A commanding performance in event that celebrates the memory of Canute and Myrtle Lambert
Racing took place just off the West End Sailboat Club
Maxwell Curtis and Wesley Tucker demonstrated commanding form to finish top of the standings at the Canute & Myrtle Memorial Lambert Regatta, held off the West End Sailboat Club. The pair secured a total of just 3 points across the four races, cementing their victory. After a third-place finish in the opening race, Curtis and Tucker found their stride, winning the subsequent three races to seal their dominant performance. Finishing second overall with 5 points were Alan Frith and his crew Sarah Frith. Alan Frith, fresh from representing Bermuda in the recent 2025 Team Racing World Championship in Rhode Island, showed no signs of slowing down on his return to local waters. Rounding out the podium in third place were Gladwin Lambert and his stand-in crew Simon Van de Weg, who accumulated 11 points. Lambert’s regular crew member was notably absent due to international football duties, officiating the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying match between the Cayman Islands and Honduras. The regatta provided competitive racing just off the West End Sailboat Club, celebrating the memory of Canute & Myrtle Lambert with a fitting display of sailing prowess.
Circumstances surrounding the assault remain unclear and investigations are ongoing
Bermuda Police Service update via press release:
At approximately 9:15 PM on Sunday, June 8, 2025, police and other emergency services were dispatched to a report of an assault that occurred in a Dockyard area, near the ferry terminal.
Upon arrival, officers located one male victim who had sustained a head injury. He was transported to King Edward Memorial Hospital for treatment. The severity of his injury is unknown at this time.
The circumstances surrounding the assault remain unclear, and investigations are ongoing.
Police are appealing to members of the public who may have witnessed a disturbance in the area during the time of the incident, to contact Inspector Kenten Trott on 717-2345
Milei subsequently doubled down calling Sanchez “arrogant”, “totalitarian” and a “coward”
Argentine’s President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the Madrid Economic Forum, in Madrid, Spain, June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
International news via Reuters:
Argentina’s President Javier Milei insulted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at an event in Madrid, a year after a similar attack escalated into a diplomatic spat.
At the Madrid Economic Forum event on Sunday evening, Milei called for “clobbering the local bandit”, referring to Sanchez without naming him directly.
Sanchez’s office declined to comment on the incident.
Elected in late 2023, Milei, a libertarian and former TV pundit, has often taken maverick positions and made theatrical gestures, such as smashing a pinata of the central bank on live TV.
In May 2024, Milei called Sanchez’s wife Begona Gomez “corrupt” at another event in Madrid. The comment led to a diplomatic spat, with the Spanish government withdrawing its ambassador from Buenos Aires for several months when Milei refused to apologise.
Milei subsequently doubled down calling Sanchez “arrogant”, “totalitarian” and a “coward”, although Argentina kept its ambassador in Madrid.
Gomez is under preliminary investigation for possible influence peddling and corruption. She and her husband have denied any wrongdoing.
Reporting by Inti Landauro and Isabel Infantes; Editing by Sharon Singleton
China’s foreign ministry on Monday defended the aircraft carrier’s voyage
FILE PHOTO: China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning departs Hong Kong, China, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
International news via Reuters:
The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, Japan’s top government spokesperson said on Monday.
Japan would strengthen surveillance and gather necessary information, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a regular press briefing in Tokyo. Japan has also sent “an appropriate message” to China, Hayashi said without elaborating.
Iwo Jima is located 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo.
A statement by Japan’s Joint Staff over the weekend said that the Liaoning, accompanied by some other ships, sailed in the sea within Japan’s exclusive economic zone near Minamitorishima, a remote island east of Iwo Jima.
Japan also confirmed fighter jets and helicopters taking off and landing from Liaoning in the waters southeast of Iwo Jima on Sunday.
China’s foreign ministry on Monday defended the aircraft carrier’s voyage as “fully in line with international law and practice.”
Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular press briefing that China had “always pursued a defensive national defence policy” and urged Japan to look at the issue “objectively and rationally.”
Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Additional reporting by Liz Lee in Beijing; Editing by Kate Mayberry
Demonstrators shouted “Shame on you!” at police and some appeared to throw objects
Police officers face off with demonstrators during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
International news via Reuters:
California National Guard troops were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday to help quell a third day of protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, a step the state’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, called unlawful.
Police were making more arrests after at least 10 on Sunday and 29 the previous night, Los Angeles police officers told a news briefing.
National Guard troops guarded federal government buildings, as police and protesters clashed in separate demonstrations over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles police declared several rallies to be “unlawful assemblies”, accusing some protesters of throwing concrete projectiles, bottles and other items at police.
Video images showed several self-driving cars from Alphabet’s Waymo were set ablaze on a downtown street on Sunday evening.
Los Angeles police officers on horseback attempted to control the crowds.
