Mishal Husain will leave the BBC in the new year. Mishal has been a presenter on the Today programme for the last eleven years and hosts The Today Debate, as well as the recent BBC UK general election debates. She joined the BBC in 1998 and was previously a presenter on BBC World News.

Famous BBC newsreader Mishal Hussain, who joined the BBC in 1998, has announced she is stepping down from the BBC after over a decade at the broadcaster

The presenter and host of The Today Debate, as well as the recent BBC UK general election debates, joined the BBC in 1998 and was previously a presenter on BBC World News.