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Angry crowds in Beirut urged Emmanuel Macron to help bring political change to Lebanon as the French president toured the city's devastated port and surrounding neighbourhoods.

As the Lebanese army took control of the site on the first day of a two-week state of emergency, there were growing calls inside and outside the country for an independent investigation into the disaster that killed at least 157 people, left thousands homeless and caused up to $15bn (11bn) worth of damage to the capital.