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Has BBC News been hacked?

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bookshelf85 · 24/09/2026 04:39

I can’t sleep so doom scrolling what’s this on BBC News?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqgmrk7187lzo

Has BBC News been hacked?
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Meteorite87 · 24/09/2026 11:38

JackJarvisEsq · 24/09/2026 09:06

Me too; I think it’s from Basil insulting Manuel after finding pigeons in the water tank

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That is where I heard it first too and assumed it was correct 😅

Lunalara · 24/09/2026 10:18

The article just talks about the leader of China arriving in the US. More likely to be some sort of error made by the BBC. Surely if it was a hack, something more sinister would show up?

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bookshelf85 · 24/09/2026 09:39

Wow Pidgin!

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LondonPapa · 24/09/2026 09:39

FinanceLPlates · 24/09/2026 04:57

Does the BBC regularly produce Russian content? I’ve never noticed it before

Yes for BBC Russia.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 24/09/2026 09:36

DownToTheGround · 24/09/2026 08:31

Thank you everyone for this post.

I don’t believe it - have spent my life thinking and using the phrase ‘PIDGEON’ English. 😂😊😂😊

I have just ‘googled’ PIDGIN.

😱🤫
I don’t think I could admit my ignorance anywhere else but here…

Now off to name change…😊😂

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I don't think you're the only one - I too thought it was pigeon!! That BBC pidgin site is a wonder to behold - I'm reading it in a Nigerian accent😂

JackJarvisEsq · 24/09/2026 09:06

DownToTheGround · 24/09/2026 08:31

Thank you everyone for this post.

I don’t believe it - have spent my life thinking and using the phrase ‘PIDGEON’ English. 😂😊😂😊

I have just ‘googled’ PIDGIN.

😱🤫
I don’t think I could admit my ignorance anywhere else but here…

Now off to name change…😊😂

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Me too; I think it’s from Basil insulting Manuel after finding pigeons in the water tank

Cedilla · 24/09/2026 08:46

@DownToTheGround you need to get onto the 'what adult discoveries have made you feel a bit of a plonker?' thread! 😂

DownToTheGround · 24/09/2026 08:31

JackJarvisEsq · 24/09/2026 06:42

Love the Pidgin

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Thank you everyone for this post.

I don’t believe it - have spent my life thinking and using the phrase ‘PIDGEON’ English. 😂😊😂😊

I have just ‘googled’ PIDGIN.

😱🤫
I don’t think I could admit my ignorance anywhere else but here…

Now off to name change…😊😂

MarlowCrossing · 24/09/2026 07:44

JackJarvisEsq · 24/09/2026 06:42

Love the Pidgin

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Me too, it gets suggested on my news feed on my phone and I always click into it. I love trying to read it hearing the accent in my head. It reminds me of my childhood because my parents used to get The Sunday Post and it had The Broons cartoon strip in it, which is in Scots dialect.

JoshLymanSwagger · 24/09/2026 07:15

bookshelf85 · 24/09/2026 07:12

Back to English now / my doomscrolling made me fall asleep eventually.

If you'd been watching their TV news at the top of the hour you'd find the presenter had left...there was just an empty chair, then a bloke looking for something on the desk...

Maybe something is going on in the background?

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bookshelf85 · 24/09/2026 07:12

Back to English now / my doomscrolling made me fall asleep eventually.

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 24/09/2026 07:02

No more hacked than when it switched to Pidgin a few years back.

JackJarvisEsq · 24/09/2026 06:42

Feejoah · 24/09/2026 05:28

Sometimes Google takes me to BBC Pidgin and it's absolutely marvelous - I love trying to translate the articles. I would freak out if I hit a Russsian page though.

Love the Pidgin

Lugol · 24/09/2026 06:32

I go back to France regularly and when I am there I am out in the sticks, full on countryside and my phone 'resets' to Russian every time.
It's very creepy.

AnotherBritInTheUSA · 24/09/2026 05:53

I’m in the US and clicked on your link. It came up in English.

FlapperFlamingo · 24/09/2026 05:48

I think it’s just a tech glitch with the wrong language article appearing. They write content in Russian so it just happens to be appearing in the wrong place.

Feejoah · 24/09/2026 05:28

Sometimes Google takes me to BBC Pidgin and it's absolutely marvelous - I love trying to translate the articles. I would freak out if I hit a Russsian page though.

golosh · 24/09/2026 05:15

I’m in singapore, it comes up as Russian and then redirects on to an English page.

JingsMahBucket · 24/09/2026 05:13

FinanceLPlates · 24/09/2026 04:57

Does the BBC regularly produce Russian content? I’ve never noticed it before

Yeah, it does. The BBC has about 20 other sister language sites.

Morecoffeeneedef · 24/09/2026 05:03

I can't see it now, following your link.

Rhubarb24 · 24/09/2026 05:03

Oddly, I google imaged something on Tuesday and this came up.

Has BBC News been hacked?
FinanceLPlates · 24/09/2026 04:57

Does the BBC regularly produce Russian content? I’ve never noticed it before

ruthieness · 24/09/2026 04:48

Not likely I think it is just a normal Russian story and has come up on the feed for some reason

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bookshelf85 · 24/09/2026 04:48

I can’t see if my pics have come up but it’s a screenshot of the website and this is the only Russian article on an English page

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Firefly1987 · 24/09/2026 04:44

It says Russia now so isn't it just the Russia section of the BBC? I'll join you in doomscrolling, I can't sleep either-again!