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Bahaa Hariri (inset), 54, said last night that everyone in the city knew Hezbollah controlled Beirut's port and airport and it was inconceivable that authorities did not know the deadly ammonium nitrate was stored in a warehouse. The explosion on Tuesday night, which was reportedly the size of a small nuke, has left at least 137 people dead and a further 5,000 wounded. There are now thought to be 300,000 left homeless and wide-spread damage estimated at up to $5billion - including a 120-metre long cruise ship which capsized as a result of the blast (left). The explosion has threatened to reignite anti-government protests in Lebanon that have been ongoing since last year amid allegations of entrenched incompetence and corruption. Emmanuel Macron offered France's support for the Lebanese people as he visited Beirut on Thursday, but warned the country would 'continue to sink' unless its leaders carry out reforms.

Saad Aljabri (left), a former high-level intelligence official for the Saudi government, has filed a lawsuit in US federal court alleging that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (bottom right) dispatched a team of hit men to his place of exile in Canada in an attempt to have him assassinated. Aljabri is a former top aide to then-Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who was deposed by MBS in a brutal palace coup in 2017. Aljabri alleges that MBS ordered the arrest of two of his children, son Omar (top left inset), 21, and daughter Sarah (top right inset), 20, in an attempt to 'lure' him back to Saudi Arabia. The alleged plot to kill Aljabri was thwarted less than two weeks after the October 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi (bottom left inset), who was said to have been dismembered and tortured inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA says MBS ordered the Khashoggi killing.

Travellers from France could soon face a 14 days of self-isolation on their return to the UK following a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases amid speculation it will be added to the Foreign Office's quarantine list. France yesterday recorded 1,695 new infections with the country seemingly being hit by a second wave of Covid-19. It is thought that if the decision is made to add France to the list, thousands of British holidaymakers may cancel their trips in order to avoid the two-week quarantine. Pictured: Tourists wearing face masks in Brittany (left), Beach-goers in Saint Jean de Luz (top right) and a graphic showing the nation's growing number of daily coronavirus cases (bottom right).

JANET STREET-PORTER: Last week's lockdown in Manchester brought absolutely no difference to the numbers swanning about on Friday night, hoping to get hammered. Now, we're seeing the results. In Scotland, there's been a huge spike in new Covid cases - 64 and rising - the vast majority linked to patrons of 28 bars in the city of Aberdeen. Nicola Sturgeon swiftly imposed a local lockdown from 5pm last Wednesday, closing all bars, cafes, pub and restaurants in the city and told people not to travel there. The same story has been happening in Melbourne and in the USA. So is this a pattern that will be repeated? Is Nicola Sturgeon guilty of over-reacting, given that Scotland has now gone 20 days without anyone dying who had tested positive? Inset, Matt Hancock. Inset, Janet Street-Porter. Main, revellers drinking in the street in Soho, London.

Police attended Flack's home in December after Mr Burton, said to be bleeding profusely from a cut to his head, phoned emergency services saying she was trying to kill him. A section from the police incident report described how Flack made admissions to officers called to the scene. It said: 'He [Mr Burton] made an allegation he had been asleep in bed with Ms Flack, and he had been suddenly woken by her hitting him on the head with some force. Flack made a number of admissions in the presence of police officers, statements such as: 'I hit him, he was cheating on me'.'

NEW Affluent areas will be forced to build more new homes in a radical shake-up of the planning system that will see computers decide on applications. Boris Johnson (right) last night admitted the controversial reforms will be seen by some as 'too much change too fast' and 'too much of a break from what has gone before'. But the Prime Minister insisted it was important to 'take big, bold steps' so the country can 'finally build the homes we all need'. Local residents and councillors will get to have their say on which bits of land in their area should be designated. But once this is done, they will no longer get to decide on individual applications.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: She has welcomed both her sons-in-law in gushing style, declaring 'never has a mother been more proud' than when Edo Mapelli Mozzi married Princess Beatrice last month (right). And she observed of Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank (left, with the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson) that they 'float with laughter and love'. But these effusions have not, alas, dissuaded both men from cutting themselves adrift from the Duchess of York - in a commercial sense, that is.

