Why is Francis Ford Coppola mentioned?

The top prize of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France, the Palme d’Or, has been a-warded to the film Amour by the Austrian director Michael Haneke. Michael Haneke’s Love, or Amour, takes place in the apartment of an old couple as their lives reach their ends. Despite the gloomy-sounding theme, it was very well received by critics in Cannes. Michael Haneke won the Palme d’Or with The White Ribbon in 2009, and now joins the likes of Francis Ford Coppola as a two-time winner of the top prize.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a new inquiry into the banking sector following the revelations about interest rate manipulation by Barclays Bank. The inquiry will be carried out by a parliamentary committee and will hold most of its meetings in public. The announcement of the inquiry comes in response to a barrage of criticism aimed at the banking industry in recent days. Other global banks are suspected of similar offenses. The review will be carried out by members of both houses of the British parliament, and they will have the power to question witnesses under oath, including sitting MPs.