Good morning. Here are the headlines for Saturday, August 30, 2025. From Washington to Tokyo, key shifts are reshaping alliances: the US absent from a Pacific forum, Israel pressing a new Gaza offensive, and Europe pledging stronger backing for Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ernst bows out of the Senate, Indonesia erupts in protest, and India and Japan deepen ties.

—US Skips Pacific Future Forum in Japan, Breaking with Past Participation

For the first time, the United States declined to send any military or government representatives to the Pacific Future Forum, a key UK-organized security conference held this year aboard the HMS Prince of Wales (R09) in Tokyo Bay.

The event, which convenes defense ministers and senior officials from Japan, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations, has alwa

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