Many of the site’s reports are critical of Hillary Clinton and her Democratic colleagues

A fake BBC website has been publishing articles promoting Donald Trump and peddling anti-Islamic propaganda.

Investigations suggest that the website, bbc-edition.com, which has been live for two months, may be connected to a Macedonian town known for publishing sensationalist news to generate cash from advertising.

The site’s coverage appears designed to appeal to right-wing social media users in the US. Many of the stories are critical of abortion or Islam and others focus on Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House who has become one of President Trump’s most prominent adversaries.

An article headlined “Obama is the worst president since World War II, poll says” refers to the results of a survey in 2014. A poll by the same organisation, Quinnipiac University, published last