Motorcyclist Zende Butterfield was involved in a collision in Pembroke on June 10
Police today named a young man who died after a road accident as 19-year-old Zende Butterfield. He was on a motorcycle that was involved in a collision involving a car and two other motorcycles in the North Shore Road, Church Lane Pembroke area, around 9:25pm on Tuesday, June 10. Mr. Butterfield was admitted into the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit but pronounced dead on Thursday, June 12. The two other motorcycle riders, plus a passenger on one of those motorcycles, sustained non-life threatening injuries. The male car driver and female car passenger were not hurt. A police investigation continues and anyone with information should call Roads Policing Unit Constable Walter Jackson on 247-1788 or e-mail wjackson@bps.bm
The U.S. dollar lost nearly 0.7% on the yen to 144.25
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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The dollar slipped to multi-year lows against the euro and Swiss franc on Thursday as concerns about the future independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve undermined faith in the soundness of the country’s monetary policy.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, U.S. President Donald Trump had toyed with the idea of selecting and announcing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s replacement by September or October.
“From a market perspective, of course, not only does that undermine the Fed’s credibility and independence, clearly, (but) it’s a risk to the outlook for U.S. rates as well,” said Nick Rees, head of macro research at Monex Europe.
“Those concerns weigh on the dollar this morning,” Rees said, adding that pressure on the currency from Trump team’s rhetoric could intensify ahead of the expiry on July 9 of “reciprocal tariff” suspensions with trading partners including the European Union.
Trump called Powell “terrible” on Wednesday for not lowering interest rates sharply, while the Fed Chair was telling the Senate that policy had to be cautious as the president’s tariff plans were a risk to inflation.
Markets have nudged up the chance of a rate cut at the Fed’s next meeting in July to 25%, from just 12% a week ago, and are pricing in 64 basis points of cuts by year-end, up from around 46 basis points last Friday.
They anticipate the next cut is more likely to happen in September than July.
“By the time we get to the September (Fed’s policy meeting), we’re going to know everything we need to know” in terms of impact from tariffs on the economy, said Kit Juckes, macro strategist at Societe Generale.
NOT SO EXCEPTIONAL
The dollar was under broad pressure as the euro gained 0.4% to $1.1708, its highest level since September 2021.
Sterling rose 0.38% to $1.3717, after hitting its highest since October 2021 earlier in the session, while the dollar was at its lowest in more than a decade versus the Swiss franc at 0.8007. The franc also struck a record peak against the yen around 180.55 overnight.
However, the safe-haven Japanese currency strengthened widely after losses in the previous session.
“From a yen perspective, traders are just looking for next steps from the Bank of Japan,” Rees said. “We think (the rate path) is going to be fairly moderate, but we do think it supports sustained yen appreciation in the medium term.”
After raising short-term interest rates to 0.5% in January, the Bank of Japan has signalled readiness to raise rates further.
However, its policymakers called for keeping interest rates steady for now due to uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs on Japan’s economy, a summary of opinions at the bank’s June policy meeting showed on Wednesday.
The U.S. dollar lost nearly 0.7% on the yen to 144.25, while the dollar index sank to its lowest since early 2022 at 97.28.
Trump’s tariff policies are also coming back into focus ahead of his July 9 deadline for trade deals.
JPMorgan on Wednesday said tariffs would slow U.S. economic growth and lift inflation, resulting in a 40% chance of a recession.
“The risk of additional negative shocks is elevated, and we expect U.S. tariff rates to move higher,” JPMorgan analysts said in their report. “The upshot of these developments is that our baseline scenario incorporates the end of a phase of U.S. exceptionalism.”
The ending of “exceptionalism” has been a major theme in the dollar’s decline in recent months, as investors question its status as the dominant reserve currency and the main safe haven among currencies.
Reporting by Wayne Cole in Sydney and Linda Pasquini in GdanskAdditional reporting by Ankur Banerjee and Kevin BucklandEditing by Shri Navaratnam, Kate Mayberry, Lincoln Feast, Gareth Jones and Barbara Lewis
The bloc has said it is striving for a mutually beneficial agreement
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Estonia Prime Minister Kristen Michal meet in Brussels, on the day of a European Union leaders summit, Belgium June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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European Union leaders are to tell the European Commission on Thursday whether they want to reach a quick trade agreement with the United States on terms that favour Washington or keep fighting for a better deal.
A quick deal seems to be the preferred option for most, officials and diplomats said, as the EU can then seek to address the unfavourable bias with some rebalancing measures of its own.
