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0:00:00 > 0:00:10Now on BBC News it is Reporters.

0:00:17 > 0:00:18Welcome to Reporters.

0:00:18 > 0:00:19I'm Karin Giannone.

0:00:19 > 0:00:22From here in the world's newsroom we send out correspondents to bring

0:00:22 > 0:00:24you the best stories from across the globe.

0:00:24 > 0:00:26In this week's programme: A deadly year at sea.

0:00:26 > 0:00:30Orla Guerin reports from Libya where migrant numbers

0:00:30 > 0:00:35are on the rise once again.

0:00:35 > 0:00:41And finds it's still the traffickers who all the waves.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44When you were arranging for these people to get on these overcrowded

0:00:44 > 0:00:46boats and go to Europe, did you ever stop to think

0:00:46 > 0:00:48that they could die on the way?

0:00:48 > 0:00:49No.

0:00:49 > 0:00:54No, because we always pray for them, you know?

0:00:54 > 0:00:56Trump versus Clinton as the race for the White House comes

0:00:56 > 0:00:59down to the final two.

0:00:59 > 0:01:02Katty Kay assesses their rival campaigns and assesses who might be

0:01:02 > 0:01:05first to the finish line.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07It just doesn't seem possible that it's a coincidence that Republicans

0:01:07 > 0:01:11and Democrats should experience political meltdown of the same time.

0:01:11 > 0:01:16Russia's Olympic reprieve after Moscow escaps a blanket ban

0:01:16 > 0:01:20from next week's games, Wyre Davies finds out if Brazil's

0:01:20 > 0:01:27anti-doping lab can catch the dope cheats.

0:01:27 > 0:01:30With doping such a big issue, it is vital that Rio 2016

0:01:30 > 0:01:33is seen to get things right and that the Games are

0:01:33 > 0:01:35as clean as possible.

0:01:35 > 0:01:38Unlocking the secrets of the teenage brain.

0:01:38 > 0:01:41Pallab Ghosh investigates new research which may help

0:01:41 > 0:01:46explain adolescent behaviour.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49And from Lagos to London's West End.

0:01:49 > 0:01:53Will Gomperts reviews the Nigerian musical that's finding

0:01:53 > 0:01:58new theatre audiences.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01We are bringing a story of hope and I believe we are the future.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04We the youth are the future and we want to change the way

0:02:04 > 0:02:09Nigeria is portrayed in the media.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12It's been a deadly year so far for migrants facing the perilous

0:02:12 > 0:02:16journey across the Mediterranean in search of a better life in Europe.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19The International Organisation for Migration says more than 3000

0:02:19 > 0:02:23have now lost their lives.

0:02:23 > 0:02:27That's over 1000 more than at this stage last year.

0:02:27 > 0:02:31They said 2016 could become the worst year ever.

0:02:31 > 0:02:34Most of those who perished came from Libya and died

0:02:34 > 0:02:43in smugglers' vessels.

0:02:43 > 0:02:46Orla Guerin has been with the Libyan coast guard as it struggles

0:02:46 > 0:02:47to cope with the influx.

0:02:47 > 0:02:51As the sun goes down, we set out with the Tripoli Coast Guard, facing

0:02:51 > 0:02:54the perils of the Mediterranean which has claimed so many.

0:02:54 > 0:02:57This inflatable battered by the waves is their only

0:02:57 > 0:03:01sea worthy vessel.

0:03:01 > 0:03:06From their fleet of four, three need repairs.

0:03:06 > 0:03:09Later in pitch darkness they are on the lookout

0:03:09 > 0:03:12for migrants in distress.

0:03:12 > 0:03:15Not easy without night-vision goggles.

0:03:15 > 0:03:19All they can do is listen for the vessels.

0:03:19 > 0:03:22It is 1:30am in the morning and we are in the stretch

0:03:22 > 0:03:25of water where smugglers' boats pass regularly,

0:03:25 > 0:03:27usually between one and three.

0:03:27 > 0:03:30The engine is off here, the lights are off.

0:03:30 > 0:03:32The Coast Guard don't want to alert anyone to their presence,

0:03:32 > 0:03:36but if a rescue is needed here tonight they have just this

0:03:36 > 0:03:40one small vessel.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43With daybreak, a clear horizon this time, but they say it's

0:03:43 > 0:03:47the traffickers who rule the waves.

