another allegation is that donald trump offered to stop a criminal investigation into a turkish company, as a personal favour to president erdogan. and was easily flattered by other authoritarian leaders such as vladimir putin. i think putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle. i think putin is smart, tough, i think he sees that he's not faced with a serious adversary here. i don't think he's worried about donald trump. john is a... he has strong views on things, but that's ok. this was donald trump speaking warmly aboutjohn bolton before he left the white house. but today, the president called him a "wacko", whose book is "made up of lies and fake stories. "he was a disgruntled boring fool who only "wanted to go to war but never had a clue. "what a dope." why you keep hiring people that you believe are " donald trump remained stony faced tonight as journalists asked him to address these bolton bombshells.

but the white house is making a last—ditch legal attempt to block the book's publication on national security grounds and also trashing its author. he's doing it for the money. that's pretty clear. and my view is that it's the washington swamp's equivalent of revenge porn. but these are the sort of allegations that would ordinarily imperil a presidency and fuel demands for impeachment. donald trump, of course, has already been impeached but his republican allies didn't vote to remove him from office then and won't do so now. never before have we seen a us president walk away from so many political car crashes, but he faces re—election in november and, ultimately, the american voters will decide his fate. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. president macron of france has been in london today, attending ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the bbc broadcast made by general de gaulle in 1940, urging the people of france

to resist the nazi invasion. president macron met borisjohnson in downing street, where they also discussed issues including the quarantine rules for people travelling to the uk from abroad. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. now, here is a statement in french, of great importance to our french listeners, by general de gaulle. viva la france. 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 a 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. olivia 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 he 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. that's it for tonight. we'll leave you with a reminder of the enduring popularity of dame vera lynn, the singer who became known as the forces' sweetheart, who's died at the age of 103. goodnight. # we'll meet again # don't know where, don't know when # but i know we'll meet

again some sunny day # keep smiling through, just like you always do # till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away # we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when # but i know we'll meet again some sunny day #.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate proctor, political correspondent of the guardian and the journalist and broadcasterjohn stapleton. tomorrow's front pages starting with. .. the telegraph reports the uk government will pay for private tutors for children who have fallen behind we feel like a family so we really

do value your time. we appreciate that and also especiallyjohn is your first papers since the death of your first papers since the death of your wife. she was, for our international audience, incredibly well known in the uk is a tireless journalist, and for consumer rights for so many of us in an absolute inspiration. from the team vera lynn here our condolences. thank you very much indeed. the telegraph reports that the uk for private tutors for children who have fallen behind during lockdown as part of a one billion pound ‘catch up' plan. the paper also features an image from today's fly—past by the british red arrows and their french equivalent to mark the 80th anniversary of general charles de gaulle's historic wartime broadcast. le figaro has an image of the french president, emanuel macron, walking alongside

prince charles at today's world war two commemoration in london. ‘how many more corona fiascos?‘ asks the daily mail after the uk government admitted it is scrapping its own coronavirus—tracing app and that the new version may not be ready by winter. the new york times leads on the same story reporting that as with much of the uk government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the results of the contact—tracing programme have fallen short of the promises made. the times reports the tracking app setback will hamper efforts to lift social distancing restrictions in the uk and features an image of prime minister borisjohnson keeping a safe distance from president macron when they met at number 10 downing street earlier today. and the metro pays tribute to the british singer dame vera lynn — who has died at the age of 103. she became famous during the second world war when she entertained british troops

on the front line. just just justjust some of just just some of the justjust some of the papers that just just some of the papers that we have. so let's begin. we will start with the times in this context tracing app is being described as a u—turn by the government. this change in how it is going to be, how it is going to work. who wants to explain what the logistics are? if you want to take us logistics are? if you want to take us through with this change is, what we we re us through with this change is, what we were expecting and what in fact we were expecting and what in fact we will potentially be getting because it's still not 100% clear. this is been about which type of app you use. whether you use a decentralised model or a centralised model. the purchase government has of our favourite a centralised model and this all basically revolves around what happens with your data, whether it's uploaded and shared to a centralised server and the people are contacted to let them know you

