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| US election: Ted Cruz pulls out of Republican race | |
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| Ted Cruz has announced he is ending his campaign for the US Republican presidential nomination, after losing heavily to Donald Trump in the Indiana primary. | Ted Cruz has announced he is ending his campaign for the US Republican presidential nomination, after losing heavily to Donald Trump in the Indiana primary. |
| Mr Trump, a New York businessman who is unpopular with many in his own party, is almost certain to be the nominee. | Mr Trump, a New York businessman who is unpopular with many in his own party, is almost certain to be the nominee. |
| Earlier, Mr Cruz called Mr Trump a "liar" who was unfit to be president. | Earlier, Mr Cruz called Mr Trump a "liar" who was unfit to be president. |
| In the Democratic battle, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders remain locked in a tight race in Indiana. | |
| Indiana results as they come in | |
| Mr Cruz's advisers had targeted Indiana as the senator's best hope of halting Mr Trump's march to the nomination. | |
| "We left it all in the field in Indiana, and the voters chose another path," he told supporters in Indiana. | "We left it all in the field in Indiana, and the voters chose another path," he told supporters in Indiana. |
| "With a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign." | "With a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign." |
| The verbal attacks reached a new intensity on Tuesday, as Mr Cruz attacked the billionaire businessman as "totally amoral", "a pathological liar" and "a serial philanderer". | |
| Responding, Mr Trump said "Ted Cruz is a desperate candidate trying to save his failing campaign. |