Morning news brief: US presidential primaries; Texas immigration law, and more

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and US President Joe Biden are expected to sail to victory for their respective parties in fivestates – Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio – who held their presidential primary contests on Tuesday (Mar 19). In other news, agruesome incident was reported in India's Uttar Pradesh where a man hacked two children to death in Budaun and was later killed in a police encounter.

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It was smooth sailing for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and US President Joe Biden in the primaries held on Tuesday.Biden won in all fourstates—Arizona,Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio,while the Democrats didn't hold a primary in Florida. Meanwhile, Trump wonin all five states.

The United States Supreme Court, on Tuesday (Mar 19) lifted the pause on a controversial Republican-backed law in Texas which would allow the state’s law enforcement officials to detain and deport migrants on charges of illegally entering the country from the US-Mexico border.

US President Joe Biden in a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured him of Washington's state of non-interference in Israel's domestic affairs, two sources familiar with the matter told Axios publication.

In a gruesome incident reported in India's Uttar Pradesh, a man hacked two children to death in Budaun on Tuesday (Mar 19) and was later killed in a police encounter, reported Indian news agency ANI.

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