There are few roads in Britain where you can stop to fry breakfast and eat it without a single vehicle passing. While my friend Ben lit the stove, I explored the ruins of Dun Dornaigil, an Iron Age broch more than 2,000 years old. Low clouds drifted across the brooding cliffs of Ben Hope above us. This was exactly the sort of forgotten road we had travelled to Sutherland to find. We had set off the previous day from Lairg, often described as the “crossroads of the north”. With its small

At least 17 people were killed and dozens more wounded overnight in Kyiv, according to local officials, as Russia carried out another large-scale drone and missile assault on the Ukrainian capital. As dawn broke on Thursday, fires were still burning across the city. Residential buildings in several districts were struck either directly or by falling debris, and a hotel on a central boulevard was also damaged. Authorities warned that the number of victims could rise, with emergency services