British Armed Forces

Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveils £15 billion UK defense plan as legacy project

He acknowledged that new governments could "build" on his blueprint, and some critics said the plan, delayed for more than nine months, was too little, too late.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk meet with Polish and British military personnel at the Battle of Britain Bunker, as the countries formalise a UK-Poland security agreement, in Uxbridge, Britain, May 27, 2026.
An ICU Nurse and a paratrooper jump from 16 Air Assault Brigade to provide medical support to people , after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Friday confirmed one suspected case of Hantavirus of a British national on Tristan da Cunha, Britain, May 9, 2026.

British paratroopers lead airdrop onto Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case

Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade (16 Air Asslt Bde) set up and fly their military drones after jumping from a Royal Air Force (RAF) A400M transport aircraft onto Salisbury Plain at Copehill Down training facility on March 30, 2026.

Iran war exposes weakened state of Britain's armed forces - explainer

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks on during a meeting with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam, at Downing Street in London, Britain October 29, 2025.

UK says British forces aiding regional defense but not striking Iran


Britain's May tells troops in Cyprus that Islamic 'caliphate' crushed

Britain has about 3,100 military personnel stationed at two compounds in Cyprus.

Britain's Theresa May speaks during a Board of Deputies of British Jews event in London in 2015

A rare birthday gift

Usually such awards to people living in Israel are made at the residence of the French ambassador in Jaffa.

Yoni Peres performs with singer David D’Or

Personal photos capture Holy Land stories of British World War I soldiers

World War I represented the first time that British soldiers could carry a personal camera with them into a military expedition.

British soldiers pictured in the Middle East during World War I

Comment: Balfour’s real victory came at Beersheba

Historians have recorded how General Allenby had given each of his soldiers a Bible, and he was often found on his knees looking for direction from above.

Descendants of soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), ride horses along the trail that their ancestors took as troops when they made their way to Beersheba.

Britain to proscribe two more neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations

British Home Secretary Amber Rudd emphasized the importance of the ban in ensuring public safety and preventing radicalization.

Far-right demonstrators clash with police officers during a march in Leicester, central England, October 9, 2010.

Arrest of suspected neo-Nazi British soldiers indicates larger security issue

Four soldiers were arrested under British anti-terror legislation on suspicion of being members of a proscribed terrorist organization.

British Army soldiers from 11 Light Brigade march to Parliament in central London June 7, 2010.