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Colin Randall

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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The residence permit of Mohamed Lahouiaej Bouhlel who rammed his lorry into a crowd of revellers on Bastille Day. French police source/AFP
Bastille Day killer: Extremist or just a violent, angry man?

French-Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel asked rental firm for the biggest lorry they had in order to inflict maximum casualties on the crowds gathered at Nice's seafront on Thursday night.

WorldJuly 17, 2016
People gather on July 15, 2016 at a makeshift memorial to honor the victims of the attack in Nice on Bastille Day. Laurent Cipriani/ AP
The French are losing trust in the authorities to keep them safe

France is united, but in anger at the government, not just grief.

WorldJuly 16, 2016
Police secure the area on July 15, 2016 around the lorry which was driven into the crowds on the evening of Bastille Day in Nice,France. Andreas Gebert / EPA
France’s national day turns into a day of grief as Tunisian rams lorry into crowds

They were celebrating FRance's national day... then along came slaughter in a lorry.

WorldJuly 15, 2016
People pay tribute on July 15, 2016, near the scene where a day earlier lorry ran into a crowd at high speed. Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
Death revisits France on Bastille Day

France was resigned to another attack.

WorldJuly 15, 2016
New British Prime Minister Theresa May speaking outside her official residence,10 Downing Street in London July 13, 2016. Kirsty Wigglesworth/ AP
May marshals ministers for march out of Europe

All change in downing Street as new British PM makes some surprising choices for her ministers.

WorldJuly 14, 2016
Boris Johnson dangles from a zip wire after getting stuck during a promotional event for the London Olympics on August 1, 2012. Barcroft Media / Barcoft Media via Getty Images
Shock and titters as Boris Johnson becomes Britain’s top diplomat

Former London mayor better known for gaffes, stunts and outrageous comments than for tact and diplomacy.

WorldJuly 14, 2016
European businesses brace for post-Brexit scenario
European businesses brace for post-Brexit scenario
BusinessJuly 10, 2016
Mohammed Al Bowardi, the UAE Minister of State for Defence Affairs, meets Alexander Vershbow, Nato’s deputy secretary general, in Warsaw on July 8, 2016. Wam
Echoes of Cold War as Nato leaders pledge to boost strength

Relations between the West and Russia have been put under massive strain by Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian Crimea and its involvement in the wider Ukraine civil conflict, as well as by the controversial scale of its intervention in support of the Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad.

WorldJuly 09, 2016
US president Barack Obama greets Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, right, at the Nato summit in Warsaw, Poland, on July 9, 2016. Markus Schreiber / AP Photo
Under shadow of Brexit, Nato backing for Afghanistan and war on ISIL

Despite progress on policy, exit of Britain from European Union loomed large over two-day summit in Warsaw.

WorldJuly 09, 2016
In the context of modern-day attacks at airports, on trains, in planes, at holiday resorts or in the street, the BBC approach seems extraordinarily indulgent. Courtesy BBC
Why so squeamish about calling terrorism what it is?

Colin Randall on what is the appropriate language to describe a terror attack and the question of when and whom to ascribe those actions to

OpinionJuly 02, 2016
French president Francois Hollande arrives for a European Council meeting in Brussels on June 28, 2016. Julien Warnand/EPA
Dismay in France over Britain’s ‘electoral hooligans’

I seem to have spent a lot of time since last Friday morning saying sorry to the French, writes Briton Colin Randall, who is married to a French woman and spends nearly half of each year in France.

WorldJune 28, 2016
‘The vote to leave the EU has clearly weakened the near-term outlook for the UK economy,’ said the international financial research company Capital Economics. Justin Tallis / AFP
There is no simple path on Brexit trade negotiations

'The idea of proposing to leave and then make individual trade agreements is like having a divorce but then asking to be friends with benefits'.

BusinessJune 26, 2016
A vote leave supporter with a poster in London on June 24, 2016. Toby Melville/ Reuters
Brexit leaves Europe in shock and fearing further breakaways from the EU

What now? Europe reels in shock as Britain votes to leave.

WorldJune 24, 2016
A vote leave supporter rummages in her bag in London on the morning Britain voted to leave the EU. Toby Melville / Reuters
After the Brexit vote, will dignity prevail?

Neither side of the Brexit divide emerged with much credit – rarely in political history can there have been a debate of such low quality

OpinionJune 24, 2016
European Parliament President Martin Schultz, right, meets with presidents of political parties at the European Parliament in Brussels on Friday, June 24, 2016. Olivier Matthys / AP Photo
Brexit: reaction in France and around Europe

Latest reactions from mainland Europe on the UK referendum on the European Union.

BusinessJune 24, 2016
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