Morning news brief: India captain Rohit Sharma to retire from T20I; France votes in snap polls, and more

Indian captain Rohit Sharma announced that the T20 World Cup winning game against South Africa in Barbadoswas his last in the shortest format as he announced his retirement from T20Is. In other news, voters in France will headto the polls on Sunday (Jun 30) to cast their ballots in the first round of the high-stakes snap parliamentary elections.

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Indian captain Rohit Sharma announced that the T20 World Cup winning game against South Africa in Barbados (on Saturday, June 29) was his last in the shortest format as he announced his retirement from T20Is, joining veteran batter Virat Kohli in taking a similar call.

Voters in France headed to the polls on Sunday (Jun 30) to cast their ballots in the first round of the high-stakes snap parliamentary elections which could usher in the country’s first far-right government since World War Two.

At least 18 people have been killed and dozens of others have been injured in suspected suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday (Jun 29), said local officials.

Ukrainian authorities on Saturday (June 29) claimed that seven people were killed and 31 others were injured after Russian side fired missiles at the town of Vilniansk outside the city of Zaporizhzhia.

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