0:03:47 > 0:03:52TRANSLATION: Smugglers have more boats and more weapons.

0:03:52 > 0:03:55They have long-range guns.

0:03:55 > 0:03:58They can escort the migrants to European waters and we can't do

0:03:58 > 0:04:01anything to stop them.

0:04:01 > 0:04:03The state does not support us.

0:04:03 > 0:04:07We have not been paid since March.

0:04:07 > 0:04:09And Coast Guard officials say there is another problem

0:04:09 > 0:04:13further out to sea, just beyond Libyan territorial waters.

0:04:13 > 0:04:15Operation Sofia.

0:04:15 > 0:04:19They say the EU mission supposed to shut down smuggling routes

0:04:19 > 0:04:27is ferrying migrants to Italy like a taxi.

0:04:27 > 0:04:33There is agreement from a smuggler, now detained, who authorities

0:04:33 > 0:04:34say is a big fish.

0:04:34 > 0:04:36The operation saved lives and encouraged people

0:04:36 > 0:04:39to travel more.

0:04:39 > 0:04:41The rescue, they are very close to Libya.

0:04:41 > 0:04:43So they think the ships will pick them up quickly?

0:04:44 > 0:04:45Quickly.

0:04:45 > 0:04:48When you were arranging for these people to get on these overcrowded

0:04:48 > 0:04:50boats and go to Europe, did you ever stop

0:04:50 > 0:04:53to think that they could die on the way?

0:04:53 > 0:04:55No.

0:04:55 > 0:05:01No, because we always pray for them, you know?

0:05:01 > 0:05:03But here is how they send them to see.

0:05:03 > 0:05:11The Coast Guard coming to rescue this overloaded vessel last month.

0:05:11 > 0:05:21Pregnant women among those scrambling for places.

0:05:21 > 0:05:24So many crammed on board, some of the crew had to sit on top

0:05:25 > 0:05:28of the cabin.

0:05:28 > 0:05:32And this is what awaits those saved by the Coast Guard.

0:05:32 > 0:05:35Detention back in Libya.

0:05:35 > 0:05:42Even for women and children, the youngest not spared.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44This baby is just 21 days old.

0:05:44 > 0:05:47Several of those here told us they would not

0:05:47 > 0:05:50risk the crossing again, but the Coast Guard said they have

0:05:50 > 0:05:56rescued some migrants are five or six times.

0:05:56 > 0:05:59For the men and boys, even worse conditions.

0:05:59 > 0:06:03The authorities say they are doing their best with scarce resources

0:06:03 > 0:06:10amidst the chaos of Libya.

0:06:10 > 0:06:14This 14-year-old from Gambia told us his brother was caught

0:06:14 > 0:06:18and deported in 2010.

0:06:18 > 0:06:22Still, he came here all alone, hoping to find work in Europe.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25Many we met were economic migrants, trapped in what amounts

0:06:25 > 0:06:29to a teeming prison.

0:06:29 > 0:06:31We all share the same two toilets.

0:06:31 > 0:06:33Two toilets we have here that we share.

0:06:33 > 0:06:35For hundreds of people?

0:06:35 > 0:06:39Yes, for hundreds of people, under the same roof here.

0:06:39 > 0:06:41It's really un-normal here.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44We have here three months and my other fellow Gambians have

0:06:44 > 0:06:47four months here.

0:06:47 > 0:06:48We are tired.

0:06:48 > 0:06:49We want to go home.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51We've been here six months now.

0:06:51 > 0:06:52Some are on the move.

0:06:52 > 0:06:59More than 160 men heading to the airport.

0:06:59 > 0:07:07Instead of a new life they craved, being deported back to Gambia.

0:07:07 > 0:07:11Others, like Betty from Nigeria, still look to the Mediterranean

0:07:11 > 0:07:14for salvation.

0:07:14 > 0:07:18She's waiting for a call from the traffickers.

0:07:18 > 0:07:21She knows some who set out from here wash up on the beaches,

0:07:21 > 0:07:24but she says her only chance of a better life is to risk

0:07:24 > 0:07:27death at sea.

0:07:27 > 0:07:32Orla Guerin, BBC News, Tripoli.

