has made a decision based on infringement of statute. i don't want to get too technical about it, but this is not a sort of constitutional right, in a sense, that's enshrined for those people on the daca programme to remain in the country, so in theory, congress — as it could even with the constitution — could pass a piece of legislation that says, "we're going to deport these people," and if it gets voted into law and signed off by the president, then it becomes the law of the land. so, in that sense, they're not absolutely secure. we'll see what the department ofjustice says about the status of those who are currently in the country, and you're looking maybe 600,000 in this kind of case, and interestingly, whether or not new applications will be allowed to the programme — ie people who have grown up since the suspension of the new applications back in 2017. just coming back to his comments about the supreme court,

every 0'donoghue there in washington. —— dame vera lynn, the singer known as the forces sweetheart to millions of british soldiers during the second world war, has died at the age of 103. the prime minister said her voice lifted the country in its darkest hours, and will live on for generations to come. robert hall looks back at her life. # there'll be bluebirds over... it is a voice that has spanned the decades. the voice of an ordinary london girl born at the end of the first world war, who became an iconic symbol of the second. vera welch, daughter of a plumber and a dressmaker, began singing as a child. she took her grandmother's surname, lynn, as a stage name, made her first record aged 19, and sold 1 million records in the next three years. this little girl from east ham would never have had the opportunity if she hadn't have been singing. if my mother hadn't put me on the stage! this letter of mine is getting to be a sort of rendezvous,

where husbands and wives, torn apart by war, can be brought together by music. when war broke out again, vera began broadcasting with the bbc. through a forces request programme, sincerely yours, she became the girl that thousands of fighting men hoped they'd meet when they returned home, although some accused the programme of damaging the war effort. "too sentimental, making the boys home sick." and i said, "that's rubbish, a lot of rubbish, because the letters are so thankful for the programmes." vera was a star, but her desire to do more took her to meet fans halfway around the world. they said, "well, where do you want to go?" i said, "well, if i'm going in, i know europe are getting well supplied — i want to go somewhere where there isn't any entertainers." so they said, "well, burma is the only place!"

you know. she kept a record of herjungle adventures in a secret diary. i took my little diary and my little pencil, and you just about see it. tiny little writing. "slept on stretcher. oh, yes. balanced on two kitchen chairs. a rotten night." i should think so! it's not been awarded. you earned it. it was another 40 years before vera lynn received her own burma star. by then, she was dame vera lynn and as busy as ever. am i allowed to kiss you? yes! in 1995, vera led veterans in song outside buckingham palace to mark the 50th anniversary of ve day.

and in 2010, aged 94, she topped the charts once again. and on her 100th birthday, she listened to the children of her old school and remembered the singing coach she ignored. # don't know where, don't know when...# when she heard me sing, she says, "no, i can't train that voice. it's not a natural voice." so i said, "well, thank you very much, madam," and left! # keep smiling through, just like you always do. dame vera was still with us this year. a unifying spirit elected on by the queen during her recent and personal message. we should take comfort that, while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. we will be with our friends again,

we will be with our families again, we will meet again. # we'll meet again vera lynn's strongest bonds were always with the veterans she still referred to as "my boys". the words she sang will endure long after the last of them has left us. # but i know we'll meet again some sunny day #. a unifying spirit indeed — and right to the very and. dame vera lynn, who died at her home in sussex this morning at the age of 103.

plenty of sunshine. not too many showers through the day, at least in northern ireland. but for england and wales, it's been cool and cloudy and wet for many parts. and actually overnight into wednesday morning, over a months worth of rain fell in the south and east. now, that has started to ease away and we've had a few thunderstorms following, but the rain has persisted for much of the day across southwestern parts of england, parts of wales. it's moving through the evening and overnight into northern ireland, scotland and northern england. so with all that cloud around, it is going to be quite a warm night again and quite a misty and murky one, with sea fog around in the east and some hill fog around in the west. and it's still with us tomorrow morning. so quite a grey start, with some mist and some fog to clear away, and then outbreaks of rain will work their way northwards. so the devil's in the detail,

really, for friday, but it looks as if it won't be so wet across the southern half of the uk. but we will not escape all of the showers. there will be some slow—moving downpours once again, but some warmth in the sunshine and still relatively light winds until later, when they start to freshen. it's more likely we'll see some heavier downpours across north wales, northern england, northern ireland and parts of scotland, so more rain that we've had