Mr Macron is offering to host an aid conference in mid-October to help. He is visiting Lebanon to press the country's leaders form a government as soon as possible to implement reforms to tackle corruption and mismanagement. Just before his arrival, political parties agreed on a new prime minister.
Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's former ambassador to Germany, said he wanted an immediate start to reforms and an International Monetary Fund rescue package. The last government resigned amid widespread anger over the Beirut blast, which killed at least 190 people, injured 6,000 others, and devastated swathes of the city. -Full Report