0:07:32 > 0:07:35Pope Francis has said that the recent wave of jihadists

0:07:35 > 0:07:37attacks in Europe is proof that the world is at war.

0:07:37 > 0:07:40Churches across Europe were on alert this week after one of the worst

0:07:40 > 0:07:44attacks saw the shocking murder of an 84-year-old priest

0:07:44 > 0:07:49during Holy Mass in the tiny French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.

0:07:49 > 0:07:52It's yet another act of barbarism so soon after the Nice massacre

0:07:52 > 0:07:57and a spate of attacks in Germany, In Wuerzburg and Ansbach.

0:07:57 > 0:08:03All brutal, but unsophisticated, designed to breed insecurity.

0:08:03 > 0:08:05Secunder Kermani reports from Saint Etienne on the new

0:08:05 > 0:08:11security environment France and much of Europe is now faced with.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14For those in Rouen Cathedral attending a Mass in honour

0:08:14 > 0:08:16of Father Jacques Hamel, there must've been

0:08:16 > 0:08:20an awful sense of deja vu.

0:08:20 > 0:08:23Yet another IS related attack in France.

0:08:23 > 0:08:27If young people were targeted in Paris, families in Nice,

0:08:27 > 0:08:30an 84-year-old priest represented yet another aspect of

0:08:30 > 0:08:35society under attack.

0:08:35 > 0:08:38The priest that normally works in the church that was attacked said

0:08:38 > 0:08:43the murdered man was only there as he was away on holiday.

0:08:43 > 0:08:47TRANSLATION: I've spoken to a few people, notably some of the sisters

0:08:47 > 0:08:50who were taken hostage this morning.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53They are all very shocked.

0:08:53 > 0:08:57I don't know how we're going to get through the next few hours.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59He was a simple man.

0:08:59 > 0:09:01He was always at people's service.

0:09:01 > 0:09:04He was 85.

0:09:04 > 0:09:06He could've taken a quiet retirement, but he preferred

0:09:06 > 0:09:09to stay active as long as he was good health.

0:09:09 > 0:09:16He preferred to stay active and serve his parish.

0:09:16 > 0:09:18The two attackers burst into this church, taking the priest

0:09:18 > 0:09:20and a handful of nuns and parishioners prisoner.

0:09:20 > 0:09:23They slit the throat of the priest and recorded it on camera.

0:09:23 > 0:09:26One nun speaking to French media described what she saw.

0:09:26 > 0:09:36Both attackers were killed quickly by police as they emerged

0:09:48 > 0:09:51Both attackers were killed quickly by police as they emerged

0:09:51 > 0:09:54from the church, but there will be questions for the security services.

0:09:54 > 0:09:58At least one of the attackers who struck it was very much

0:09:58 > 0:10:01on the authority's radar.

0:10:01 > 0:10:04Having tried and failed to get to Syria, he was on a curfew

0:10:04 > 0:10:08and even wearing an electronic tag.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11At the cathedral some felt there was little that could ever be

0:10:11 > 0:10:15done to protect such soft targets.

0:10:15 > 0:10:17TRANSLATION: It was a small church.

0:10:17 > 0:10:20Nobody thought it would ever be attacked, so yes,

0:10:20 > 0:10:24you see the Army in the street every day in small groups, but you can't

0:10:24 > 0:10:27keep an eye on everyone.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29You can't check up on everyone.

0:10:29 > 0:10:34It's just not possible.

0:10:34 > 0:10:37But among some in France there is real anger at the continuing

0:10:37 > 0:10:39attacks happening here.

0:10:39 > 0:10:42Prime Minister Manuel Valls was booed as he attended a minute's

0:10:42 > 0:10:46silence for the victims in Nive two weeks ago.

0:10:46 > 0:10:49He had suggested that terrorism was becoming a modern reality France

0:10:50 > 0:10:54would have to learn to live with.

0:10:54 > 0:10:57As always after an attack there are prayers for the dead,

0:10:58 > 0:10:59but there are also questions.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Could more have been done to prevent the bloodshed?

0:11:02 > 0:11:05Were those responsible directed by IS, or just inspired by them?

0:11:05 > 0:11:08But perhaps the biggest question in France right now is how on earth

0:11:08 > 0:11:11does the country stop what appears to be an almost relentless

0:11:11 > 0:11:15tide of these attacks?

