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The Challenges Facing Colombia's New President

A shaky FARC peace deal, violent drug cartels and Venezuela tensions will test Duque

A shaky FARC peace deal, violent drug cartels, and tensions with Venezuela will test Ivan Duque. At 42-years-old he will be Colombia's youngest ever president, having served as a senator only since 2014. So how will he handle the domestic and international challenges of the job?

Also on the programme: the man fighting fire from the air; and an IS hostage returns to Syria to see where he was held.

(Picture: Ivan Duque, presidential candidate for the Centro Democratico party delivers a speech after winning the first round Presidential Election in Bogota in May 2018. Credit: Gabriel Aponte/Vizzor Image/Getty Images)

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Tue 7 Aug 201820:06GMT

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