Caretaker cabinet struggles to cope amid threats by France to withhold vital funding

Human Rights Watch says Lebanese government’s failure to pay its medical bills ‘seriously endangers health of the population’

Four charged with negligence leading to deaths of more than 200 people in August

Political class squabbles over cabinet formation rather than addressing Macron plan

Clashes erupt in Beirut after president’s nominee secures narrow backing of parliament

In wake of Mustapha Adib resigning, French president condemns ‘collective betrayal’

No ministers named in Beirut amid calls for reform and access to $21bn in pledged funds

Search halted overnight while army finds tonnes of explosive chemicals near port

Mustapha Adib faces task of rebuilding public trust after decades of failed political leadership

Century after France created Lebanon, president intervention appears to bypass EU

One-time revolutionary Shia movement now a status quo party opposing popular protests

Court rules there is no proof Syria was involved in Hariri’s assassination

Four low-ranking members of the Shia Muslim Hezbollah political party are accused of killing the former prime minister and 21 others in a massive bombing in 2005

As inquiry into Beirut blast gets under way, rescue of country not ruling class urged

With 200 dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 destitute, the mood in Beirut is unbending

Names of victims read aloud at demonstration near site of explosion that killed at least 171

‘We have no trust in our government . . . I wish the UN would take over Lebanon’

Lebanese must vote for leaders on the basis of merit and probity, not religious affiliation

Devastating blast will widen political divisions and send many more into poverty

Government pressed to speed up talks with IMF and donors to secure funds and halt slide