Demonstrators shouted “Shame on you!” at police and some appeared to throw objects, video images showed. One group blocked the 101 Freeway, a major downtown thoroughfare.
Groups of protesters, many carrying Mexican flags and signs denouncing U.S. immigration authorities, gathered in spots around the city.
The Los Angeles branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized speakers outside City Hall for an afternoon rally.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he requested the Trump administration to withdraw its order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles county, calling it unlawful.
In an interview with MSNBC, Newsom said he planned to sue the administration over the deployment, adding that Trump “has created the conditions” around the protests.
Newsom accused Trump of trying to manufacture a crisis and violating California’s state sovereignty. “These are the acts of a dictator, not a president,” he wrote in a post on X.
However, Police Chief Jim McDonnell told a media briefing on Sunday night that the protests were getting out of control.
Asked if the National Guard was needed, McDonnell said police would not “go to that right away,” but added, “Looking at the violence tonight, I think we’ve got to make a reassessment.”
In a social media post, Trump called on McDonnell to do so.
“He should, right now!!!” Trump added. “Don’t let these thugs get away with this. Make America great again!!!”
The White House disputed Newsom’s characterization, saying in a statement, “Everyone saw the chaos, violence and lawlessness.”
Earlier, about a dozen National Guard, along with Department of Homeland Security personnel, pushed back a group of demonstrators outside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, video showed.
U.S. Northern Command said 300 members of the California National Guard had been deployed to three spots in the Los Angeles area. Their mission was limited to protecting federal personnel and property.
In a social media post on Sunday, Trump called the demonstrators “violent, insurrectionist mobs” and said he was directing his cabinet officers “to take all such action necessary” to stop what he called “riots.”
Speaking to reporters in New Jersey, he threatened violence against demonstrators who spit on police or National Guard troops, saying, “They spit, we hit.”
He did not cite any specific incidents.
“If we see danger to our country and to our citizens, it will be very, very strong in terms of law and order,” Trump said.
The FBI offered a $50,000-reward for information on a suspect accused of throwing rocks at police vehicles in Paramount, injuring a federal officer.
Despite Trump’s rhetoric about the demonstrations, he has not invoked the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that empowers a president to deploy the U.S. military to suppress events like civil disorder.
Asked on Sunday whether he was considering doing so, he said, “It depends on whether or not there’s an insurrection.”
‘HIGH ALERT’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilize active-duty troops “if violence continues” in Los Angeles, saying the Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton were on “high alert.”
U.S. Northern Command said about 500 Marines were prepared to deploy if ordered.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass blamed the Trump administration for inciting tension by sending in the National Guard, but also condemned protesters who became violent.
“I don’t want people to fall into the chaos that I believe is being created by the administration completely unnecessarily,” Bass told a press conference.
Vanessa Cárdenas, the head of the immigration advocacy group America’s Voice, accused the Trump administration of “trumping up an excuse to abuse power, and deliberately stoke and force confrontations around immigration.”
On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the National Guard would provide safety around buildings to people engaged in peaceful protest and to law enforcement.
Trump has pledged to deport record numbers of people in the country illegally and lock down the U.S.-Mexico border, setting ICE a goal of arresting at least 3,000 migrants a day.
Census data suggests a significant part of the population in Democratic-run Los Angeles is Hispanic and foreign-born.
But the sweeping enforcement measures have also included legally residents, some with permanent residence, spurring legal challenges.
On Sunday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the U.S. government over the immigration raids and National guard deployment.
“We do not agree with this way of addressing the immigration issue,” Sheinbaum, who has sought to cultivate a positive relationship with Trump, said at a public event.
“The phenomenon will not be addressed with raids or violence. It will be by sitting down and working on comprehensive reform.”
TRUMP’S JUSTIFICATION
Trump’s justification for the National Guard deployment cited a provision of Title 10 of the U.S. Code on the Armed Forces. However, Title 10 also says the “orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States.”
It was not immediately clear if the president had the legal authority to deploy the National Guard without Newsom’s order.
Title 10 allows for National Guard deployment by the federal government if there is “a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the government of the United States.”
Those troops are only allowed to engage in limited activities and cannot undertake ordinary law enforcement activities.
Trump’s memo says the troops will “temporarily protect ICE and other United States government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property, at locations where protests against these functions are occurring, or are likely to occur.”
Reporting by Jorge Garcia and Arafat Barbakh; Additional reporting by Sandy Hooper in Los Angeles, Daphne Psaledakis, Daniel Trotta, Bo Erickson and Rachael Levy in Washington, Nandita Bose in Bedminster, New Jersey, Lizbeth Díaz and Noé Torres in Mexico and Alexia Garamfalvi in New York, Gursimran Kaur and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Writing by John Kruzel, Andrew Goudsward and Michelle Nichols; Editing by Michael Perry and Clarence Fernandez
The deal puts Medik8’s enterprise value at around 1 billion euros
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French cosmetics Groupe L’Oreal is seen on the L’Oreal group’s headquarters building in Clichy, near Paris, France, April 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo
International news via Reuters:
L’Oreal has agreed to acquire a majority stake in British skincare brand Medik8, boosting the French cosmetics giant’s position in the fast-growing dermatological skincare market.