0:11:15 > 0:11:19TRANSLATION: We are very attached to liberty, but in situations

0:11:19 > 0:11:23like this people who have nothing to hide have nothing to worry about.

0:11:23 > 0:11:24Quite the opposite.

0:11:24 > 0:11:27Their security is dependent on it, so you can't say their liberty

0:11:27 > 0:11:29is at risk.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31The state has to take all the measures possible to bring

0:11:31 > 0:11:37back security and protect its citizens.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40Following the attacks in Paris in November there were 3500 raids

0:11:40 > 0:11:44as part of the state of emergency that was imposed.

0:11:44 > 0:11:47They were criticised by some for being too harsh,

0:11:47 > 0:11:50and there are calls for the authorities not to go

0:11:50 > 0:11:55down that route again.

0:11:55 > 0:11:57TRANSLATION: The response to violence is never violence.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00Our response should be reasoned.

0:12:00 > 0:12:02We need to think long-term.

0:12:02 > 0:12:05We need to understand people's motivations.

0:12:05 > 0:12:10Right now we're completely out of our depth.

0:12:10 > 0:12:17This afternoon one person was arrested in

0:12:17 > 0:12:19connection with the attack.

0:12:19 > 0:12:21One of the victims is still in hospital, but the French

0:12:21 > 0:12:24president has had to visit the scene of yet another outrage.

0:12:24 > 0:12:26He said that IS have declared war on France.

0:12:26 > 0:12:29Now the pressure on him to respond is growing.

0:12:29 > 0:12:32What a couple of weeks it's been in American politics.

0:12:32 > 0:12:35The convention season is now over and now we know the next president

0:12:35 > 0:12:38of the United States will be either the first-ever woman

0:12:38 > 0:12:42Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump.

0:12:42 > 0:12:45Katty Kay attended both the Democratic and Republican

0:12:45 > 0:12:48conventions and has been assessing what we can expect in the coming

0:12:48 > 0:12:52months before the poll in November.

0:12:52 > 0:12:55The city of Philadelphia has a claim on American democracy.

0:12:55 > 0:12:58It was in Independence Hall that the founding fathers adopted

0:12:58 > 0:13:03the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution and two

0:13:03 > 0:13:06and a half centuries later you have to wonder what those wise heads

0:13:06 > 0:13:11would have made of today's political chaos.

0:13:11 > 0:13:20Can I just say to be Bernie or bust people, you're being ridiculous.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23Can I just say to the Bernie or bust people, you're being ridiculous.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25Democrats took over Philadelphia, bringing with them more sound

0:13:25 > 0:13:26and fury than peace and harmony.

0:13:26 > 0:13:29This was the week Bernie Sanders discovered you could create

0:13:29 > 0:13:31a political revolution, but you could not always control it.

0:13:31 > 0:13:34Scenes of party friction were broadcast around the country.

0:13:34 > 0:13:37As they were the week before at the Republican National Convention

0:13:37 > 0:13:46where loud boos said the former candidate Ted Cruz from the stage.

0:13:46 > 0:13:48where loud boos sent the former candidate Ted Cruz from the stage.

0:13:48 > 0:13:51A lot of Republicans stayed away from the show in Cleveland,

0:13:51 > 0:13:53reluctant even to be seen cavorting with Donald Trump.

0:13:53 > 0:13:55For the past four decades American conventions have

0:13:55 > 0:13:57been tightly scripted, honestly rather boring events

0:13:57 > 0:13:59where no news ever happened.

0:13:59 > 0:14:02Not this year, and it just doesn't seem possible that it's

0:14:02 > 0:14:05a coincidence that Republicans and Democrats should experience

0:14:05 > 0:14:09political meltdown at the same time.

0:14:09 > 0:14:12There's a famous bell in the heart of Philadelphia that was brought

0:14:12 > 0:14:14here in 1752.

0:14:14 > 0:14:17The leaders of the two establishment parties would do well to re-read

0:14:17 > 0:14:23the words engraved on it.

0:14:23 > 0:14:28That's exactly what happened in Cleveland and in Philadelphia

0:14:28 > 0:14:30this hot summer.

