State media says several people were injured in protests as country’s ambassador to Jordan resigns over ‘state negligence’

• Blast timeline: what we know, and what we don’t
• ‘None of them this time’: Lebanese vow not to let leaders off hook

Lebanese security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators in Beirut, as rage over the country’s leadership grew following a massive explosion that laid waste to large parts of the capital on Tuesday.

State media reported late on Thursday that security forces confronted dozens of anti-government protesters in central Beirut Some in the small protest were wounded, the National News Agency, NNA, reported.

As a devastating blast tore across Beirut, Emmanuelle Khnaisser prepared to give birth to a baby boy while the hospital shook and windows were shattered.

Her husband, Edmound, captured the moments before their son was delivered safe and well on camera. In a social media post, the new father praised the efforts of the doctors and nurses, adding: ‘My son George was born under a catastrophic blast. I did not believe we [would come] out alive.’

The explosion has killed at least 157 people, left thousands homeless and caused up to $15bn (£11bn) worth of damage to the capital

• Blast timeline: what we know, and what we don’t
• ‘None of them this time’: Lebanese vow not to let leaders off hook