The Beirut blast has sparked widespread violence and protests in Lebanon

Clashes have erupted between protesters and security forces in the Lebanese capital Beirut – anger over the country’s political corruption and political dissent has erupted as a result of a devastating blast on Tuesday. (Name:

A group (including former army officers) stormed the Foreign Ministry building tonight – declaring it to be the site of a “revolution”. Tonight the prime minister has said that early elections are the only way out of the crisis. Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum is in Beirut. We also talk to Marwan Hamadeh, who resigned as a parliamentarian this week when the government protested the treatment of the disaster – and asked him who should be responsible for the Beirut disaster? ———————– Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/Channel4News .

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