0:14:30 > 0:14:33The recalcitrant political rabble on both the left and the right

0:14:33 > 0:14:36demanding the freedom to be heard.

0:14:36 > 0:14:40They wanted liberty from existing autocratic political structures.

0:14:40 > 0:14:44Structures they see as corrupt and unresponsive.

0:14:44 > 0:14:47How we got here to the fracturing of America's political

0:14:47 > 0:14:51parties is the long tale of economic globalisation

0:14:51 > 0:14:54and political dysfunction.

0:14:54 > 0:14:57It's the tale of policymakers who fail to protect those left

0:14:57 > 0:15:01behind by the forces of immigration and free trade.

0:15:01 > 0:15:05As they race to the White House, both parties will try to paper over

0:15:05 > 0:15:08the cracks and present a show of unity, but don't be fooled.

0:15:08 > 0:15:13Unity is just a heat fuelled mirage, as we learned

0:15:13 > 0:15:17in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

0:15:17 > 0:15:21After the International Olympic Committee's decision not to impose

0:15:21 > 0:15:24a blanket ban on Russia over its doping records, the onus

0:15:24 > 0:15:26is now on the Brazilian authorities.

0:15:26 > 0:15:30But can Rio's much troubled anti-doping lab make sure that drugs

0:15:30 > 0:15:33cheats are caught during the games?

0:15:33 > 0:15:36Wyre Davies has been given access to the laboratory which has

0:15:36 > 0:15:40only just recovered its licence to operate.

0:15:40 > 0:15:45Joyce Silva is a freestyle wrestler who has a real chance of winning

0:15:45 > 0:15:50a medal at her home Olympics in Rio.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53But her sport has been played in the past by doping,

0:15:53 > 0:15:56with Russian athletes among the biggest culprits.

0:15:56 > 0:15:59Earlier this year dozens of Russian wrestlers were exposed as drug

0:15:59 > 0:16:07cheats and Joyce doesn't want them in Rio.

0:16:07 > 0:16:10Doping is completely unfair, says the Rio-based athlete.

0:16:10 > 0:16:14When you are fighting and losing to an opponent who is on drugs,

0:16:14 > 0:16:18it is soul destroying and feels like you're being robbed.

0:16:18 > 0:16:21The Russian athletics squad is already banned from Rio,

0:16:21 > 0:16:24but the IOC has sidestepped the thorny issue of whether to

0:16:24 > 0:16:27suspend the entire Russian delegation, despite allegations

0:16:27 > 0:16:31of state-sponsored doping.

0:16:31 > 0:16:33The governing bodies of individual sports will now decide

0:16:33 > 0:16:36if Russians can compete.

0:16:36 > 0:16:39It all means a critical role for Brazil's new anti-doping lab

0:16:39 > 0:16:44which will test 450 samples daily during the games.

0:16:44 > 0:16:46But it's only just recovered its licence to operate

0:16:46 > 0:16:49after being accused of failing to meet International

0:16:49 > 0:16:52scientific standards.

0:16:52 > 0:16:56The laboratory will be the most technically efficient

0:16:56 > 0:17:01laboratory during the Games with all the expertise the world has

0:17:01 > 0:17:05in anti-doping analysis.

0:17:05 > 0:17:08So this will be a message for those athletes that will maybe be

0:17:08 > 0:17:11there to cheat for the Games, or before the Games,

0:17:11 > 0:17:14that they will be caught.

0:17:14 > 0:17:19The Olympic movement has really come under such scrutiny.

0:17:19 > 0:17:21Its ideals questioned as much.

0:17:21 > 0:17:25With doping such a big issue, it's vital that Rio 2016 is seen

0:17:25 > 0:17:27to get things right, that thousands of fans aren't

0:17:27 > 0:17:32short-changed and that the games are as clean as possible.

0:17:32 > 0:17:34Pedro Solberg was denied a place at London 2012

0:17:34 > 0:17:38because he was wrongly diagnosed as a drugs cheat.

0:17:38 > 0:17:41He says that with huge pressure on doping inspectors there is a real

0:17:41 > 0:17:44danger that honest athletes could be stigmatised.

0:17:44 > 0:17:48People who didn't use drugs, who didn't do anything wrong,

0:17:48 > 0:17:52they should not be out of the Olympics because of

0:17:52 > 0:17:54other people's mistakes.

