Greeks sense a tragedy

Stunned Greeks faced shuttered banks, long supermarket queues and overwhelming uncertainty yesterday as a breakdown in talks between Athens and its international creditors plunged the country deep into crisis. With Greece's bailout expiring today and a debt repayment instalment to the IMF falling due as well, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pleaded by phone with European officials to extend the programme until a referendum on Sunday on its future terms.