have coronavirus or under the decentralised system the idea is that you have slightly more privacy and the concept that you would be able to have more control over your data because all of the information is stored on your phone. at the end of the day the government has trialed its own version of this app and now saying that it realises it's not going to work, and so they are going to have to look at a decentralised model instead. they've also talked about creating a hybrid version can be the best of both worlds and as we will see in some of the papers there's comments on that particularly from google and apple who say they have not spoken about creating a hybrid model that would use both sets of technology. we will have to wait and see what happens with this app but as it stands the government public initial attempts have not worked and so this has been described as damaging, embarrassing and a bit of a u—turn by the

government stop way indeed. because when we saw the app trial being rolled out on the isle of wight we we re rolled out on the isle of wight we were being told that this was going to bea were being told that this was going to be a game changer. this was going to be a game changer. this was going to be a game changer. this was going to be really something world beating and world leading, and now we have got this. that was the very phrase, a world beating piece of technology that would help us. up and running he said by the end of may. he was wrong he said by the end of may. he was wrong on he said by the end of may. he was wrong on both counts. deeply embarrassing for the government. in fairness to other countries have had troubles with technology trying to beat at the coronavirus but as i understand that our government ignored the technology the others adopted and now have adopted quite successfully. wanted to go their own way into their own thing, and introduce this world beating technology and failed on both counts. is acutely and particularly because of all the other mistakes since the start of the epidemic. not

a good day for borisjohnson. since the start of the epidemic. not a good day for boris johnson. that's exactly with the daily mail picks up on. a testing shambles described by the daily mail, just this ongoing, the daily mail, just this ongoing, the government seeming to be in a situation where they are catching up with the virus. we know as the new virus but not so much about it, but things like ppe has a really saddening to see what's happening. things like ppe has a really saddening to see what's happeninglj think saddening to see what's happening.” think if we take our minds back we have this jet think if we take our minds back we have thisjet going think if we take our minds back we have this jet going to pick up ppe from turkey and we also had stories about it not being up to the right standard and so things having to be discarded. all the way through this process we have had a number of blunders, and i would say this is not a good front page for the government. how many more corona fiascoes? and they are saying it's a

damaging u—turn on the coronavirus tracing app. the government is not having a particularly good time and because they had so much criticism about not going into lockdown early enough day spent a lot of time on concentrating on getting out of the locked out in the best possible way. there was a sense that they understood there was criticism about not liking down too soon and therefore the onus was to make sure coming out the other end was the most important thing. in the public which is not forgive them in this had gone wrong. we're starting to see many difficult things. yes indeed. let's look at the international newspapers. looking at the situation when it comes to shopping. singapore's reopening beginning at midnight with people being able to enjoy a spot of dining out. in, but out. that here in the

uk not quite foreseeable in the near future. . some relaxation in scotland today but still not pubs being up and out there. i have to say i wish the people of singapore well. and i would not wish any harm on them at all, but this is possibly a little bit optimistic. it's not forget what is happening back in china at the moment. let's not forget that here in the uk for him to have thousand new infections every day. the hundred 35 people losing their lives. a long way off meeting this but i personally, i hope i am not right but i'm concerned that actually these episodes of relaxation could lead to a second wave. that's the last thing we want. great news for people in singapore, let's hope it works is all i can say. singapore, let's hope it works is alli can say. do singapore, let's hope it works is all i can say. do you feel that this

could be too early in terms of, we could be too early in terms of, we could potentially experience a resurgence or asjohn was saying a second wave of this virus? definitely in the uk. some of the things we are seeing, and of the economy has to keep on going but i've seen huge queues for nonessential shops and i know people are trying hard to social distance but you can see the hundreds and hundreds of people are starting to mix together again. it's only natural to have concerns about a potential second wave of this pandemic. certainly the focus when it comes to the japan times. the election campaign taking place there. this fear of a second wave of coronavirus. election shining a spotlight on two topics. those countermeasures to stop infections and also the olympics that had to be supposed ——