The UK has stopped sharing some intelligence with the US on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean following concerns over America's strikes against the vessels.

The US has reported carrying out 14 strikes since September on boats near the Venezuelan coast.

The death toll from the US attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea has risen to more than 70, as the US escalates a military build-up in the Caribbean Sea.

Downing Street did not deny reporting by CNN that the UK is withholding intelligence from the US to avoid being complicit in US military strikes it believes may breach international law.

Britain, which controls several territories in the Caribbean where it bases intelligence assets, has long assisted the US in identifying vessels suspected of smuggling narcotics b

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