TheBBCmade efforts to find excellent other opportunities for departing anchorMishal Husain, according to a seniorBBC Newsboss.

Husain revealed yesterdayshe is exiting theTodayProgram after 11 years and will join Bloomberg to host a weekend interview series.

Munro floated the dangers of Russia and China spending so much.

Mishal Husain

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The settlement only lasts a year and will almost bring the BBC up to the next charter in 2027.

Without more investment,he recently warnedthat Russia and China will fill gaps vacated by the near-100-year-old World Service.

Today, Munro praised the World Service for being a main delivery point of soft power for the government.

Hannah Fry