Nobel Prize

The US president told a rally he had "never heard of" the winner, former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay.

Several member states of the international tribunal, including the UK, say they "strongly disagree" with the sanctions.

Pillay is recognised for her "efforts to promote peace and international law", the Norwegian Nobel Committee says.

BBC correspondent Joe Inwood explains how Pillay's childhood in South Africa led her to become a driving force in international law from Myanmar to Gaza.

Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.

The prize was given to the French and Japanese scientists for solving the mystery of life's asymmetry.

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.