“I support the Commission, I support the President of the European Commission in her endeavours to make progress on competitiveness. I also support the European Commission in all its endeavours to reach a trade agreement with the USA quickly,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said.
“I want us to get Mercosur off the ground and conclude further trade agreements. Europe is facing decisive weeks and months,” he said.
The Commission, which negotiates trade agreements on behalf of the EU, will ask leaders of the EU’s 27 members meeting in Brussels how they want to respond to President Donald Trump’s July 9 deadline for a deal, now less than two weeks away.
The bloc has said it is striving for a mutually beneficial agreement, but as Washington looks set to stick to its 10% across-the board tariffs on most EU goods and threatening higher rates with prolonged talks, EU diplomats said a growing number of EU countries were now favouring a quick resolution.
“A trade war makes both sides of the Atlantic poorer and is just stupid. So I support the approach of the Commission president, who always kept calm and has negotiated for a result,” said Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
“If that were to end in one-sided and unfair tariffs then we have to take proportionate and very targeted countermeasures.”
The bloc is already facing U.S. import tariffs of 50% on its steel and aluminium, 25% for cars and car parts, along with a 10% tariff on most other EU goods, which Trump has threatened could rise to 50% without an agreement.
The United States’ only completed trade deal to date is with Britain, with the broad 10% tariff still in place. U.S. officials say it will not go lower for any trading partner.
Some 23 of the leaders will come to Brussels straight from the NATO summit in the Hague. Few will want to follow accord there with an economic war.
“There is a group of EU countries that want to protect companies by seemingly accepting something they have gotten used to – a 10% baseline,” one EU diplomat said.
REBALANCING MEASURES
One question EU leaders face is whether it should respond with its own measures to such a baseline tariff.
The European Union has agreed, but not imposed, tariffs on 21 billion euros of U.S. goods and is debating a further package of tariffs on up to 95 billion euros of U.S. imports. Some EU countries favour watering it down.
Among the EU rebalancing options is a tax on digital advertising, which would hit U.S. giants like Alphabet Inc’s Google, Meta, Apple, X or Microsoft and eat into the trade surplus in services the U.S. has with the EU. The bloc has a trade surplus with the U.S. in goods.
The Commission has proposed an EU-U.S. deal to cut respective tariffs on industrial goods to zero, along with potential further EU purchases of liquefied natural gas and soybeans.
Washington has shown little obvious interest, preferring to highlight items it considers as barriers, such as EU value-added tax, environmental standards and rules on online platforms, on which the EU does not want to move.
On the sidelines of the summit, EU leaders will also seek to allay the concerns of Slovakia and Hungary over ending their access to Russian gas as foreseen by the EU’s plan to phase out all Russian gas imports by the end of 2027.
EU diplomats said EU leaders’ assurances over gas should allow the two countries to back the EU’s 18th package of sanctions against Russia, which they are now blocking.
Before the start of the summit however, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would demand a delay in voting for the sanctions until Slovak concerns were addressed.
Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop, Jan Strupczewski, Bart H. Meijer, Friederike Heine,Jan Lopatka, Milan Strahm, Andreas Rinke; Writing by Philip Blenkinsop and Matthias Williams; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Hugh Lawson
China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory
FILE PHOTO: Military honor guards carry the Taiwan flag during Taiwan Navy’s open day event for the public at Yilan, Taiwan March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
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Taiwan is determined to defend itself and protect its free way of life, the island’s defence minister said on Thursday discussing next month’s annual exercises, as China’s military vowed to boost combat readiness to stop “separatist” activities.
China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up its military threats over the past five years, staging several rounds of war games and sending its forces into the skies and waters near the island on a daily basis.
Speaking to a committee set up by President Lai Ching-te to boost resilience in the face of a possible Chinese attack, Defence Minister Wellington Koo outlined Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang exercises which start next month.
The military drills will begin with rehearsals to counter potential “high-intensity grey zone incursions” from China evolving into an assault, and Taiwan’s armed forces will practice repelling a Chinese landing, Koo said.
New High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, made by Lockheed Martin, will be used at Han Kuang for the first time, along with Taiwan-developed Sky Sword surface-to-air missiles, he added.
The drills will “let the international community know that we are determined to defend ourselves, and to pass on to China that the nation’s military has the confidence and ability to defend a free and democratic life”, Koo said.
Earlier on Thursday, the defence ministry reported that China had held another “joint combat readiness patrol” involving warships and 21 military aircraft around Taiwan, including Su-30 fighters.
