U.S. Navy and Bangladesh Navy open CARAT Bangladesh 2026 with mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior and a P-8A Burnham meets Albanese and Mottley ahead of CHOGM in Antigua, with AUKUS, Ukraine, climate and G20 debt reform on the agenda Lockheed Martin’s indirect reply after Greece signed for the KC-390: “More than 2,700 C-130s built. One competitor? Fewer than 20” Qeshm: US officials say the blasts were “defensive” American strikes on a missile launcher, on the eve of the midterms Explosions on Iran’s Qeshm island, as the IRGC says it captured two US drones and Trump plays down new strikes after the election Pezeshkian: Mojtaba Khamenei has given the government some powers to negotiate with the US; Vance: “We have made some progress” U.S. Space Force activates SPACEFOR-SOC, the first new U.S. Special Operations Command component since 2006 UK and France to lead Exercise Koalicja in Poland, a 2,800-strong rehearsal for the Multinational Force Ukraine Royal Navy: Merlin helicopters tracked the Russian spy ship Viktor Leonov during a NATO exercise off Scotland Israel: Central Elections Committee says the result stands even if foreign interference is confirmed, as Likud talks of “stolen” elections