Clinton, Trump bag big wins in Florida

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both bagged decisive wins in the crucial presidential primary in the US state of Florida.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio dropped out of the Republican race after Mr Trump took 45% of the votes with nearly 75% of the results reported in the state.

Meanwhile Mrs Clinton has 65% with her challenger Bernie Sanders on 33%.

She is also projected to win in North Carolina. It is unclear who is set to triumph for the Republicans there.

Polls have closed in Ohio – another key state – as well as in Illinois and Missouri.

Mr Rubio took to the stage in Miami to congratulate Mr Trump on his win on Mr Rubio’s home turf.

Announcing he was suspending his campaign, he said the US was in the middle of a “political storm”, and voters were angry and frustrated.

Florida and Ohio are particularly important in the race for the Republican nomination because the winning candidate gets all of the delegates on offer – 99 in Florida and 66 in Ohio.

Those delegates go to the national convention in July where the presidential nominee will be chosen.