Yes I seen that, didn't see it on the beeb over here tho. Maybe it was only on their online pages, I don't follow the news online, didn't see it on TV here. Tbf even Aunty beeb only tends to broadcast what seems to be either hype and nonsense or things that directly effect the UK these days when it comes to foreign matters, I would guarantee that such an appalling act would've made the headlines on the news programmes a few years ago. It seems that since the move started to bring down the beeb as an institution in its own right their focus is a lot more on what pulls ratings, however they're still the most reliable news source over here by a long way imo, all the other stations are more focused on the drama than the facts.
I know I'm going off on a tangent here but since the move came to reform the beeb (for some very good legitimate reasons) the actual effect it's had to the final product is negative, probably the delegalising of their funding is having the biggest impact.