FILE PHOTO: A view shows a damaged building in the aftermath of a massive explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A top U.S. diplomat said on Thursday the FBI would join a probe of the massive Beirut explosion that killed at least 172 people, urging change in Lebanon to "make sure something like this never happens again".
On a tour of a demolished Beirut neighbourhood, U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale said Lebanon needed "economic and fiscal reforms, an end to dysfunctional governance and to empty promises".
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