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The Beirut explosion, and the corruption believed to be behind it, reignited fury among the younger generation against its sectarian leaders. So will the port blast finally galvanise change?

It has been three weeks since the devastating explosion at the port in Beirut which ripped apart the city.

Two hundred people have died or are still missing, six thousand were injured and three hundred thousand left homeless.

The explosion - and the corruption believed to be behind it - reignited fury across the country, particularly among the younger generation, at the sectarian political system that leads politicians to favour their own over the good of the population of the city.

Beirut was already buckling under the country's failing economy. The currency has lost most of its value and people can’t get their money out of the banks. So will the explosion finally galvanise change?

International Editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports.

This extended report was produced by Mihret Yohannes and Jack Garland.

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