Overview

• NBC News reports that U.S. military planners have prepared options, including drone strikes inside Venezuela, which have not received presidential approval.
• Venezuelan foreign minister Yván Gil told the UN General Assembly the U.S. naval buildup and boat attacks constitute an illegal and immoral threat that violates the UN Charter.
• Washington says it has destroyed at least three narcotics-linked boats in the southern Caribbean, while deaths reported by President Trump—up to 14 across incidents—remain unverified.
• Venezuela is expanding domestic mobilization with militia recruitment, civil drills, military exercises and preparations for potential emergency measures.
• China publicly criticized the U.S. actions as threats to regional peace, and regional responses diverged, with Colombia’s Gustavo Petro urging an investigation and Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister supporting the U.S. presence.