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i suppose, what do you think? you understand it s a fiction, it s a drama, so you might think they might be taking some liberties, but you do assume it is very mu. .very. .. it s sticking to the truth. and when we were talking about it last week and we were planning that section of the programme, of course we invited netflix to take part, and it chose not to put a guest into the programme. so the only time we ve actually heard from someone at netflix talking about this was to a parliamentary committee, which is where we get to the latest developments of the story. exactly right. because, as you say, the only time netflix has commented since the furore around this programme was when a netflix executive from the uk, benjamin king, gave evidence to the culture, media and sport committee and he talked about the show in this way. he said it was obviously a true story of the horrific abuse that the writer and protagonist richard gadd suffered at the hands of a convicted stalk ....
of stalking that he underwent and says he underwent in real life. and a lot of the controversy revolves around what happens right at the start of the first episode, where we re told by netflix, by the producer of this programme, this is a true story. exactly. because it is unusual. you know, we re used to seeing these kind of programmes where it might say, this is inspired by true events, or, this is based on a true story. it s very rare to see, this is a true story. and as a viewer, when you watch this as a true story, i suppose, what do you think? you understand it s a fiction, it s a drama, so you might think they might be taking some liberties, but you do assume it is very mu. .very. .. it s sticking to the truth. and when we were talking about it last week and we were planning that section of the programme, of course we invited netflix to take part, and it chose not to put a guest into the programme. so the only time we ve actually heard from someone at net ....
by next summer. barking. thousands of banned dogs are living legally with their owners in britain, according to a bbc investigation. and coming up on bbc news: newcastle boss eddie howe says there s a high chance midfielder sandro tonali could be available to play this weekend despite his ten month ban for breaching betting rules. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one, live from jerusalem, where nearly three weeks on from the start of this crisis here, military action by israel against what it calls hamas targets continue. the israeli army says its ground forces, backed by fighterjets and drones, conducted another ground incursion into the gaza strip overnight. this morning the un said that gaza is being strangled, its people abandoned and that the aid so far has just been crumbs. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, including the uk. the health ministry in gaza says that 7,326 people have been killed in the territory. ....
this is bbc news, the headlines. british prime minister rishi sunak is in israel for talks aimed at preventing the conflict from spilling across the region and to express his solidarity with the country. egypt agrees to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. israel says it won t impede deliveries, as long as supplies do not reach hamas. israeli forces and hezbollah exchange fire across the lebanon border. israel says it s moved thousands of extra troops to the region. british prime minister rishi sunak is injerusalem for his two day visit to the middle east. mr sunak met israeli president isaac herzog and expressed personal condolences over the loss of life. he told the president that the uk stands in solidarity with israel and backed its right to defend itself. mr sunak s office said the men agreed on the importance of getting aid to ordinary palestinians in gaza and stressed the need to avoid futher escalation across the region. mr sunak is also expected to meet prime ....
has been put to the prisons minister. this is regarding the staffing levels at wandsworth prison. we understand from chris mason, our correspondent, that the government has now acknowledged, this is via prisons minister damian hinds, that 80 prison officers did not turn up for their expected shift at wandsworth prison on the day the terror suspect escaped. the question was put to him a little earlier and damian hinds said nearly 40% of the staff due to work that day were not there. also adding that he had visited the prison, wandsworth prison, a few months ago, and the biggest issue then facing the prison was staffing shortages. more on this when we get it. we can return to events in spain. we can cross to madrid and guy hedgecoe who has been following the story of the former spanish federation chief luis rubiales who is in court today, facing a high courtjudge and facing allegations of sexual assault against the women s spanish player jenni hermoso. what has taken plac ....