The embattled PM must convince parliament to vote in favour of deal and could face open mutiny, writes Kostas Karkagiannis

Eurozone finance ministers have returned to Brussels for a fifth attempt to agree a Greek deal as its government teeters on the brink.

A radical left-wing party vowing to end Greece’s painful austerity programme won a historic election victory, setting the stage for a showdown with the country’s international creditors that could shake the eurozone.

Polls have closed in a Greek general election that could change the shape of Europe.

Greeks are voting in an early general election that could alter the course of the country’s struggle with crippling debts, with a radical left party poised to win by promising to rewrite the terms of its international bailout.