‘We’re location scouting’: where next for White Lotus and who will star?

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HBO renewed Mike White’s hit drama before third season aired and rumours abound about luxury settings and return of stars

You’ve only just got home from a holiday when you start planning the next one. So it is with the super-rich spa satire The White Lotus. The gunsmoke is still clearing from the finale of the third season but speculation is rife about where the HBO hit will head next.

This week’s climax of Mike White’s drama might have divided critics, but it was still group chat-dominating, column inch-gobbling TV, notching its highest ratings yet. The show was renewed for a fourth trip before the third had even aired, with White reportedly pitching HBO execs his next idea while still filming in Koh Samui. Buzz is now building about the next chapter, expected on our screens in late 2026.

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UN finds 36 Israeli strikes on Gaza killed only women and children – France 24

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  1. UN finds 36 Israeli strikes on Gaza killed only women and children  France 24
  2. LIVE: Israel bombs Gaza City hospital; orders people in Nuseirat to flee  Al Jazeera
  3. Israeli Airstrike in Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say  The New York Times
  4. Dozens of terrorists killed by IDF as northern Gaza fighting continues  The Jerusalem Post
  5. "An Abrupt Plunge Into Hell": Gaza After the Ceasefire  The Intercept
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South Sudan tensions: Fears grow of return to civil war between Riek Machar and Salva Kiir – BBC

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  1. South Sudan tensions: Fears grow of return to civil war between Riek Machar and Salva Kiir  BBC
  2. World’s Newest Country Teeters on Edge of Civil War  WSJ
  3. “We all deserve to live in peace, prosperity”: Christian Youths amid Rising Tension in South Sudan  aciafrica.org
  4. UN intensifies patrols at displacement camps amid rising violence in South Sudan  Africanews
  5. South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink  Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
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‘Science nerd’ who ordered radioactive materials to his parents’ Sydney home spared conviction

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Emmanuel Lidden pleaded guilty to two charges after buying uranium and plutonium from US-based science website

A “science nerd” who ordered uranium and plutonium to his parents’ apartment has escaped conviction and been given a two-year good behaviour bond.

Emmanuel Lidden, 24, admitted breaching nuclear non-proliferation laws by ordering various radioactive samples through the internet.

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‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing

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Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

Arriving at the Kidbrooke Village housing development in Greenwich on a morning in early spring, the first thing you notice is the sound of birdsong and the scent of blossom. Geese are gently honking in the distance.

This was once the Ferrier estate, a postwar housing estate that was demolished in 2009 to regenerate the area.

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Polish woman, 80, can stay in UK after Home Office U-turn

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Elzbieta Olszewska had previously been told she faced deportation after mistakenly filling in form online

A Polish woman who had her application to remain in the UK rejected because she mistakenly filled in a form online instead of on paper has been granted permission to stay in Britain after a change of mind by the Home Office.

Elzbieta Olszewska, 80, had been living alone in her flat in Warsaw before arriving in the UK last September. Her only child, Michal Olszewski, 52, an aeronautical engineer and dual British-Polish citizen, who lives in Lincoln with his wife, had been travelling regularly to the Polish capital to support his mother.

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Spanish PM offers condolences after family of five killed in New York helicopter crash

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Spanish family including three children age 11, five and four killed in crash along with pilot, who has not yet been named

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has offered his condolences to friends and relatives of a Spanish family who died in New York on Thursday after their sightseeing helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, killing all onboard including the pilot.

It emerged on Friday that the victims were Agustín Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí, and their three children, who were 11, five and four. The identity of the pilot has not yet been made public.

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Millions told to stay indoors as China braces for strong winds – BBC

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  1. Millions told to stay indoors as China braces for strong winds  BBC
  2. Beijing Tells City Residents to Stay Home as Strong Winds Hit China  The New York Times
  3. Chaos in China as cold vortex from Mongolia brings strongest April winds in decades  The Guardian
  4. Beijing to experience rare extreme gales from Friday to Sunday, raises first level-Ⅱ wind warning in 10 years  Global Times
  5. Millions of Beijingers told to stay at home as strong winds hit northern China  South China Morning Post
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Defence secretary pledges £450m military ‘surge’ to Ukraine – BBC

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  1. Defence secretary pledges £450m military 'surge' to Ukraine  BBC
  2. Ukraine war briefing: Europe unveils new military support for Kyiv ahead of defence summit  The Guardian
  3. Ukraine 'coalition of the willing' presses ahead with force planning amid doubts about US support  AP News
  4. Ukraine to receive $580 million of UK-led military support  Reuters
  5. British troops could be deployed in Ukraine for five years  The Telegraph
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‘Toxic cocktail’: study finds almost 200 pesticides in European homes

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More than 40% of pesticides discovered in dust linked to toxic effects including cancer and hormone disruption

Almost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need to take “toxic cocktails” of chemicals into account when banning or restricting the use of pesticides.

Scientists say their research supports the idea that regulators should assess the risks posed by pesticides when they react with other chemicals, as well as individually. They say this should apply to substances already in use, as well as those yet to be approved.

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