0:17:54 > 0:18:00I know exactly how is this feeling.

0:18:00 > 0:18:03The pressure on the IOC to show its serious about doping

0:18:03 > 0:18:06is huge and so is the demand to let as many athletes as possible

0:18:06 > 0:18:08come here and compete.

0:18:08 > 0:18:12Wyre Davies, BBC News, Rio.

0:18:12 > 0:18:15Now for something a little different.

0:18:15 > 0:18:17It's a mystery that perplexes every parent.

0:18:17 > 0:18:20Why is my teenager behaving like that?

0:18:20 > 0:18:23Scientists at Cambridge University have gained some insight

0:18:23 > 0:18:26into the huge personality and behavioural changes that happen

0:18:26 > 0:18:30to us in our teenage years, and as Pallab Ghosh explains,

0:18:30 > 0:18:33they are also gaining clues about why some developmental

0:18:33 > 0:18:43illnesses in the late teens and early adulthood.

0:18:43 > 0:18:44The human brain.

0:18:44 > 0:18:47It changes so much as we grow, shaping how we think and feel.

0:18:47 > 0:18:51Most profoundly during our teenage years.

0:18:51 > 0:18:54Ruby Burbidge is 22 now, but like many of us,

0:18:54 > 0:18:56felt powerful feelings during her adolescence.

0:18:56 > 0:18:59When I was younger, I was just horrible.

0:18:59 > 0:19:03Like, mean and shouting and as I developed into an adult

0:19:03 > 0:19:06and come out of the adolescence stage, I've had more of a thought

0:19:06 > 0:19:10process and I take time and think about my actions before I do it.

0:19:10 > 0:19:13That was kind of lost during the time I was an adolescent.

0:19:13 > 0:19:15It was very reactionary.

0:19:15 > 0:19:19To understand these changes scientists scanned the brains

0:19:19 > 0:19:22of 300 healthy volunteers between the ages of 14 and 24.

0:19:22 > 0:19:26They were looking at the network of nerve centres that direct

0:19:26 > 0:19:30messages from one part of the brain to another.

0:19:30 > 0:19:35You can think of this like the global airline network

0:19:35 > 0:19:39that is made up of small infrequently used airports

0:19:39 > 0:19:41and huge hubs like Heathrow which has very high traffic.

0:19:41 > 0:19:44The brain uses a similar setup to coordinate our

0:19:44 > 0:19:47thoughts and actions.

0:19:47 > 0:19:50It found that during adolescence of the bigger hubs used for complex

0:19:50 > 0:19:53thought gets consolidated and strengthened, like how

0:19:53 > 0:19:58Heathrow or JFK have expanded over the years.

0:19:58 > 0:20:01These are the nodes in the brain network.

0:20:01 > 0:20:04The real prize for the team at Cambridge is to understand how

0:20:04 > 0:20:07mental illness develops.

0:20:07 > 0:20:10Some, like schizophrenia, where patients have hallucinations,

0:20:10 > 0:20:13it emerged during late adolescence.

0:20:13 > 0:20:16The researchers have shown that the genes involved in rewiring

0:20:16 > 0:20:19the brain during the teenage years are also involved in many

0:20:19 > 0:20:22mental health disorders.

0:20:22 > 0:20:26As we understand more about what puts people at risk

0:20:26 > 0:20:30for schizophrenia, that gives us an opportunity to try and identify

0:20:30 > 0:20:35individuals that are at risk of becoming schizophrenic

0:20:35 > 0:20:38in the foreseeable future, over the next two or three years,

0:20:38 > 0:20:40and perhaps offering some treatment then that could be helpful

0:20:40 > 0:20:46in preventing the onset of clinical symptoms.

0:20:46 > 0:20:48Alice has lived with a condition similar to schizophrenia

0:20:48 > 0:20:51ever since she was 18.

0:20:51 > 0:20:56She's a photographer and teaches art at university, but she still has

0:20:56 > 0:20:58occasional delusional episodes.

0:20:58 > 0:21:03To describe it, it is like being awake while you're in a nightmare.

0:21:03 > 0:21:07I would ride a bus and it would seem as if everyone on the bus

0:21:07 > 0:21:10was talking directly to me and saying nasty things about me

0:21:10 > 0:21:14and actually, that was quite frightening to experience.

