caused by 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate – used in the mining industry for making explosives – that was accidentally ignited by a welder. “I have discovered that corruption is bigger than the state and that the state is paralysed by this clique and cannot confront if or get rid of it,” Diab added.It is likely that his government will continue to rule in a caretaker facility until the current parliament elects a new prime minister, who will form a cabinet.
The cost of the catastrophe is expected to exceed £760 million and more than 300,000 people in Beirut have been made homeless.
Chilling footage at the time blast shows a priest running for cover as the ceiling of his church appears to start caving in, meanwhile, a BBC.
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