Lebanon questions security chief as 'whole government' quits over Beirut explosion

Lebanon’s health minister has said the country’s “whole government” has resigned in the wake of the deadly explosion in Beirut last week.

Justice minister Marie-Claude Najm, who was sprayed with water and verbally attacked last week while visiting a damaged area, has handed her resignation to the prime minister

A Lebanese judge has started questioning the heads of the country’s security agencies over last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut.

Judge Ghassan El Khoury began questioning Major General Tony Saliba, the head of State Security, according to the state-run National News Agency. It gave no further details, but other generals are scheduled to be questioned.