0:21:14 > 0:21:18The research shows just how fragile the developing brain is,

0:21:18 > 0:21:22at its most vulnerable during the crucial teenage years.

0:21:22 > 0:21:26Pallab Ghosh, BBC News.

0:21:26 > 0:21:30Finally, it was a hit in Lagos and now it's coming to London.

0:21:30 > 0:21:32Wakaa The Musical follows the fate of a group of young graduates

0:21:32 > 0:21:36as they begin to find their way in the world.

0:21:36 > 0:21:46The show aims to give audiences a taste of modern-day Nigeria

0:21:48 > 0:21:51and to portray more positive images of the country than it is

0:21:51 > 0:21:52sometimes seen in the media.

0:21:52 > 0:21:54Will Gompertz went along to see it.

0:21:54 > 0:21:55Musical theatre, Nigerian style.

0:21:55 > 0:21:58Soulful, colourful and dynamic.

0:21:58 > 0:22:01It's not as slick as a West End blockbuster, or as expensive, but it

0:22:01 > 0:22:09has a spirit and a sensibility that feels fresh and true.

0:22:09 > 0:22:12The show tells the story of a group of young Nigerian graduates

0:22:12 > 0:22:15with different hopes, dreams and aspirations.

0:22:15 > 0:22:16# I can walk.

0:22:16 > 0:22:17# I can strive.

0:22:17 > 0:22:19# I can struggle through the night...

0:22:19 > 0:22:22What were the themes that you wanted to explore and present?

0:22:22 > 0:22:25There's a tendency for us to feel that everybody is corrupting

0:22:25 > 0:22:27Nigeria, but we are not.

0:22:27 > 0:22:30So what I was trying to do was juxtapose what people

0:22:30 > 0:22:33perceive to be the case and what the majority of us want,

0:22:33 > 0:22:37and that's why you have the character Tosa.

0:22:37 > 0:22:38I have great ideas.

0:22:38 > 0:22:40I'm talking about ideas that will help, you know,

0:22:40 > 0:22:43put to an end the level of unemployment that

0:22:43 > 0:22:44we have in the state.

0:22:44 > 0:22:48The average Nigerian works hard, wants to do good, wants

0:22:48 > 0:22:51to change his country.

0:22:51 > 0:22:55Tosa, try and catch your breath first.

0:22:55 > 0:22:58Also I was addressing the issue of migration.

0:22:58 > 0:23:02A lot of people are leaving Nigeria, the brain drain, and also

0:23:02 > 0:23:05thinking that the grass is greener on the other side.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08It's not always the case, as is the case of Rex.

0:23:08 > 0:23:09Superstar.

0:23:09 > 0:23:11Dancer.

0:23:11 > 0:23:15London's West End.

0:23:15 > 0:23:19That was the plan, and then he arrived in London.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21You look different in your pictures.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23You are not white.

0:23:23 > 0:23:28Oh, that's just some model I used as my profile picture.

0:23:28 > 0:23:30Life then gets complicated, but not for the cast,

0:23:30 > 0:23:34whose motivation is clear.

0:23:34 > 0:23:38If you know all the stories from Nigeria are horrible.

0:23:38 > 0:23:40You don't hear any good stories.

0:23:40 > 0:23:43You'd think we are fantastically corrupt or Boko Haram

0:23:43 > 0:23:46is bombing someone somewhere.

0:23:46 > 0:23:49But, you know, we're bringing a story of hope and I believe

0:23:49 > 0:23:49we are the future.

0:23:49 > 0:23:53We the youth are the future and we want to change the way

0:23:53 > 0:23:58Nigeria portrayed in the media and that is really why we are here.

0:23:58 > 0:24:02This show is a little bit different and so was tonight's audience.

0:24:02 > 0:24:05The big subsidised theatres here in the UK said they want

0:24:05 > 0:24:08to attract a more diverse crowd, but struggle to do so.

0:24:08 > 0:24:11Perhaps they should go along and see how it's done.

0:24:11 > 0:24:14Will Gompertz, BBC News.

0:24:14 > 0:24:17And that's all from Reporters for this week.

0:24:17 > 0:24:27From me Karin Giannone, goodbye for now.