Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a statement in the media briefing room of Downing Street on January 19, 2026, in London, England. (Getty Images)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses for a photograph with China’s President Xi Jinping in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. (Getty Images)
The amphibious assault ship USS America steams alongside other vessels from the US Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, French Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Coral Sea on July 20, 2025. (US Navy)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing Street on the day the cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza on July 29, 2025, in London, England. (Toby Melville via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. (Allison Robbert via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a North Atlantic Council plenary meeting during the NATO summit on June 25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (Kin Cheung via Getty Images)
Royal Navy security personnel stand guard on HMS Vigilant at Her Majesty's Naval Base on January 20, 2016, in Rhu, Scotland. (Jeff J. Mitchell via Getty Images)