Live from the Port of #Beirut as the Lebanese capital reels from the devastating #explosion that killed more than 150 people, injured thousands, and left about a quarter of a million people homeless. Some 300 experts from the EU and its member states have been deployed to help with search and rescue, chemical assessment, and medical treatment.
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Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. No recent population census has been conducted, but 2007 estimates ranged from slightly more than 1 million to 2.2 million as part of Greater Beirut, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the fifteenth-largest in the Arab world.
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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its members have a combined area of 4,233,255.3 km² and an estimated total population of about 447 million.
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