Nuclear submarines, Gaza and Ukraine are likely to top Anthony Albanese’s agenda after he touched down in the UK for the next leg of his three-country visit.

The prime minister arrived in London alongside fiancée Jodie Haydon on Friday morning (AEST), ahead of a conference of left-wing leaders.

He will receive a rockstar reception at the Global Progress Action Summit, a gathering of some of the world’s top progressive leaders and policy experts, after his historic election win in May.

Albanese will join Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, Iceland’s Kristrun Frostadottir and UK prime minister Keir Starmer, whose plummeting political favourability is in stark contrast with the ascendant Australian leader.

The AUKUS deal and Trump are expected to dominate Albanese’s discussions with Starmer.

In New York, the PM gave a wide-ranging speech to the United Nations in which he announced Australia’s renewed bid for a seat on the UN Security Council.

Under the multibillion-dollar security pact with the US and UK, Australia would gain nuclear-powered attack submarines by the early 2040s.

The US is reviewing the agreement, agreed under Joe Biden’s presidency, to ensure it aligns with President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.

Trump would also be a key topic of discussions, Monash-Warwick Alliance international relations researcher Tom Howe said.

“I think (Albanese and Starmer) will probably talk about some tactics on how to best manage Trump,” Howe told AAP.

He said the UK commissioned the sixth of its seventh SSN-AUKUS submarine for the UK Royal Navy, which will replace its Astute class boat fleet from the late 2030s.

“It was commissioned ahead of schedule, kind of breaking protocol because it hasn’t had its at-sea testing yet, but that matters for Australia … because that submarine took 12 years to build,” Howe said.

“The UK is supposed to be deploying and rotating a submarine out of the base in Perth from 2027, so there’s quite a lot riding on that for Australia.”

Albanese will also meet King Charles III at Balmoral Castle, after the monarch stressed the importance of AUKUS during Trump’s visit to the UK last week.

“Our AUKUS submarine partnership, with Australia, sets the benchmark for innovative and vital collaboration,” the King said at a state banquet at Windsor Castle, as Trump, seated next to him, nodded.

Albanese’s UK visit follows five days at the UN, where he called on world leaders for more action on climate change, an end to conflict in Gaza and Ukraine, and alleviating poverty and inequality.

In his wide-ranging debut before the General Assembly on Thursday (AEST), the prime minister urged an overhaul of the multinational institution to prevent further loss of trust.

The talk followed a fiery speech from Trump in which he admonished nations such as Australia that recognised Palestinian statehood.

Howe said Albanese and Starmer would likely discuss Gaza and Israel, especially with Australians and Britons aboard an aid flotilla that has reportedly been attacked by drones, prompting Italy and Spain to send naval ships to help.

“That’s quite problematic for the British government, maybe less so for the Australian government given there’s fewer Australians (on board) and they have less commitment to commit a ship,” Howe said.

“But Britain does and so there’s going to be a significant headache there for Starmer.

“It looks pathetic to have citizens threatened like that and to do nothing.”

The prime minister’s final stop will be in the United Arab Emirates where he will meet President Sheikh Mohammmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

There, the pair will discuss the two countries’ free trade agreement, the Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

After failing to secure a meeting with US President Donald Trump while in New York, Albanese was able to snap a selfie with the leader at a cocktail event on Wednesday.

The pair locked in a formal face-to-face meeting for October 20.

Security Council bid

Australia will likely need to pour tens of millions of dollars into its campaign for a seat at the world’s top security body.

A bid will not come cheap, Australian National University international law professor Donald Rothwell warns.

“It will cost a lot of money,” he told AAP.

The security council is made up of five permanent members and ten rotating spots. France, China, Russia, the US and the UK are always on the committee and have the power to veto any resolution.

If Australia were to join the council, it would be for a two-year term representing the “Eastern Europe and other countries” bloc that includes Canada and New Zealand.

Abbas’s pledge to UN

The Palestinian president has pledged that militant group Hamas would have no role in governing Gaza after the war ends and must hand over its weapons.

Mahmoud Abbas, speaking over video after the United States revoked his visa, told world leaders on Thursday that his people “reject” the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

Abbas told the UN General Assembly that Palestinians in Gaza “have been facing a war of genocide, destruction, starvation and displacement” by Israel.

His speech came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to New York to give his own address in person on Friday.

Despite laying out in gruesome detail the death and destruction in Gaza, Abbas said Palestinian authorities “reject” the action Hamas carried out on October 7 and that it does not represent their people.

He also laid out his vision for what government would look like in territories once the war is over, saying that the Palestinian Authority is “ready to bear full responsibility for governance and security”.

He added that “Hamas will have no role to play in governance,” and will have to hand over its weapons to the Palestinian authorities.

“There can be no justice if Palestine is not freed,” Abbas said.

In a short but resolute speech, Abbas thanked the world leaders who have stood up for Palestinians throughout the Gaza war, saying that the recent recognition of Palestinian statehood has presented his people with hope for peace and an end to the conflict.

He welcomed the recent announcements from France, Australia, the UK and Canada to recognise them as an independent state and called for the remaining few dozen countries to do the same.

But, he added, that symbolic recognition is not enough to address the present moment.

“The time has come for the international community to do right by the Palestinian people, so that they may obtain their rights for their legitimate rights to be rid of the occupation and to not remain a hostage to the temperament of Israeli politics, which denies our rights and continues in their injustice, oppression and aggression,” Abbas said.

Before concluding, he sent a message of hope to the Palestinian people, saying that no matter how long the suffering continues, “its results will not break our will to live and survive”.

“The dawn of freedom will emerge, and the flag of Palestine will fly high in our skies as a symbol of dignity, steadfastness and being free from the occupation,” Abbas said.

“We will not leave our homeland. We will not leave our lands.”

Meanwhile, Israel struck houses and tents in central and southern Gaza on Thursday, crushing families inside and killing at least 17 Palestinians, local health officials said.

—AAP