China labels Lai a “separatist” and its government has expressed further anger after he gave two speeches this week saying that Taiwan has its own sovereignty and China has no historical or legal basis for claiming it.
Chinese defence ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang said Lai’s distortion of history and “evil doctrine” had “fully exposed his sinister intention of provoking and escalating cross-Taiwan Strait confrontation”.
“The People’s Liberation Army will not tolerate the separatist acts of Taiwan independence, will continue to strengthen its military training and combat preparedness, and will resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he told a regular news conference.
Beijing has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control, and any attack on Taiwan could ignite a broader regional war.
Lai and his government strongly object to China’s sovereignty claims, saying it is up to the island’s people to decide their future.
The last Chinese war games in April and October were portrayed in part by Beijing as a test of a possible blockade of Taiwan.
Reporting by Yimou Lee and Laurie Chen; Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Taipei; Writing by Greg Torode and Beijing newsroom; Editing by Himani Sarkar, Kate Mayberry and Philippa Fletcher
Closing arguments are expected to continue into Friday
Sean “Diddy” Combs waves to supporters as he arrives with his defense lawyers during Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., June 24, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
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Closing arguments are due to kick off on Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial, with prosecutors expected to tell the jury that he forced his former girlfriends to take part in sexual performances and the defense set to counter that the music mogul believed the sex acts were consensual.
Combs, a former billionaire known for elevating hip-hop in American culture, has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and two counts each of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. If convicted on all counts, the Bad Boy Records founder faces a minimum 15-year prison term and could be sentenced to life behind bars.
Over more than six weeks of testimony in Manhattan federal court, jurors heard two of Combs’ former girlfriends testify that they took part in days-long, drug-fueled sex parties sometimes called “Freak Offs” with male sex workers while Combs watched, masturbated, and sometimes filmed.
The jury saw hotel surveillance footage of Combs beating one of the women in a hallway, and heard Combs’ employees describe setting up hotel rooms and buying drugs for the performances.
Both alleged victims – the rhythm and blues singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a woman known in court by the pseudonym Jane – said Combs also threatened to cut off financial support or leak sex tapes when they complained about their treatment.
Prosecutors say Combs’ conduct amounted to sex trafficking because he used force, fraud and threats to compel Ventura and Jane to take part, and because the male escorts were paid.
Combs’ defense lawyers acknowledge that Combs was occasionally violent in domestic relationships, but have argued that his conduct did not amount to sex trafficking because the sex acts described by prosecutors were consensual.
Ventura and Jane both testified that they at times took part in the performances because they loved Combs and wanted to make him happy, and defense lawyers have argued he had no way of knowing that they were not participating willingly.
Closing arguments are expected to continue into Friday. The jury is expected to start deliberations either late on Friday or on Monday.
Combs, a rapper and entrepreneur known for turning artists like Notorious B.I.G. and Usher into stars, has been held in federal lockup in Brooklyn since his September 2024 arrest.
During cross-examination of both women, defense lawyers highlighted tender and sexually explicit text messages that Ventura and Jane sent Combs over the course of their years-long relationships with him.
The defense opted not to call witnesses of their own, but during a 30-minute defense case on Tuesday displayed additional messages between Ventura and Combs, including one in which she pledged to “be your little freak.”
Combs did not testify. Defendants in U.S. criminal cases are not required to present evidence, and judges instruct juries not to hold a refusal to testify against defendants. To win a guilty verdict, prosecutors must prove their cases beyond a reasonable doubt.
Legal experts said the jury would need to consider the prosecution’s evidence of Combs’ abuse against the defense’s evidence that the women consented to the performances in at least some instances. The 12-member jury must be unanimous to convict Combs on any of the counts.
“The question is which narrative is going to hold more weight,” said Heather Cucolo, a professor at New York Law School.
Prosecutors are also expected to argue that Combs is guilty of racketeering conspiracy because his employees helped organize the “Freak Offs” and cover up abuse.
Combs’ lawyers have argued there was no conspiracy in part because his employees were not aware of anything improper about the sexual performances, and that any drugs they procured for their boss were for his personal use.
Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York;Editing by Noeleen Walder and Michael Perry
The U.S.-born pope also did not directly address the recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV attends a meditation inside St. Peter’s Basilica during the Jubilee of Bishops, at the Vatican, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File photo
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Pope Leo said on Thursday that conflicts in the Middle East were raging with an unprecedented “diabolical intensity” and appealed for greater respect for international law, in comments to Catholic bishops and aid agencies operating in the region.