Neither L’Oreal nor UK-based private equity firm Inflexion, which is selling the stake, disclosed the terms of the deal in separate statements on Monday.
A person with knowledge of the situation said the deal puts Medik8’s enterprise value at around 1 billion euros.
“This acquisition further strengthens L’Oreal’s luxe portfolio, adding a premium science-backed skincare brand with a proven track record of success, with strong potential for global growth,” L’Oreal said in its statement.
Sales growth at L’Oreal’s luxury division, its second largest which houses MiuMiu perfume, Lancome skincare and Aesop cleansers, slowed to 2.7% last year as higher inflation prompted shoppers to opt for less expensive brands.
That was the lowest growth of all of L’Oreal’s segments, but outpaced the beauty division of luxury rival LVMH.
Inflexion will retain a minority shareholding in Medik8, which focuses on vitamin A-based anti-ageing creams and serums, although L’Oreal has secured rights to buy out minority shareholders in full.
At 0810 GMT, L’Oreal’s share price was down 0.2%, in line with a broader fall for France’s CAC 40.
Reporting by Dominique Patton, Kate Entringer, Mimosa Spencer and Anousha Sakoui; Writing by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Kirsten Donovan
Italy’s declining birthrates mean it needs to attract more foreigners to boost their economy
People prepare to vote during a referendum on employment and Italian citizenship at a polling station in Rome, Italy, June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Matteo Minnella
International news via Reuters:
Voting resumed on Monday for Italy’s two-day referendum on proposals to make it easier to obtain Italian citizenship and strengthen labour rights, but low turnout looked set to make the vote invalid.
Data overnight showed under 23% of eligible voters had cast their ballots as polls provisionally closed on Sunday, far short of the 50% plus one of the electorate needed to make the outcome of the vote binding.
Voting ends at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT).
One of the five referendums is about reducing the period of residence required to apply for Italian citizenship by naturalisation to five years from 10 years. This could affect about 2.5 million foreign nationals, organisers say.
With Italy’s birthrate in sharp decline, economists say the country needs to attract more foreigners to boost its anaemic economy, and migrant workers feel a lot is at stake for them as they seek closer integration into Italian society.
Three other referendum questions would reverse a decade-old liberalisation of the labour market, and a fourth concerns liability rules for accidents at work.
Opposition leftist and centrist parties, civil society groups and a leading trade union have latched on to the issues of labour rights and Italy’s demographic woes as a way of challenging Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition government that took power almost three years ago.
Meloni and her allies encouraged their supporters to boycott the vote. The prime minister attended a polling station in Rome on Sunday but her staff confirmed that she did not collect ballot papers and did not cast a vote, a tactic she had indicated that she would adopt.
A low turnout and a failed referendum could lead to further infighting among centre-left opposition groups which have struggled to find a way to dent Meloni’s popularity since she came to power.
Reporting by Angelo Amante and Alvise ArmelliniWriting by Keith Weir; Editing by Sharon Singleton
Drones have played a significant role in Ukraine’s defence since Russia’s invasion of the country
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Renault is seen on a car displayed at the ChangeNOW 2025 summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
International news via Reuters:
France’s defence ministry has approached Renault with a view to helping to manufacture drones, the automaker said on Sunday, after the ministry last week floated the idea French companies could help with production in Ukraine.
“We have been contacted by the defence ministry about the possibility of producing drones. Discussions have taken place, but no decision has been taken at this stage, as we are awaiting further details on this project from the ministry,” Renault said in a statement to Reuters.
Earlier on Sunday, French news website Franceinfo reported the French carmaker was expected to produce drones in Ukraine.
Asked about the report, the ministry told Reuters it was up to the carmaker, without naming it, to say whether it would participate.
Also without naming any companies, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu told French news channel LCI on Friday that France would set up a partnership between a major French carmaker and a small defence firm to equip production lines in Ukraine for building drones.
Drones have played a significant role in Ukraine’s defence since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in 2022, providing surveillance and strike capabilities that have shaped battlefield tactics against Russian forces.
Reporting by Gilles Guillaume;Additional reporting by Camille Raynaud;Writing by Mathieu RosemainEditing by Elaine Hardcastle and Barbara Lewis
Getty’s case is one of several lawsuits over the use of copyrighted material to train AI models
FILE PHOTO: An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
International news via Reuters:
Getty Images’ landmark copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI begins at London’s High Court on Monday, with the photo provider’s case likely to set a key precedent for the law on AI.
