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.
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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.