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Tuesday, September 22

Lebanon Govt resigns over blast, corruption outrage

Lebanon’s prime minister has announced his government’s resignation, saying a huge explosion that devastated the capital and stirred public outrage was the result of endemic corruption.

Donors demand political changes to rebuild Beirut

World leaders have told Lebanon that financial aid to rebuild Beirut will only come when changes demanded by mourning protesters are implemented.

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Beirut blast survivors yell "revolution" over devastation, city corruption

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised angry crowds in Lebanon’s shattered capital that aid to rebuild the city would not go to “corrupt hands” and urged the political authorities to carry out reforms.

Beirut blast one of "biggest ever non-nuclear" explosions

The Beirut explosion which killed at least 135 people and levelled much of the Lebanese capital’s port is “unquestionably” one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, according to calculations by British engineering experts.

Australian among dead after massive blast rocks Beirut

UPDATED | An Australian has died and the Australian embassy in Beirut has been “significantly impacted” after a huge explosion in port warehouses in the Lebanese capital killed at least 100 people, injured thousands more and destroyed or damaged an undetermined number of buildings.