Britain to provide Beirut with £5,000,000 in humanitarian aid after explosion
05-08-2020 20:20 via metro.co.uk

Britain to provide Beirut with £5,000,000 in humanitarian aid after explosion

The UK will provide Beirut with £5,000,000 in humanitarian aid (Picture: Sky)Britain will provide £5,000,000 of humanitarian aid to Beirut after an explosion killed more than 100 people in the city on Tuesday.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave details of the aid package today, stating that it would include money towards search and rescue help and expert medical support for victims. More than 5,000 people were injured in the blast.
Raab said: ‘We are going to stand by the Leba
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