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      Colin Randall

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      Colin Randall began his career on newspapers in northern England before joining the Press Association and then the Daily Telegraph, where he worked as reporter, chief reporter, executive news editor and Paris bureau chief. He was The National’s executive editor for its 2008 launch and has written regularly for this newspaper and others since returning to Europe in 2009. He has Anglo-French nationality and specialises in French politics.
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      President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg
      G20 summit: Trump and Putin break the one-hour talk rule

      U.S. President and Russian leader seemingly have much to discuss as they chat for two hours and 16 minutes in their first face-to-face

      EuropeJuly 07, 2017
      German police stand guard during a demonstration at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuteers
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      Protesters dig in for a more riots as world leaders arrive at G20

      The outbreaks of trouble were deliberately timed to coincide with the summit’s formal opening ceremonies with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is chairing the event, greeting visiting heads of government

      EuropeJuly 07, 2017
      German riot police use water cannons against protesters during the demonstrations during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany
      German police fire water cannon at G20 protesters

      Peaceful protest turns to violence as thousands of anti-capitalist demonstrators clash with police, injuring 76 officers

      EuropeJuly 06, 2017
      US president Donald Trump smiles next to First Lady Melania Trump in Krasinski Square, Warsaw, during a visit to Poland on July 6, 2017, before travelling on to the German city of Hamburg for the annual G20 summit. Alik Keplicz / AP Photo
      G20 summit: Raft of contentious issues await Donald Trump

      The US president faces disgruntled European heads of government, harbouring sharp differences with him on trade and climate change, inside the summit, while thousands of protesters outside threaten to disrupt the meeting

      EuropeJuly 06, 2017
      Activists from Oxfam wear masks depicting some of the world leaders attending the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
      G20 protest in Hamburg more carnival than revolution

      No one expected the protests to remain peaceful and, given the intermittently violent build-up to the G20 summit, the scepticism was amply justified

      EuropeJuly 06, 2017
      A clear message ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany ,on July 5, 2017. Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters
      Terrorism, Qatar and division promise to make G20 summit a tense affair

      Prospects of tension rose when the German chancellor Angela Merkel again asserted that Europe could no longer fully rely on the US under Donald Trump’s presidency.

      EuropeJuly 05, 2017
      A man walks past flowers left outside Finsbury Park Mosque in north London. Tolga Akmen / AFP
      Recent UK events highlight the issue of free speech

      Allowing free speech is not the same as permitting, for example, incitement to murder or racial hatred, argues Colin Randall

      OpinionJune 24, 2017
      Syrian children play in a refugee camp in Lebanon in April. There were more than 11 million refugee children last year. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
      UN: Refugee numbers reached record in 2016

      Conflicts, persecution and human rights abuses forced 65.6 million people from their homes in 2016 – most of them from Syria, Afghanistan and South Sudan.

      WorldJune 19, 2017
      French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrive for a joint press conference after a meeting, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. After their talks, the two leaders will watch a France-England football match at the Stade de France that will honor victims of extremist attacks in both countries. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
      Decline of Marine Le Pen the latest blow to Europe’s right-wing populists

      France’s new president Emmanuel Macron is set to complete a stunning rise to power on Sunday at the expense of the far-right Front National and traditional parties.

      WorldJune 14, 2017
      Police officers seal off the access to Notre Dame cathedral, seen in the background, after a man attacked officers with a hammer outside the famous landmark, in Paris, France, on June 6. Christophe / AP Photo
      Notre Dame and the methodology of extremism

      Last week's attack at Notre Dame teaches us that taking terrorists alive may prevent at least some future atrocities, writes Colin Randall

      OpinionJune 10, 2017
      Police officers escort a woman to a police van after raiding a block of flats in Barking, east London on June 4, 2017. Hannah McKay / Reuters
      UK police arrest 12 after London Bridge attack

      All suspects detained in east London area of Barking just hours after three men killed 7 people and injured nearly 50 others in a ramming and stabbing attack near London Bridge.

      WorldJune 05, 2017
      Armed police arrive at The Shard in Britain’s capital following a terror attack on London Bridge. Niklas Halle’n / AFP Photo
      Seven dead in London terror attack as van mows down pedestrians and people stabbed

      Terror struck at the heart of London for the second time in less than three months on Saturday night when a white van smashed into pedestrians on London Bridge before three attackers jumped out and started stabbing people.

      WorldJune 04, 2017
      A police officer marks out a cordon using tape following an evacuation at the Arndale shopping mall in Manchester. Matthew Lloyd / Bloomberg News
      After Manchester, how does a ‘broken’ society heal?

      Colin Randall says that the British society must defend itself more rigorously after the recent attack in Manchester

      OpinionMay 27, 2017
      Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
      Newsmaker: Gabriel Yared

      Currently a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, the Beirut-born composer has a complex relationship with his art.

      May 25, 2017
      Laetitia Avia. AP Images
      Newsmaker: Laetitia Avia

      The successful lawyer, the daughter of low-paid Togolese immigrants to France, typifies the spirit of Emmanuel Macron’s new government.

      May 18, 2017
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