laurent t gbagbo isn't leaving jail yet. prosecututors made a final bid o his him in custody until case i is appeed. refusedis youth leader to return and could face prison if their acquittal is overturned. >> this is an acquittal before the defense has even presented any evidence. weak thehowow prosecutor's evidence is. >> they were acquitted tuesday in connection with the wave of postelection violence, which saw some 3000 people killed after laurent gbagbo refused to concede defeat. by someittal was met with outcries. >> i cannot accept they have been freed. let them stay in jail. show we arere to angry. we do not agree with the verdict. elsewhere, his family and supporters c celebrated the acquitittal. >> i want to thanknk all of the africans around d the world who work to get these results. during the trial, he spent more than seven years in custody. his daughter says if he is set free, he will come back to ivory coast. supupporters hopepe he will return to politics. offmmanuel macron kicked two monthshs of town hall meet

t-year-old laurent gbagbo was accused deaths of more than 3,000 people, after he refused to accept defeat in the 2010 election. this was the court's first attempt to prosecute a former president. back in this country, a string of storms has prompted evacuations for parts of euthern california that w burned bare by wildfires. officials fe heavy snow and rain across the loangeles area and surrounding mountains could trigger mudslides. area residents say they're doing their best to get ready. >> i am going to put my sandbags directly, probably a line by the driveway and then the side of my house where mud came through last time. >> are you in the order? >> i am, yeah. right in the red. right in the heart of it. >> woodruff: a year ago, mudslides killed 23 people in the city of montecito, and dgstroyed more than 100 homes. a federal in new york has blocked the 2020 census from adding a citizenship question. s coalition of states and cities had argued ideliberate attempt to discourage immigrants from taking part. the judge, today, found the question is constituti but he said commerce secretary

at the hague, former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo was acquitted tuesday of cririmes agagainst humanity and will be tfree by the international criminal court. gbagbo faced charges of responsibility for the violence that killed more than 3000 people after he refused toto relinquish the presidency, despite losing elections in 2010. he was the first former head of state to stand trial at the icc. his acquittal follows similar failures of prosecutors to win convictions against in recent -- against other african leaders in recent years. in brazizil, newly inaugurated far-right president jair bolsonaro signed a decree tuesday making it easier for people to keep guns at home. critics say the move will worsen brazil's murder rate, already one of the highest in the world, with more than 60,000 homicides per year. the world food program has cut aid to palestinians in the israeli-occupied west bank and gaza, citing a critical lack of funds. the wfp said this week more than 25,000 palestinians will no longer receive aid. a further 165,000 palestinians will see their food aid slashed by 20%. last year, the trump

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