Cruz defeats Trump

Ted Cruz is among Republicans the surprising winner of the first election in the US, in the state of Iowa.

When the Democrats is a neck-and-neck race between Hillary Clinton and the outspoken leftist candidate Bernie Sanders.

Following the election in Iowa on foot via the Twitter feed of our correspondent Herman Tribe:

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