Cordelia Lynch
@CordeliaSkyNews
Asia Correspondent @SkyNews. Former US Correspondent @SkyNews. Previously Columnist @MetroUK, Correspondent Channel4News, Presenter @itvnews. Mum of two.
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India's huge general election is underway 🗳
It is the biggest democratic event in history - and knowing the country's geography is key to understanding it.
Sky's Neville Lazarus explains 👇 youtu.be/hEtnDcm7MhY
Do follow my brilliant colleagues Dominic Waghorn and Sophie Alexander who are in #Tbilisi #Tbilisi Protests
.Bongbong Marcos, President of the Philippines, says 'We have no intention of attacking anyone with water cannons or any other such offensive… That is not something that’s in the plan. The last thing we would like is to raise the tensions in the West Philippine Sea.'
ICYMI: this is excellent eyewitness reporting from Cordelia Lynch and team documenting tensions between China & the Philippines. Give it a watch
Our interview with Jay Tarriela of Philippine Coast Guard on the dramatic confrontation we witnessed at sea this week.
Earlier this week, Sky News witnessed a confrontation in the South China Sea as a Chinese coast guard used a water cannon against a vessel our journalists were reporting from.
It was caught on camera while our reporter Cordelia Lynch was on board 🧵👇
China has been branded 'a bully' and an international lawbreaker after its ships blasted Philippine vessels with water cannon in the South China Sea ⬇️
Sky's Cordelia Lynch was on board the BRP Bagacay when a Chinese vessel fired water at it 🔗 trib.al/IFlt6on
A fascinating, unpredictable and very wet week at sea with a top team. And yes, they are pajamas. Turns out the deck was also a bed. Rachael Thorn
1/In Ep5, 'Why Should We Care if 🇨🇳 #China is Harassing Philippine Ships?' we interview 🇵🇭 #Philippines Coast Guard's Spokesman for the West Philippine Sea Commodore Jay Tarriela while the mist of Tuesday's water-cannon attack at Scarborough Shoal still hangs in the air.
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Sky News's Cordelia Lynch explains how a Philippine coastguard ship ended up being surrounded by 12 Chinese vessels ⬇️
🔗 trib.al/cWTLpAI
Philippines Coastguard Spox Jay Tarriela says “we are not going to yield” to China after yesterday’s dramatic confrontation . We were on board as China fired water cannons at Philippine Coast Guard. 🇵🇭 Our Sky News report here: youtube.com/watch?v=l3Q7ZB… #SouthChinaSea
Despite being targeted by water cannons, the Philippine Coast Guard Philippine Coast Guard stayed at sea overnight to help deliver food and fuel to fishermen, alongside BRP Datu Bankaw. The fishermen told us their jobs have become far harder because of Chinese aggression. #SouthChinaSea
British Ambo to Philippines Laure Beaufils 🇬🇧 issues a statement on the confrontation we witnessed in #SouthChinaSea . Says it's 'a sad day for Filipino fishermen' and is 'shocking and appalling' that 'China would go to great lengths to obstruct a Philippine humanitarian mission.'
We were on board the Philippine vessel Philippine Coast Guard when the Chinese Coast Guard fired water cannons at it. More on what it was like behind the scenes here: #SouthChinaSea news.sky.com/story/sky-news…
We are still on board the BRP Bagacay after the Chinese hit it with water cannons. Jay Tarriela has just told us 'Despite all the provocation and damage, we still decided to stay and gave the subsidies to the fishermen overnight. We are not going to yield.' #SouthChinaSea