Paul Moss

The country has seen tankers boarded off its coast and boats have been targeted by airstrikes as part of what the US claims is an effort to stop drug smuggling.

Then on Monday, Donald Trump said the US had hit a Venezuelan port.

which he claimed was used to load drug-smuggling boats.

That would certainly mark an escalation of hostilities.

And yet, as our Latin America correspondent Will Grant explains, the new measures announced on Tuesday will still be seen as significant.

Will Grant.

Poland is, in many ways, you'll have to excuse the near pun, a deeply polarised society.

Many among its younger, urban-based population have values which would be considered progressive by any European standards.

But in rural areas, the country's more conservative Catholic tradition still holds sway.

One issue which has proved particularly polarising is LGBT relationships.

And now the government in Warsaw has sent a bill to Parliament to legalise civil unions for couples living together.

And that would include same-sex relationships.

Anna Aslam reports.

This bill would allow any two people, regardless of gender, to sign a cohabitation contract, which would let them access each other's medical information, inherit assets and jointly file taxes, among other benefits.

However, it would not allow couples to share surnames or adopt children.

And for many LGBT campaigners fighting for equality, the bill is a disappointing half-measure.

Ahead of the last election, Prime Minister Donald Tusk had promised to introduce a bill legalizing civil partnerships within 100 days.

but he struggled to deliver reforms because of his coalition government's more conservative wing.

Poland is mostly Catholic, and many religious conservatives have criticized measures advocating for LGBT rights as gender ideology backed by destructive foreign powers.

The president, Karol Nowrocki, has said he'll veto any bill that, as he puts it, undermines the constitutionally protected status of marriage.