Lebanese government quits following Beirut port explosion

PM Hassan Diab forced to exit, saying the corruption is bigger than the state'

Lebanon's besieged government has fallen, one week after a cataclysmic explosion destroyed Beirut port, with the country's prime minister, Hassan Diab, claiming the disaster was the result of endemic corruption.

Diab announced the resignation of the government after more than a third of ministers quit their posts, forcing Diab himself to resign.