swarms of people thrown to the airport in abidjan and its surrounding streets this thursday to welcome one inbound passenger in particular. the former iberian president touched down for the first time in nearly 10 years in exile. he says he is glad to return to ivory coast and to africa. teargas was used to dispersed some of his supporters and to block the road to the airport to those without a plane ticket, prompting a spokesperson for the acquitted former leader to call that response unjustified. the 76 rald was ousted from office in 2011 after refusing to accept that he had lost 2010 election, a move which triggered a brief but deadly civil war -- the 76-year-old was ousted. he was accused of crimes against humanity, but authorities delayed handing him a passport until after this year's election. >> march 31, 2021, and the international criminal court upholds the decision to acquit the former president of the ivory coast. that both -- bug bow -- bagbo is a eemen and free to return to the ivory coast, a move sanctioned by the current leader of the ivoryoast. the events contained with

while i'm an interest is at the airport in abidjan, where it's you to touch down shortly. i'm at the last time you and i spoke, we could hear what sounded like gunshots. what's the situation like the now the gun fly and when you check, i mean, love does protest as michael has actually died down in the last few minutes or so. it's not clear whether or not to the end of it. but again, we understand that some thousands of support in my role tried to access the i call . they have to welcome him. unfortunately, we couldn't get you to 40 pounds along with the concerns here such not one. this will break out here because some activists will copy with these arrival and they stage protest and so the gun fire and the check us quiet for now. but i concerns we spoke to the spokesman minister who told us that he is disappointed. in fact, the whole campus disappointed because stuck was not what was originally b, i voted government regarding mr. proposal coming. you said a lot of things we discussed on many of them have not been implemented in especially security and concerns. he told me

a small number of loyalists were allowed to gather at the airport in abidjan to welcome the 76 year old back. while thousands more lined the streets to catch a glimpse of him. but security is tight across the city. i mean, the dream says more from abby, jo. well, the last one i was has been said is frame support in buses on cars, on motorcycles, on foot, moving towards the headquarters just far away from where we are now. the supporters telling us they are going to party all night in the midst of incitement. you also hear anger, you hear about prostration. you also hear about the possibility of challenging the party in power. you have to clear is that or is back home 10 years after and the process of recourse, the nation probably could take longer than expected with just a house until pose open. there are concerns, voter turnout and iran selection could hit record lows. president ru, honey, is edge people to cast their ballots. many voters, a disillusioned after several candidates, were blocked from running. the struggling economy is also a major issue. a canister has recorded its highe

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i met address has more from abidjan, with the business to fix the job. and most of the show stuff that goes yesterday for a while. but again, this is activity has not picked up as it used to be because there are still people who are costeo's. of course it's always they want to closely just the things progress. i know the streets of our be relative calm. there is no reaction except of course, records from both sides. yesterday we heard so many supporters of president, michael sort of making sense. you know what the members of the ruling party said that acceptable opposing friction and on their side, the victims of the course, gillex and bothers, are also making remarks capable of staring things up. so that is currently in harvey jones. and of course neighboring communities that we weren't able to reach out to if you can vote next week in elections, overshadowed by famine in the war, hit northern region of t grey. no one will be able to cost balance and t gray on the difficult problems will stop others elsewhere from voting until september, the prime minis

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well, honored interest is at the airport for us in abidjan, where he's been watching events unfold on that. that was really quite the reception that mr. barber received. exactly quite reception. natasha. why we are now. we are just one kilometer away from the airport. its a mix reception actually was back home after 10 years and then the events preceding his arrival here in abbey jones mix for testers. not wanting him to return back to the ivory coast. and of course, the support of thousands of them pool water fuels continued into the airport to receive them. because what we're hearing right now is you can see the price out of the camera pans that are still supporters of mr. bubble on the street. i'm going to still have the police presence on the street. few minutes ago we still heard the sounds of to you guys been looked at these protesters, it appears that they are broken through the code owned by the police and are approaching this policeman at this key round about close to the port here in our b, john this is a celebration we'll continue to see over the next few days, whether or n

violence are making remarks capable of stirring things up, so that is what is happening currently in abidjaneighboring communities we were able to reach out to. maryam: you are watching newshour. more still ahead. >> i am tony chang. the fighting has forced more than 40,000 people to the border. maryam: later in sports, the french grand prix. we will be here with that story. ♪ >> hello there. the heat is on across the u.s., and those sweltering conditions are expected to last the weekend, particularly in central areas. this is the scene in berlin, germany, where temperatures rose 10 degrees above the average. sunshine and clear skies are expected to last through the weekend. you can see temperatures hitting 35 degrees in berlin, but the heat is also fueling those storms come and you can see them brewing across northwestern areas of spain into the west of france. here comes the rain for paris. storms felt across southeastern areas of the british isles, already seeing plenty of wet and windy weather this weekend for for austria, germany, and poland, the heat is certainly on. it is a similar st