Greece far-left seeks to form coalition

The leader of Greece's far-left party is to try to form a government after parties backing an international bailout deal failed to assemble a coalition.



Alexis Tsipras aims to put together a cabinet that will reject austerity measures imposed as part of the deal.



However, analysts also say his attempts are likely to fail to achieve the necessary numbers.



Voters in Greece, France and Italy have all largely swung in favour of anti-austerity candidates this week.