A tragic last photo has emerged showing firefighters sent to tackle a blaze in Beirut's port prying open a door at Warehouse 12 (left) - where, unbeknownst to them, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate was being stored (right) that would explode moments later with the force of a small nuke (inset). The photographer has been confirmed as killed in the blast, while nine firefighters are missing (several of them pictured, bottomleft ) - presumed dead - after being sent to tackle an initial blaze which sparked the much-larger explosion. A tenth firefighter, 25-year-old Sahar Fares (bottom right) has been confirmed dead. The blast has killed at least 137 people though that total is expected to keep rising, with an additional 5,000 people wounded and 300,000 left homeless.

A couple who were near to the warehouse when the fire broke out captured the billowing clouds of smoke from their balcony before an initial explosion went off, moments before the final, main blast. The blast, which killed more than 130 people, wounded thousands and left tens of thousands homeless, is believed to have been caused when a fire touched off a stockpile of 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate that authorities left sitting in a warehouse for years.

Mark Brazant, 44, (inset) has admitted trying to kill young mother Josephine Conlon (pictured left with her husband), after he stabbed in the face and neck in Streatham last December. Footage has shown the momment Brazant walked past his victim in the street and then started following her during the attack on December 30 (right). Brazant had been released from HMP Thameside on Christmas Eve after serving time for three offences of battery and one of common assault - all against lone women. At his trial, Brazant had denied meaning to seriously injure Mrs Conlon and a jury was discharged after failing to reach a verdict despite more than 40 hours of deliberations. But on Thursday, he admitted attempted murder after the prosecution called for a retrial.

ULRIKA JONSSON: I have no problem being naked. I'll happily walk through the house without a stitch on, and wouldn't feel uncomfortable being seen naked by family or friends if, for example, they walked in on me changing. And I'm far from the only woman in the public eye to share an au naturel snap on social media. Ulrika Jonsson's snap is seen top left, while curvy model Kelly Brook is pictured top right. Singer Rita Ora is pictured bottom left, while Lily Allen is seen second left. Heidi Klum is seen staring into the lens for a saucy snap second from right, while Liz Hurley, bottom right, is more than happy to share a skinny-dipping selfie.

Cyclists have an outer ring on the Cambridge roundabout, with cycle crossings over each of the four approach roads in a contrasting red surface. There are also zebra crossings over each approach road for pedestrians. Motorists must give way to pedestrians and cyclists when joining and leaving the roundabout. Reduced lane widths on the roundabout and at exit and entry points are designed to encourage drivers to slow down.

The O Beach club owner shared the video of him picking his next date at his resort in Ibiza. People on Twitter have branded him 'creepy' (inset) after he was seen pushing women in the pool by touching their chests (right). In the video Wayne speaks to the camera (left) before he rubs sanitizer on his hands and shoves the girls in the pool by their chests. He shared the video on Instagram last week and it reemerged on Twitter as people expressed their disgust at his actions. One of the many people who took to social media about the video was pro-boxer Stacey Copeland, who called Wayne's Facebook page 'absolutely gross'. Others drew comparisons between Wayne and the founder of Playboy magazine Hugh Hefner. His business partner and former Love Island contestant Katie Salmon was quick to jump to Wayne's defence, describing the video as 'banter'. She and Wayne run the Dreamdolls tour which sees six women with a range of talents including twerking, contortion and aerial hoop, performing to crowds across Ibiza.

A new forecast is predicting the coronavirus death toll in the United States will almost double by the end of the year but 70,000 lives could be saved if everyone wears a mask - as grim new figures reveal one person has died every 80 seconds in the last week.  The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics revised its death toll forecast on Thursday to predict nearly 300,000 deaths by December 1. Researchers say that 70,000 lives could be saved if 95 percent of Americans wear masks from today when they leave their homes.  Currently, the US death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 158,000. It comes as grim figures revealed that one American has died every 80 seconds in the past week from coronavirus.

