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Sky News AU
9 hours ago
- Politics
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UK residents voice their ‘disgust' with UK government as protestors demand release of hostages
News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth discusses a protest in London over the weekend demanding the release of the Israeli hostages from Gaza. 'I was here in central London yesterday at this protest led by Jewish organisations to march through some of the prominent streets,' Ms Elsworth told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'Calling for the release of the hostages and also voicing their disgust really with the British government over its decision to recognize Palestinian statehood. 'It was a relatively peaceful protest, quite a powerful protest. 'Tensions are increasing here in Britain.'
Sky News AU
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Some of the 522 arrested at Palestine Action protest were released on bail ‘immediately'
News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth discusses a pro-Palestine protest in the UK, which led to large numbers of arrests that the police 'couldn't handle'. 'There were over 520 arrests, and they were still counting them on the weekend,' Ms Elsworth told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'There's only about 5000 holding cells here in London … but they had over 500 arrests. 'There was some people getting arrested and then being released on bail immediately and returning to the protest, because police could not cope with the amount of arrests.'
Sky News AU
27-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Anti-Trump protests take place outside US consulate in Scotland
Sky News contributor Sophie Elsworth discusses anti-Trump demonstrators protesting outside the US consulate in Edinburgh, Scotland. 'I was at those protests today here in Edinburgh and spoke to many attendees at this protest,' Mr Elsworth said. 'Many of them had mixed messages from that protest. 'Some were saying that Mr Trump shouldn't be in Scotland, others were saying that he is not helping the situation in Gaza at all, others accused him of various other things.'
Sky News AU
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Just destruction': Israelis are ‘resilient' amid constant Iranian bombardment
News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth says Israelis have managed to stay resilient despite constant bombardment from Iranian missile strikes. 'I've been to quite a few scenes of these attacks around Tel Aviv, and it's just destruction,' Ms Elsworth told Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus. 'It's chaos … people are just, sort of, in shock, I think, but also they're very resilient here.'
Sky News AU
20-06-2025
- Sky News AU
‘Traumatised': Repeated sirens cause Israelis immense anxiety
News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth says a lot of Israelis are traumatised by the recent Iranian strikes in Israel. 'There's a lot of people here who are very traumatised,' Ms Elsworth told Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus. 'Every time they hear, sort of, a loud bang or some sort of siren going off, they're, sort of, looking around and thinking 'what is that?' There's just this state of anxiety.'
