Women who escaped from 'Islamic State' win EU human rights prize

Two Yazidi women who survived enslavement by the so-called 'Islamic State' group before escaping have won the EU's Sakharov Prize for human rights.

Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the Liberal ALDE group, said that Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Ashar were "inspirational women who have shown incredible bravery and humanity in the face of despicable brutality".