A column of black smoke billowed from the port with orange flames leaping from the ground.

Huge fire breaks out at Beirut port just weeks after deadly blast

A pulsing signal has been detected from under the rubble of a Beirut building that collapsed during the horrific port explosion last month, raising hopes there may be a survivor still buried there.

Heartbeat signal in Beirut rubble raises hope for survivor

A UN-backed court has been hearing the case in the Netherlands.

Hezbollah member found guilty over death of former Lebanese PM

In many ways the country itself stands as a monument to what went on - the political division and social turmoil as great now as it was then.

Verdict in Rafik Hariri's death won't end turmoil 

The UN said only half of the Lebanese capital’s 55 medical facilities are fully operational and around 40% have suffered moderate to serious damage.

Hospitals battling to keep survivors alive as Beirut blast deaths rise

ITV News correspondent Emma Murphy and producer Nathan Lee have been covering the Beirut explosion for around a week.

'They're killing us slowly': Reporting the human cost of the Beirut blast

In the chaos, after the first fire broke out, firefighters ran towards the flames and without knowing, towards thousands of tonnes of dangerous chemicals.

Beirut explosion: City pays tribute to fallen heroes one week on from blast

Neo-natal nurse Pamela Zeinoun was caring for her tiny patients when the blast - which has killed at least 160 people and wounded about 6,000 - hit and devastated her hospital.

Mother of babies saved from Beirut explosion meets hero nurse

At three-years-old, Alexandra Naggear is one of the youngest victims of the Beirut explosion that has killed at least 160 people and injured about 6,000 others.

Parents of three-year-old Beirut blast victim speak out

Less than seven days after the blast, which killed at least 160 people and wounded about 6,000, the prime minister said in a televised statement he is resigning after the Lebanese people made their fury clear.

PM Hassan Diab resigns amid protests in wake of Beirut explosion

Words are written by Lebanese citizens in front of the scene of Tuesday’s explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut

The health minister told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday: "The whole government resigned."

Lebanon's government resigns after massive Beirut explosion

The country’s ruling class, made up mostly of former civil war-era leaders, is being blamed for Tuesday’s explosion at the Port of Beirut.

Almost £230m raised for Beirut aid including £20m from UK

The people of Lebanon have a "right to be furious" after "decades of unbelievable corruption," the country's PM has told ITV News.  Hassan Diab pledged to answer questions protesters have as fury grows over the massive explosion at the Beirut's port.

Exclusive: 'People have a right to be furious' - Lebanon PM 

Protesters storm government buildings as anger grows over deadly Beirut blast

Lebanon's president Michel Aoun admitted he knew about the stockpile of chemicals in the port.

President Michel Aoun, in office since 2016, said he was first told of the dangerous stockpile nearly three weeks ago.

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