an environmental activist was killed every two days. the global witness report says more than 1,700 people died while trying to prevent fossil fuel extraction and mining on their lands. it attributes the rise to the growing global demand for commodities, combined with the rise of authoritarian governments. most of the killings took place in latin america. danish football officials have announced that the national team will wear a toned down monochrome kit, for november s world cup in qatar. it s to protest against the host nation s human rights record, and the alleged mistreatment of thousands of migrant workers building the tournament stadiums. denmark s training kit sponsors are also withdrawing their logos, to give space for messages critical of qatar. here in the uk, faced with growing alarm on the financial markets about the government s economic strategy, the bank of england, the uk s central bank, has been forced to take emergency action to try to stabilise things.
over the water, some of the models suggest there could be a bump up in the wind speed again. tropical storm warnings over the east coast north of florida. certainly a long duration event that we will track for the next couple of days. track for the next couple of da s. g ., track for the next couple of da 5. . . ., track for the next couple of days. jason, from connecticut, thank you days. jason, from connecticut, thank you so days. jason, from connecticut, thank you so much. let s get some of the day s other news. european countries say they will ramp up security around oil and gas installations after the suspected sabotage of two major pipelines. the eu, us and nato have suggested damage to the pipelines between russia and germany was deliberate, but have not blamed russia directly. russia has said it was not involved, and asked if the us was instead. a study has found that over the past decade, on average, an environmental activist was killed every two days. the global witness
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joining me now is silvana amaya, a bogota based political risk analyst with control risks. thanks with control risks. very much indeed for joining thanks very much indeed for joining us. that list is a long one, it is the drugs trade, a peace deal, taxes up, fossil fuel to come to an end in terms of extraction stop what are his biggest challenges? biggest challenges? david, thank you biggest challenges? david, thank you for biggest challenges? david, thank you for having - biggest challenges? david, thank you for having me. i biggest challenges? david, i thank you for having me. yes, he has a lot of challenges. i would say he has three main challenges he will face in the next six months. he has to deal with a very diverse group of people that he has chosen to be part of his cabinet. he has chosen some ministers that are very technical, very expert in theirfields and he has very technical, very expert in their fields and he has chosen some political ministers that will sort of thro