Beirut explosion: protesters demand political change as Macron tours city

Angry crowds in Beirut have urged Emmanuel Macron to help bring political change to Lebanon as the French president toured the city’s blasted port and the shattered surrounding neighbourhoods. Macron was surrounded by hundreds of people as he toured the wrecked Gemmayze neighbourhood near the port, many of whom called for radical political change. ‘We have to launch a new political initiative,’ Macron told reporters. ‘All this anger is directed at politicians.’
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