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07/10/2025July 10, 2025
Australia police continue search for lost German backpacker
Police in have issued a public appeal for help as they continue their nationwide search a 26-year-old German woman who went missing more than a week ago while backpacking in the state of Western Australia.
Carolina Wilga was last seen on June 29 at a general store in the small agricultural town of Beacon, situated to the northeast of the state capital, Perth.
“Carolina departed that area about five minutes later and has not been seen or heard from since,” homicide squad detective senior sergeant Katharine Venn told reporters.
Venn said Wilga had planned to travel into remote areas of the state but also to the eastern coast, meaning that the search needed to cover a huge area.
She said there was so far no evidence that a third party was involved in the disappearance, but that all lines of inquiry were being followed.
Police said Wilga has spent two years in Australia backpacking and working at mine sites in Western Australia.
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Skip next section READ: Border checks make life difficult at German-Polish frontier07/10/2025July 10, 2025
READ: Border checks make life difficult at German-Polish frontier
Monika Stefanek
Residents living at the border between Germany and Poland have long been used to traveling freely and easily between the two countries.
But now, , following a similar move by Germany in October 2023.
And although authorities promised that EU nationals would not suffer inconvenience, people in the region say otherwise, as this report from DW describes:
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Skip next section VW puts temporary stop to US deliveries of ID.Buzz
07/10/2025July 10, 2025
VW puts temporary stop to US deliveries of ID.Buzz
German carmaker Volkswagen is currently not delivering its ID.Buzz model to the US, according to the daily Handelsblatt.
The paper cited sources at the company as saying that the were one reason for the cessation of deliveries, along with a recall because of the dimensions of the electric van’s third-row seat.
Two people at the company said the on imports of new cars constructed in Europe had been a factor in the move. Previously, tariffs of just 2.5% had been in place.
The ID.Buzz has also faced a recall by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) because its third-row seats do not meet US federal safety standards. These require seats of that size to have three seatbelts rather than the two currently fitted.
VW is reportedly responding to the recall by reducing the size of the seats.
On Wednesday, VW said its total vehicle deliveries to North America had fallen almost 7% in the first half of the year, although overall deliveries worldwide had risen by 1.3%.
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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage07/10/2025July 10, 2025
Welcome to our coverage
Guten Morgen on this sunny day in Bonn, as DW starts with its roundup of news from Germany.
Germany’s car industry is not just one of the country’s major economic drivers, but also a source of national pride, so the reports that carmaker Volkswagen is temporarily stopping delivery of a model to the US is likely to make waves.
Germany has also been leading the way in imposing border checks despite the freedom of movement previously guaranteed by the Schengen zone. A reciprocal move by Poland is now making life difficult for residents at the border between the two countries.
Here, DW will bring you reports, explainers and analyses on these and other stories from Europe’s strongest economy. We wish you enjoyable reading!
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