MARANELLO (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - De Italiaanse sportwagenfabrikant Ferrari heeft zijn winstverwachting voor heel 2026 opnieuw naar boven bijgesteld, vooral door een aanhoudend sterke vraag naar exclusieve, duurdere modellen. Klanten betalen ook meer voor personalisatie, waarbij auto's volledig naar eigen smaak worden aangepast, bijvoorbeeld met bijzondere kleuren, materialen, afwerkingen en extra opties.

Ferrari verwacht nu dat de winst uit de normale bedrijfsvoering dit jaar uitkomt op minimaal 3 miljard euro. Eerder rekende het bedrijf nog op 2,97 miljard euro.

De huidige modellenreeks bestaat vooral uit auto's in het topsegment. Zo kost de Ferrari F80, een hybride supercar, ongeveer 3,6 miljoen euro. Van dit model worden slechts 799 exemplaren geproduceerd. Door de hoge prijzen kan de verkoop van zelfs een relatief klein aantal auto's al een aanzienlijke bijdrage leveren aan de omzet en winst.

De winst steeg in het derde kwartaal met 12 procent tot 753 miljoen euro, terwijl de omzet met 7 procent groeide tot 1,9 miljard euro.

ALKMAAR (ANP) - Het Openbaar Ministerie heeft twaalf jaar cel geëist tegen de 33-jarige Thijmen V. uit Heerhugowaard voor het doden van zijn vader op 10 januari 2021 en het verbergen van het lichaam. De politie vond de lichaamsresten van de man in het huis van de verdachte in november 2024.

Het OM verdenkt V. van doodslag. Vader en zoon zouden in een hevige vechtpartij zijn geraakt, waarbij het slachtoffer acht keer hard op zijn hoofd is geslagen met een hard voorwerp. Mogelijk was dit een boeddhabeeldje, waarover de verdachte heeft verklaard. Het slachtoffer is mogelijk ook gewurgd, aldus een forensisch patholoog van het Nederlands Forensisch Instituut (NFI).

Het lichaam van het slachtoffer was in 238 delen gehakt en gesneden. V. verstopte de lichaamsdelen in negentien vuilniszakken die hij ruim 3,5 jaar in twee vriezers en een opbergbox in zijn huis bewaarde.

De verdachte is volgens een psychiater en een psycholoog licht verminderd toerekeningsvatbaar. Het OM nam die conclusie over.

Aged just 20, Kimi Antonelli has joined an exclusive club of F1 World Champions by clinching the 2026 world title.

They have brought TV’s most famous cartoon couple to life in France for the last 38 years. Philippe Peythieu and Véronique Augereau tell all about working and living together for so long, still being lovebirds – and rarely arguing

The Simpsons is the biggest cartoon comedy in the world, with suburban couple Homer and Marge at its heart. From their beginnings as high-school sweethearts to the travails of married life, they’re an unbreakable pair. Gag-heavy as it may be, it’s also a series with plenty of sentimental plots, from Homer giving up his beloved Duff beer for a month to prove his love to Marge, to Marge composing a heartfelt poem to a dying Homer (miraculously, he makes it through his sushi-induced food poisoning).

Not even the temptations of a brunch-loving bowling instructor called Jacques or a doughnut-guzzling redhead called Mindy could get between them. Plus, of course, they enjoy the occasional “snuggle” (even on a miniature golf course … ).

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Chinese investors placing high value on AI despite unpopularity of Sanxingdui: Future Past

China’s first fully AI-generated movie has flopped, earning just 1.7m yuan (£191,000) at the box office despite costing “tens of millions” to make, according to its producer.

But is it any good? The Guardian watched Sanxingdui: Future Past in a virtually empty cinema in Beijing, and found it no worse than plenty of human-centred mindless action flicks.

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Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and rehabilitates reputation of its victim

A literary true-crime investigation that tries to solve a 77-year-old cold case and ends up rehabilitating the reputation of its life model victim has won France’s most prestigious literary prize.

The author Philippe Jaenada was announced on Tuesday afternoon as the winner of the Prix Goncourt, for his book L’Inconnue du quai de Javel (The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel), a recreation of the murder of a 29-year-old Breton woman named Louise Cansot.

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Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, mocked Donald Trump and rallied supporters alongside senator Elizabeth Warren in Detroit, in a final push for votes before Tuesday's midterm elections. Progressive El-Sayed is seeking to hold an open seat for Democrats against Republican Mike Rogers, who received a last-minute endorsement from Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens.

• US midterm elections 2026 live: Americans go to the polls in referendum on Trump’s agenda

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Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat

Meat suppliers in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was working with the affected companies but that the national impact was minimal.

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Twenty-nine NHS trusts listed as benefiting from Palantir's Federated Data Platform (FDP) said in Freedom of Information responses that they were not using it, according to health worker campaign group Medact. That represents about 21 percent of the 137 trusts NHS England lists as "realising benefits" as ministers weigh whether to continue the contract. The government must decide in December whether to continue the £330 million agreement with a Palantir-led consortium supplying the platform. Medact, which is campaigning against the deal, collected the responses to scrutinize the government's case for retaining Palantir. The relationship between the US tech biz and the NHS began during the pandemic with contracts worth £60 million awarded without competition. NHS England awarded the FDP contract in November 2023. It says the platform brings together operational data held in separate systems to help staff work more efficiently. NHS England's September figures list 142 trusts as live on the platform - 137 of which it claims are benefiting. Among the disputed entries, NHS England cites University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust as receiving benefits from the platform, but in response to an FoI request in July, the trust said: "FDP is not live. We do not intend to roll it out in the future. A variety of factors prevent roll out, but primarily it does not appear to provide functionality over and above what we have already." Meanwhile, a response from Nottingham University Hospitals said "no implementation timeline has been agreed," according to The Guardian. The Register asked NHS England to explain the discrepancy. An NHS spokesperson said: "The NHS Federated Data Platform is universally available for all NHS trusts and integrated care boards across England, with local NHS organisations able to select individual tools depending on their needs. "137 NHS trusts have now reported benefits from the wide range of tools available on the platform – helping staff join-up and improve care for patients, and work more efficiently." Palantir maintains its software is playing an important role in improving patient care and helping to deliver 100,000 additional operations, a 12 percent reduction in discharge delays and the removal of 675,000 patients from waiting lists. In July, the UK's statistical regulator told NHS England to ensure greater accuracy in quoting figures following a row over data used to promote the purported benefits of the FDP. Dame Chi Onwurah, the chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, has given the government until today to clarify its response to questions over whether NHS England has any exit plans should it decide to end the Palantir contract in February. James Frith, a junior minister in the Department of Health and Social Care, wrote [PDF] to the Committee in October explaining that the contract has "measures built in to facilitate exit and transition including clear intellectual property rights in NHS build products or components." He continued: "Publishing more detailed information on the Exit Plan would, or would be likely to, prejudice commercial interests and NHS England's ability to secure best value for taxpayers in future commercial activity." Onwurah replied: "I understand that you will not publish the exit plan, but will you confirm if one has been prepared?" The Register asked Palantir to comment. ®

De verkoop van de bunker van nazi-Rijkscommissaris Seyss-Inquart leidde tot veel ophef en een rechtszaak. De rechter in Den Haag heeft nu bepaald dat het uitsluiten van een erfgoedorganisatie – wegens overtreden van de biedregels – terecht was.