United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer authorized the US military to launch defensive strikes against Iranian missile sites from British bases following the arrival of a B-1 Lancer bomber.The decision comes as President Donald Trump seeks multi-billion dollar emergency war funding after Iranian drones disabled Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned of a dramatic surge in operations while the United Kingdom government coordinates evacuations and deploys naval assets to the eastern Mediterranean.These developments follow Israeli air raids on Tehran and efforts by Starmer to support the defense of Saudi Arabia during conversations with Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman.