If 7% interest is unsustainable for asovereign debtor then tell me how 19% is sustainable for people whose incomes have been cut or who might be out of work?
The Succession to the Crown Bill will also remove a requirement for descendants of George II to seek permission to marry from the monarch, dating back to 1772, replacing it with a requirement for the first six people in the succession to seek the sovereign's consent.
Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the US would "stand by the people of Lebanon" and reaffirmed her administration's "commitment to a stable, sovereign and independent Lebanon".