Live blog update| Beirut explosion
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Late afternoon update

6 August 2020 20:59 BST

Areeb here from MEE's London bureau. Here's the latest summary from Thursday.

- French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a new political pact in Lebanon as he told protesters that any aid that comes from France will not go to the 'corrupt'.

- Angry crowds met Macron during his tour of areas near the Beirut port, as they chanted for the fall of Lebanon's political leadership and dubbed Lebanese President Michel Aoun a "terrorist"

- Lebanon's central bank has ordered local banks to give individuals and local businesses impacted by the Beirut bomb blast cheap US dollar loans at zero interest, but those loans will be paid back over five years.

- Lebanon's health minister said he anticipated an increase in covid-19 cases following the blast. 

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