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Skip next section Climbers attempt rescue of German Olympic gold medallist in Pakistan mountains<\/a><\/p>\n

07\/30\/2025July 30, 2025Climbers attempt rescue of German Olympic gold medallist in Pakistan mountains<\/p>\n

\"GermanDahlmeier is a certified mountain and ski guide and an active member of the mountain rescueImage: Sven Simon\/IMAGO<\/p>\n

A rescue mission is underway in northern Pakistan for German Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier<\/a>, who was seriously injured in a rockfall on Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old was climbing at around 5,700 metres when falling rocks swept her away. Her climbing partner raised the alarm after being rescued.<\/p>\n

Officials say helicopter access is impossible.<\/p>\n

“The conditions at the altitude where she was injured are extremely challenging, and a team of foreign climbers will launch a ground rescue mission today,” Areeb Ahmed Mukhtar, a senior local official in Ghanche district, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dahlmeier, a seasoned mountaineer, made history at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning both the sprint and pursuit events.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/4yELL<\/p>\n

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07\/30\/2025July 30, 2025Welt TV launches weekly AI-produced news show<\/p>\n

German news channel Welt TV is launching a weekly program entirely produced and hosted by artificial intelligence<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Titled KI-Welt, the show covers topics like AI, robotics, and future tech, with all editorial processes, from research to presentation, handled by AI with human supervision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jan Philipp Burgard, Welt TV’s editor-in-chief, said the experimental show is to show what is already possible with AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We won’t be able to stop the AI revolution, so we should embrace it and help shape it,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A computer-generated avatar anchors the show. The first episode will air on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"AThe AI-generated host of the new show, KI-Welt, on Welt TV Image: Welt TV\/dpa<\/p>\n

https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/4yEIR<\/p>\n

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07\/30\/2025July 30, 2025Mercedes-Benz profit drops 55.8%<\/p>\n

Profits at German carmaker Mercedes-Benz<\/a> have fallen by 55.8% in the first half of the year, the company says.<\/p>\n

The Stuttgart-based carmaker said post-tax earnings plummeted from \u20ac6.1 billion to around \u20ac2.7 billion in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n

The business cited tariffs, lower sales volumes, and costs linked to efficiency measures as reasons for the decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, Mercedes now expects full-year group revenue to fall significantly below last year’s level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/4yEEx<\/p>\n

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07\/30\/2025July 30, 2025Germany’s 2026 budget expected to include heavy spending<\/p>\n

The German government is expected to approve the 2026 draft budget on Wednesday, which outlines spending of \u20ac520.5 billion ($600.3 billion) and new borrowing totaling about \u20ac174 billion.<\/p>\n

Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil<\/a>‘s budget includes \u20ac126.7 billion in investments earmarked for modernizing the country.<\/p>\n

The government, in office since May, has pledged to increase spending to upgrade infrastructure and strengthen the military.<\/p>\n

Officials also hope the budget will help improve the economic climate, which is projected to recover noticeably in 2025 and 2026 after two years of stagnation.<\/p>\n

Klingbeil, however, warned this week that significant austerity measures will likely be needed starting in 2027, when a funding gap of approximately \u20ac172 billion is expected.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/4yEHt<\/p>\n

Skip next section Welcome to our coverage<\/a>07\/30\/2025July 30, 2025Welcome to our coverage<\/p>\n

Guten Morgen\u00a0from the Bonn newsroom, still staffed by humans.<\/p>\n

That’s no longer the case over at Welt TV, where a new weekly program will soon be produced and presented entirely by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the German government is tackling the 2026 draft budget the old-fashioned way, without AI assistance, at least as far as we know. In a notable shift from its long-standing tradition of fiscal restraint, Germany is now spending big: aiming to jumpstart the economy, modernize its aging infrastructure, and boost military investment.<\/p>\n

We’ll be keeping an eye on those stories, and more, right here in this blog.<\/p>\n

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