German company removes dangerous material from Beirut port

The Lebanese government is also seeking satellite images other countries have of the Beirut port explosion site.
A picture shows heaps of metal scraps from the rubble of destroyed structures at the port of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on April 9, 2021, still reeling from the destruction due to a catastrophic blast in a harbor storage unit last August that killed more than 200 people and damaged swathes of the capital.
A picture shows heaps of metal scraps from the rubble of destroyed structures at the port of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on April 9, 2021, still reeling from the destruction due to a catastrophic blast in a harbor storage unit last August that killed more than 200 people and damaged swathes of the capital. - JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images
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A German ship has removed dangerous materials from Beirut’s port. The effort is part of the Lebanese government’s response to the deadly explosion in the port last year. 

A ship from the Germany forklift manufacturer Combilift brought out 59 containers of “extremely dangerous material” from Beirut’s port and unspecified other locations, according to a tweet Wednesday from Lebanon’s prime minister’s office. 

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