now freed in a deal brokered by saudi arabia between russia and ukraine, aiden aslin says he s amazed to be back home and among people who don t want to hurt him. simon jones, bbc news. the military has been deployed to canada s nova scotia province after tropical storm fiona battered the coastline. hundreds of thousands of people across five provinces have been left without power and officials have warned of severe damage to critical infrastructure. leana hosea has this report. tropical storm fiona has battered eastern canada, leaving devastation in its wake. houses were washed into the sea, and hundreds of thousands of people are left without power as winds up to 100 mph bring down power lines. emergency teams are already working to clear the roads of the huge amount of debris and fallen trees left in its wake. two women were reportedly swept into the ocean in newfoundland. port aux basques on the south west tip of newfoundland bore the brunt of the storm.
prime minister trudeau has pledged federal help to affected communities. as we see the images of houses falling into the sea, the waves destroying property and buildings, ourfirst thought needs to be for people, to make sure that people are staying safe. buildings and even communities can be rebuilt, but we have to make sure that we are keeping everyone safe. storm fiona has already swept through parts of the caribbean, to a post tropical cyclone, but as prime minister trudeau admits, infrastructure will need to be rebuilt to withstand ever more frequent extreme weather as we see these maybe once in a century storms start to hit every few years. leana hosea, bbc news.
to critical infrastructure. leana hosea has this report. tropical storm fiona has battered eastern canada, leaving devastation in its wake. houses were washed into the sea, and hundreds of thousands of people are left without power as winds up to 100 mph bring down power lines. emergency teams are already working to clear the roads of the huge amount of debris and fallen trees left in its wake. two women were reportedly swept into the ocean in newfoundland. port aux basques on the south west tip of newfoundland bore the brunt of the storm. the mayor declared a state of emergency and evacuated parts of the town that were flooded.
and to phase out colombia s reliance on fossil fuel extraction. to pay for these ambitious measures, he is promising tax reforms. but mr petro is also a former left wing guerrilla leader and, as president, he says he willfully implement a peace deal signed with the farc rebel group in 2016. a deal that stalled under the administration of outgoing leader, ivan duque. translation: it is. possible, yes, we can. we will implement the peace treaty and then we will follow to the letter the recommendations of the report of the truth commission, which gives a figure of 800,000 people who died in the violence. dead colombian men and women. mr petro also called for a new international strategy to fight the drug trade, saying the war on drugs has failed. if mr petro is to succeed on delivering his big promises, they will have to win over the sizeable conservative minority who did not vote for him, and unite the country. leana hosea, bbc news.
which gives a figure of 800,000 people who died in the violence. dead colombian men and women. mr petro also called for a new international strategy to fight the drug trade, saying the war on drugs has failed. if mr petro is to succeed on delivering his big promises, they will have to win over the sizeable conservative minority who did not vote for him, and unite the country. leana hosea, bbc news. live now to bogota and we can talk to sergio guzman director of colombia risk analysis, a political risk consulting firm. thank you forjoining us. would this be, talk about risk. he is taking on the idea of tax hikes, thank you will have a pistol and deal with the drug was. y ., pistol and deal with the drug was. ,, .