escalate

If the US decides to intervene on Venezuelan soil, the situation could escalate very fast.

The ongoing strikes are part of a “continuing drumbeat” in the administration’s escalating war on drug gangs, says Evan Ellis, a Latin America expert at the U.S.

Moscow has escalated attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of attempting to "create chaos and apply psychological pressure".

The escalating crisis has seen former allies criticise the president.

“Turning Point’s attack is part of an escalating effort by the far right to suppress the speech, teaching, and scholarship of faculty who do not conform to their movement’s politics,” the statement read.