the lebanese prime minister, hassian diab, has been chairing a cabinet meeting. general election is the only way to quell the mounting anger following violent protests which took place over the weekend. and the protests have continued in beirut today. let us show you some of them now. they do live pictures from beirut. some of the protesters have been crashing there. —— of these ally pictures. they have been demanding the resignation of the corruption they say in the incompetence of the government and they blame the government and they blame the government to prevent leading to the explosion and to the storage of thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate and the port of beirut which blew up last tuesday. 0ur middle east analyst alan johnston told me the anger towards the government has been growing, in the aftermath of the explosion. there was absolute outrage that the authorities, the government could have allowed that great stock of ammonium nitrate that you mentioned to be stored in the heart of beirut, devastating the city when it erupted. unimpressed, too, man