At a meeting in the Vatican, the pontiff said countries in the region were being “devastated by wars, plundered by special interests, and covered by a cloud of hatred that renders the air unbreathable and toxic.”
“Today, violent conflict seems to be raging… with a diabolical intensity previously unknown,” he said, adding that the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza was “tragic and inhumane”.
Leo, elected on May 8 to replace the late Pope Francis, appealed last month for Israel to allow more humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. He did not name Israel in his remarks on Thursday.
The U.S.-born pope also did not directly address the recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran that also saw the United States bomb suspected Iranian nuclear facilities but he called for countries to show better respect for international law.
“It is truly distressing to see the principle of ‘might makes right’ prevailing in so many situations today, all for the sake of legitimising the pursuit of self-interest,” he said.
“It is troubling to see that the force of international law and humanitarian law seems no longer to be binding, replaced by the alleged right to coerce others,” Leo added.
Reporting by Joshua McElweeEditing by Gareth Jones
FILE PHOTO: Booking.com app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Two Dutch consumer groups said on Wednesday they are seeking affected customers for a legal claim against Booking.com, one of the world’s largest online travel agencies, over what they described as inflated hotel prices since 2013.
The Consumer Competition Claims Foundation (CCC) and the Consumers’ Association said in a statement that Booking.com had allegedly been charging consumers too much for hotel rooms for years, leading to “hundreds of millions of euros in damage to Dutch consumers”.
“We have done research and it shows that Booking has been violating competition rules and consumer law since January 2013,” CCC Chairman Bert Heikens said.
A spokesperson for Booking.com said the company had “always been committed to providing travellers with the best possible prices and a transparent booking experience” and that it rejected any claims to the contrary.
In 2024, the EU’s top court ruled that Booking.com’s restrictions against hotels offering lower rates on their websites or on rival sites were unnecessary and could reduce competition, but also that such clauses were not anti-competitive under EU laws.
Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout. Editing by Jamie Freed and Mark Potter
Industrial and precious metal miners led sectoral gains
Signage is seen outside the LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) headquarters in Paternoster Square, London, Britain, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
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UK shares edged higher on Thursday, with the midcap index hitting a two-week peak as investors digested a mixed bag of corporate results and mulled the outlook for interest rates after data indicated softening consumer spending.
The internationally focused FTSE 100 rose 0.4% by 1100 GMT, while the domestically focused midcap index <.FTMC> gained 0.6%.
Traders also scrutinised Shell’s latest comments after the oil giant denied reports of ongoing talks to acquire rival BP. Shares in both energy companies traded marginally higher in the morning.
Industrial and precious metal miners led sectoral gains, tracking higher mineral prices as a weaker dollar made resources cheaper for holders of other currencies. [MET/L][GOL/]
Fresnillo, Antofagasta, Anglo American and Endeavour Mining each added over 2%.
Car distributor Inchcape gained 6.2% to top the midcap FTSE index after maintaining fiscal-year outlook through cost-cutting measures that offset U.S. tariffs and increased competition.
The midcap index has outperformed the FTSE 100 this quarter and is on track for its biggest quarterly rise since late 2020.
Analysts note that domestically focused companies have been relatively insulated from trade uncertainties, while the UK remains among the few countries to have signed a trade deal with the United States.
On the data front, British retail sales slumped this month and expectations within the industry for July also deteriorated, a Confederation of British Industry survey showed.
Recent data reports have signalled a softening economy, and traders are now pricing in a 25 basis point Bank of England rate cut in September, according to LSEG data.
Among other stocks, Associated British Foods rose 1.1% after the food retailer said it would close the UK’s largest bioethanol plant by September unless the government provides support — potentially the first casualty of Britain’s tariff deal with the United States.
Greeting card retailer Moonpig slumped 9.6% to touch a more than two-month low after forecasting slower earnings growth and announcing its CEO’s departure.
Outsourcing firm Serco rose 2% on expectations of North American market driven first-half growth due to a high volume of defence contracts from last year.
Consultancy Next 15 Group slumped 25% after warning full-year 2026 profit would significantly miss market expectations.
Reporting by Twesha Dikshit; Editing by Tasim Zahid
Smoke was billowing from torched buildings in downtown Nairobi on Thursday morning
People walk past debris of broken retail electronics following demonstrations to mark the first anniversary of the deadly 2024 anti-government protests that drew widespread condemnation over the use of force by security agencies, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
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Torched buildings were smouldering and shop owners were cleaning up the charred wreckage in central Nairobi on Thursday, after a night of looting and arson followed youth demonstrations in which rights group Amnesty Kenya said 16 people were killed.
Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets on Wednesday, to mark the anniversary of deadly demonstrations a year ago and to protest against the death this month of a blogger held in police custody over a complaint by a senior police official.
More than 60 people were killed in the 2024 demonstrations, led by youth who refer to themselves informally as Gen Z, against a proposed tax hike. This month has seen a number of demonstrations following the death of blogger Albert Ojwang, found to have been beaten in jail.
Wednesday’s protests saw police fire tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds in Nairobi, with isolated clashes also breaking out in other towns. Reuters saw several protesters injured in clashes with police.
Amnesty Kenya’s executive director Irungu Houghton told Reuters the 16 who were killed on Wednesday had all died of gunshot wounds, suspected to have been inflicted by police officers.
The police have not given an account of casualties or of any shooting. Police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Smoke was billowing from at least 10 torched buildings in downtown Nairobi on Thursday morning.
“Look: everything they burnt. So please government, try talking to the Gen Z. Because that this happened (because) of Gen Z. So the Gen Z, try to sit down and talk with the government,” said Ibrahim Hamisi, owner of one of the burnt buildings.
Shopkeeper Josephine Apondi said “thugs” had looted 2 million shillings ($15,500) worth of phones and electronics from her Nairobi shop.
“Things are so tough in our country right now. Sometimes we come morning until evening and we have not sold. And to remember this is something you have invested in for so long,” she said.
Kenyan media also reported cases of destruction and looting in 26 other counties where protests took place.
Prosecutors have approved murder charges against six people, including three police officers, in the case of the blogger Ojwang, 31, who died after being arrested as part of an investigation triggered by a complaint by the deputy national police chief, Eliud Lagat.
All six defendants have pleaded not guilty. Reuters has been unable to reach Lagat for comment.
Additional reporting by Humphrey MalaloWriting by George ObulutsaEditing by Ammu Kannampilly and Peter Graff
The Scooter Mart Motor Fest, held each summer, is organized by Bermuda Charge and billed as the island’s premier celebration of motor culture and creativity.
This year it will feature more than 100 vendor tents, showcasing custom and vintage bikes, modified cars, scooters, auto parts, eco-products, food, and drinks.
We sat down with David Cahill, Event Director for Bermuda Charge, who noted how bikes are a huge part of Bermuda’s culture.
He spoke enthusiastically about the event’s continued growth and shared what spectators can look forward to on the day.
Two-time Isle of Man TT winner Steve Plater will be attending the 2025 Scooter Mart Motor Fest, where he’s set to take part in the CG Slow Race exhibition and serve as a judge for the Plater’s Choice awards.
Ahead of the event, he sat down with Kendal Trott to reflect on his remarkable career, what it takes to compete at the highest level, and why he’s so excited to be part of this year’s Motor Fest.
20-strong squad head to Cayman for the Regional Squash Championships
Bermuda’s next generation of squash talent is set to take to the international stage, with twenty junior players selected to represent the island at the 2025 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships. The prestigious tournament is scheduled to be held in the Cayman Islands from June 29th to July 5th.
This year’s Junior CASA Championships promises to be the largest edition to date, with around 200 players from 24 countries across the region converging to compete. It’s renowned as the biggest squash event in the Caribbean, known for its blend of high-level talent, fervent national pride, and an electric atmosphere that rivals professional circuits.
Bermuda’s strong contingent comprises a robust boys’ team featuring: Kaiden DeSilva, Mason Smith, Benjamin Sherratt, James Bigley, Michael Schrah, Owen Rosorea, William Frith, Rocco Adderley, Jonah Every, Hudson Ferris, Eli Carpol, Ethan Rosorea, and Andrew Cox. The girls’ team is equally promising, made up of Taylor Kyme, Mckenna Kyme, Somers Stevenson, Olivia Sherratt, Rose Paulos, Tyler Komposch, and Gabrielle Turchiaro. These athletes will compete across the Under 11, 13, 15, 17, and 19 Age Groups.
The tournament unfolds in three dynamic stages: the Individual championships, where players vie for the title of #1 in the Caribbean; the fast-paced Doubles matchups; and the emotionally charged Teams event, where every point carries the weight of national pride.
Bermuda will be looking to make a significant impact across all disciplines, with this robust squad showcasing the depth of junior squash development on the island.
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