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From Our Own Correspondent: Trump edges closer to Republican nomination

Trump edges closer to Republican nomination

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Trump edges closer to Republican nomination

Donald Trump gains momentum with victories in the South Carolina and Michigan primaries.

After steamrolling his way to victory in South Carolina then in Michigan days later, Donald Trump looks likely to become the Republican candidate in the US elections.

Kate Adie presents stories from the US, Indonesia, Georgia, Thailand and Colombia.  

Donald Trump’s only Republican rival for the US presidency, Nikki Haley, says she’ll fight on, despite roundly losing to him in her home state of South Carolina, where she was governor twice. Our Correspondent, Will Vernon, joined Republican campaigners in South Carolina, as they went door-to-door.

In Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, a former army general with a questionable past humans rights record, is set to become the country’s next president. Our South East Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, remembers first meeting Mr Subianto, when he served under the dictator General Suharto.  

Thousands of babies in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia were stolen from their parents at birth and sold. Our Correspondent, Fay Nurse, meets some mothers who were told their new-borns had died suddenly, but who now wonder if they may still be alive.  

Thailand is moving a step closer to legalising same-sex marriage.  In Bangkok, Rebecca Root meets couples who are keen to tie the knot.  

And we’re in Colombia, where a literary festival encourages people to debate divisive issues without turning to violence.  Kirsty Lang finds out more.  

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