Trump v Harris: US election results as Donald Trump wins presidency [Video]

Donald Trump will return to the White House after claiming a stunning US election victory over Democrat opponent Kamala Harris.

He took the swing state of Michigan to pass the threshold of 270 electoral college votes needed to give him the keys to the White House for a second term.

With several final states still to be called on Thursday he stood on 295 electoral college votes to Kamala Harris on 226.

The numbers in the Electoral College for each state are apportioned depending on how many people they send to Congress.

That means each state gets two senators, and a figure for the House of Representatives tied to their population.

That means that California, the most populous state, gets 54 votes in the Electoral College and the least populated (such as Alaska and Wyoming) get three.

There are 538 electors in total, and the magic number needed to secure …