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What is migration for? How national needs wrestle with a basic human desire

June 29, 2026 (Conversation) Migration debates often begin in the wrong place. They ask how many migrants a country should accept, which migrants should be prioritised and how quickly they should arrive. These are important questions, but they are not the first question. The first question is more basic: what is migration for? The answer is not simple, because migration serves more than one purpose. It’s a tool of economic management. It’s a response to demographic change. It’s part of how countries remain connected to the world. But it is also something deeper: an expression of the human condition itself.

Andy Burnham says he’ll deliver a circuit breaker to transform the UK economy if he becomes leader

MANCHESTER, England, June 29, 2026 (AP) — Andy Burnham, likely the next U.K. prime minister, pledged Monday to give away a chunk of his power by handing greater autonomy to local leaders in a “circuit-breaker” for the sclerotic British state. The former mayor of Greater Manchester also said he would move part of the prime minister’s office from London’s 10 Downing St. to northwest England as part of “the biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen.” “Growth cannot be ordered from the top down. Indeed, it can only be nurtured from the bottom up,” Burnham said in a speech

Gold rebounds Rs 1,300 after three-day slide; silver slides Rs 2,000

New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Snapping the three-day falling streak, gold prices rebounded by Rs 1,300 to Rs 1.46 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday on value buying by traders. According to the All India Sarafa Association, gold of 99.9 per cent purity increased by Rs 1,300 to Rs 1,46,600 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) from the previous close of Rs 1,45,300 per 10 grams on Thursday. Bullion markets were closed on Friday for Muharram. However, silver fell for the fourth consecutive session, declining by Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,24,000 per kilogram (inclusive of

Trump administration’s challenge to birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2026 (AP) — When it comes to birthright citizenship, the Trump administration hasn’t been subtle about its views. The practice, which grants automatic citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil and which is soon to face Supreme Court judgment, is “a disgrace,” according to President Donald Trump. “The gravest and most preposterous of all constitutional abominations,” top White House adviser Stephen Miller wrote on X. “The dumbest immigration policy in the world,” Vice President JD Vance said in 2025. “You know, we’re the only country that has it,” Trump said in one interview, a claim he

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