Macron tours shattered Beirut streets

By Ellen Francis and Michel Rose
Updated August 6 2020 - 10:31pm, first published 7:17pm
French President Emmanuel Macron meets his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun.
French President Emmanuel Macron meets his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun.

French President Emmanuel Macron has toured Beirut's shattered streets two days after a giant explosion, with crowds demanding the end to a "regime" of politicians they blame for corruption and dragging Lebanon into disaster.

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