Lebanon building collapse toll rises to 9: civil defence

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported "the collapse of an old building" in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood, the poorest in the impoverished city. Rescuers were still searching for survivors. Security personnel evacuated adjacent buildings fearing further collapses, it added. An AFP correspondent saw teams of rescue workers toiling into the night on the rubble of the collapsed structure, as ambulances stood by. Civil defence director general Imad Khreish told local media that...