BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and was carried out by an Israeli drone. Israeli officials declined […]
Ein Gastanker-Unglück hat im Libanon mindestens 28 Menschenleben gekostet. Das Fahrzeug war aus bislang unbekannten Gründen explodiert. Dutzende weitere Menschen wurden verletzt.
a year on from the deadly explosion in beirut, the city is still in tatters and the country is without a government. bickering politicians are unable to agree on a new cabinet, leaving the country to freefall. frustration spills onto the streets. these flare ups happen every few weeks. we heard there some live ammunition. they show how volatile the situation is. they show how angry people are. they show the instability that people in lebanon are having to live with. they have had no economic and financial strategy for this country for decades. for decades! they have been systemically and structurally leading us to this point.
why are people not out here again in their masses on the streets? the lebanese people are not well, we need to understand this. we do not feel well. for years, lebanon has been on the brink of collapse. no more. its day has come. as it enters another night of darkness, many fear it has far further to fall. jean mackenzie, bbc news, beirut. police officers and staff from across the uk who have died while protecting the public will be commemorated in a permanent memorial to be unveiled at the uk s national memorial arboretum later. the memorial cost £4.5 million, and took seven years to raise.