Rust-red leaves and burnt sienna tones scatter across the green slopes rising from Lake Iseo, while soft autumn sunshine glitters on the water below. Monte Isola, the largest island on an Italian lake, is a rugged mix of steep cliffs, thick woodland, fishing settlements and small villages clinging to the hillsides. It has the charm of Lake Como and Lake Garda, yet without their crowds. I reach the little harbour of Peschiera Maraglio on a ferry from Sulzano, a journey of barely five minutes

KYIV/WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 - U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly declared on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had entered an energy ceasefire that was “effective immediately,” though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had yet to receive the agreement’s details. Moscow made no immediate comment on Trump’s statement. The announcement came after several days of pressure from the U.S. president on Kyiv to stop striking Russian oil refineries. Trump has linked those attacks to higher