UK 'Stops Sharing Some Intelligence With US' Amid Concerns Over Trump Boat Strikes

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/691367c517000085689c5381.png?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Pete Hegseth posted video footage of the most recent strikes on X." data-caption="Pete Hegseth posted video footage of the most recent strikes on X." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Pete Hegseth/X" />Pete Hegseth posted video footage of the most recent strikes on X.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>The UK has stopped sharing some intelligence with the US amid fears military strikes ordered by <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a> on boats allegedly carrying drugs are illegal, it has been reported.</p><p>America has carried out more than a dozen strikes since September on vessels near the Venezuelan coast and the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing more than 70 people.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-strikes-more-boats-pacific-killing-six_n_6912132fe4b0b840aac11f9e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Two more boats were blown up on Sunday</a>, killing six people, according to US defence secretary Pete Hegseth.</p><p>In a post on X showing video footage of the strikes, he said: ” These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific.</p><p>“Both strikes were conducted in international waters and 3 male narco-terrorists were aboard each vessel. All 6 were killed. No US forces were harmed. Under President Trump, we are protecting the homeland and killing these cartel terrorists who wish to harm our country and its people.”</p></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align=&quot