MANDY APPLEYARD: For my first night of freedom in eight months, I was looking forward to a relaxed summer's evening alone at home (left), playing Bruce Springsteen at a disgraceful volume, eating an Italian takeaway, then lying for far too long in a bubble bath, sipping white Rioja. That was the plan. Since November last year, I have been working as my 83-year-old mother's day and night-time carer (pictured right together before life changed), after she suffered a catastrophic stroke six months earlier. Now she had left. I walked into my house, aware of the smell of my mother (rose talc, Prada Amber perfume) and of how empty the house looked now all her stuff - wheelchair, commode, turner, clothes, photographs, medication - was gone. (Pictured inset, Mandy is left of her mother and sister)

Charlene Farnsworth, from Grassie, Ontario, had always been slim, but when she turned 40, she began indulging in unhealthy foods and piled on the pounds. She faced a terrifying throat cancer scare in 2011, which thankfully turned out to be autoimmune disease Hashimoto's. The incident made her want to live her life more freely, and worry less about what she was eating. However when she reached the age of 48, she had reached her heaviest weight of 169lbs, and decided that something needed to change. Charlene, a grandmother-of-one, began a strict 80:20 diet, and started working out, doing a wide variety of exercises, including bodybuilding. The mom-of-two transformed her figure and now looks better than she ever has, even carving out a career as a model - while earning a legion of male admirers online.

Audrey Indome, from London, revealed on Twitter that Noel Gallagher once bought 10 pairs of black Levi's 501s so she could reach her sales target while working at Selfridges. The story promoted another user, Nicole Krystal Crentsil, from London, to share a similar experience she'd had with rapper Professor Green, 36, whose real name is Stephen Paul Manderson. The musican also purchased a jacket from French luxury fashion house Maison Margiela in order to help her reach her target.

Dramatic dashcam footage shows the moment an orange car speeds across two lanes of cars to take an exit at the last second. The incident happened on the A3 heading towards Portsmouth in Hampshire. Seconds later, a police car with flashing lights comes into view. The dashcam footage captured the reckless driving on camera on August 1.

Sergio and Fatima Paiva live with their daughters Helena, 16, and Victoria, four, in Southport, and appear on ITV's Eat, Shop, Save tonight, completing a two month challenge to become healthier and more sensible with their money. The family live on fish and chips, chicken nuggets, and pasta, along with lashings of mayonnaise and pasta, with Fatima spending £160 every six weeks on diet pills she buys online - despite not knowing what they contain. After discovering they have spent £3,502 on impulse buys (inset) such as gym equipment and a fancy camera they have never used, she starts writing down any urges she has to shop - saving £400 in eight weeks. Along with their new healthy diet and ditching the diet pills, she saves £560 and drops a stone in two months.

Abi was on a bus from Brisbane to Fraser Island when she stopped to get painkillers for what she thought was period pain in Noosa. Paramedics realised she was about to give birth, despite showing no signs of pregnancy. The 1.7 kg baby boy was delivered in the back of an ambulance

Shawn, 45, from Las Vegas, Nevada, fell for his new love Destinie online and saw her in person for the first time when he picked her up from jail. In a preview clip for Friday's episode of Love After Lockup, the dad admits he is keeping a shocking secret from Destinie, though he won't say what it is. Shawn vaguely says he hasn't told her a 'few things' about his life, and it seems likely that he never mentioned that he has six children with his ex. It's also possible his parents don't know he is in a relationship with a felon, as she brings up meeting his family while they're on the way to see her mom and sister.

Footage shows the one-storey property tightly wedged between two wings of the newly opened Haizhuyong Bridge in the metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province. The one-storey house contains a 40-square-metre (430-square-foot) flat and is situated in a pit in the middle of the four-lane traffic link. The owner said she had not agreed to move because the government had failed to offer her a replacement property in an ideal location.

Denver, a four-year-old Vizsla from New Hampshire, spotted a frog in a pond and stood in waiting, motionless.The Hungarian breed is a natural hunting dog with a great sense of smell. Denver's owner Angie Miller captured the funny interaction on July 29.

An Australian personal trainer has shunned thin people trying 'normalise' body rolls and cellulite in photos by sharing a series of images she took seconds apart, saying that it's not fair on those who carry more weight. An Australian personal trainer has shunned thin people trying 'normalise' body rolls and cellulite in photos by sharing a series of images she took seconds apart, saying that it's not fair on those who carry more weight. Madalin Giorgetta (pictured), who lives in Perth, Western Australia, gained 865,000 Instagram followers by posting her own 'transformation' images to social media, but now recognises this is not a show of 'empowerment'. 'I've been seeing these types of photos everywhere recently and I always engage with them. It's addictive to see what most people try to hide,' the 31-year-old captioned her photo. 'What effect does this have on our body image? Am I learning to accept my body through these images or am I merely being entertained? I don't feel worse or better about my body after viewing this type of content.'