The Seattle-based company, which produces editorial content and creative stock images and video, accuses Stability AI of breaching its copyright by using its images to “train” its Stable Diffusion system, which can generate images from text inputs.
Getty, which is bringing a parallel lawsuit against Stability AI in the United States, says Stability AI unlawfully scraped millions of images from its websites and used them to train and develop Stable Diffusion.
Stability AI – which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and in March announced investment by the world’s largest advertising company, WPP – is fighting the case and denies infringing any of Getty’s rights.
A Stability AI spokesperson said that “the wider dispute is about technological innovation and freedom of ideas,” adding: “Artists using our tools are producing works built upon collective human knowledge, which is at the core of fair use and freedom of expression.”
Getty’s case is one of several lawsuits brought in Britain, the U.S. and elsewhere over the use of copyright-protected material to train AI models, after ChatGPT and other AI tools became widely available more than two years ago.
WIDER IMPACT
Creative industries are grappling with the legal and ethical implications of AI models that can produce their own work after being trained on existing material. Prominent figures including Elton John have called for greater protections for artists.
Lawyers say Getty’s case will have a major impact on the law, as well as potentially informing government policy on copyright protections relating to AI.
“Legally, we’re in uncharted territory. This case will be pivotal in setting the boundaries of the monopoly granted by UK copyright in the age of AI,” Rebecca Newman, a lawyer at Addleshaw Goddard, who is not involved in the case, said.
She added that a victory for Getty could mean that Stability AI and other developers will face further lawsuits.
Cerys Wyn Davies, from the law firm Pinsent Masons, said the High Court’s ruling “could have a major bearing on market practice and the UK’s attractiveness as a jurisdiction for AI development”.
The spending announcement would come days before a June 24-25 summit of NATO leaders
FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 28, 2025. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
International news via Reuters:
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will unveil a new security and defence investment plan on Monday that would enable Canada to meet NATO’s 2% military spending target this fiscal year, the Globe and Mail reported, citing two senior government sources.
The spending increase, worth billions of dollars, will allow Canada to meet NATO’s 2% target in the fiscal year ending next March and exceed it in future years, the report said.
NATO’s current defence spending goal of at least 2% of GDP is met by 22 of its 32 members. Canada was near the bottom of the list in 2024, according to estimates published by the alliance.
The plan will include higher pay for members of the Canadian Armed Forces, new aircraft, armed vehicles, ammunition, new drones and more sensors to monitor the sea floor and the Arctic, the Globe and Mail said.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.
The Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
The spending announcement would come days before a June 24-25 summit of NATO leaders.
Reuters reported last month that NATO chief Mark Rutte had proposed alliance members should boost defence spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to broader security-related spending to meet U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for a 5% target.
Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru. Editing by Aidan Lewis and Mark Potter
Op-ed comes from Vance Campbell, Shadow Minister for Economy and Labour
One Bermuda Alliance op-ed:
“The Government should have sought consultation on its updated work permit policy before it was updated, not after,” says Vance Campbell, Shadow Minister for Economy and Labour. “It feels like members of the public are an afterthought.”
“Will the Government make further changes to the policy based upon that feedback?” MP Campbell ponders.
“During his press conference Minister Hayward stated there would be balance between employment and immigration in Bermuda. When he refers to balance, what does that look like? What data or metrics can the Ministry provide so that we can all know when we have reached this proper balance? How many work permits are we away from reaching this proper balance? What is the ratio of jobs held by Bermudians versus non-Bermudians that would equate to this proper balance?”
MP Campbell continues: “Mr Hayward also mentioned that realistic conditions will be in place to enable Bermudians to find work while at the same time ensuring that suitably qualified non-Bermudians in specific categories be permitted to work on the island.
“What are these realistic conditions? How are they achieved or measured? Have the conditions before not been realistic? What made them unrealistic? Without data and other metrics, it appears that these statements are designed to make Bermudians feel good and nothing else.”
He also notes that the completion day for permits keeps shifting: “First it was 20 days, now it’s 30 with the caveat that it could be sooner. Why not choose one deadline and stick to it to take the guessing out of the equation. Employers need to be assured that work permits will be consistently processed year-round.”
In regard to eliminating the processing of duplicate applications, MP Campbell is asking Minister Hayward to provide more clarity: “What changes will be made to ensure that duplications are nullified? How many of the 10,000 work permit-related applications were duplicated? Were the duplicated applications also accompanied by duplicate payments?”
No matter what changes are made to policy, if little is done to enhance enforcement, the results will not change, he adds.
“This Government is once again failing to make the necessary changes leading to meaningful immigration reform that will address our challenges with emigration, a shrinking population and an aging population, both in the short-term and for the long-term.”
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