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Anna Foster replaces Mishal Husain on BBC Radio 4's Today
The former BBC Middle East correspondent has presented across BBC News At One and appeared on the BBC News Channel and the BBC News At Six and Ten
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Former BBC Middle East correspondent Anna Foster will join BBC Radio 4âs Today programme as a main presenter, the corporation said.
She has presented across BBC News At One and appeared on the BBC News Channel and the BBC News At Six and Ten.
Foster, 45, said: âThere are few more exciting opportunities for a journalist than presenting Today, and Iâm thrilled to be joining the team.
âIâve always loved making important, agenda-setting, engaging radio, and thereâs nowhere better to do that. Itâs such a beloved programme to so many people, and I canât wait to be a part of it.â
She will be joining the radio show from April, presenting from London and Salford.
The Today team currently includes Emma Barnett, Justin Webb, Amol Rajan, and Nick Robinson, following the exit of Mishal Husain â who departed in December to join news site Bloomberg.
Mohit Bakaya, director of speech and controller of Radio 4, said: âAnna is a terrific addition to the Today team.
âShe brings important international reporting experience at a time when it is needed so urgently by listeners to Radio 4.â
The BBC said that Foster will continue to play a âkey roleâ in the corporationâs coverage of âforeign newsâ.
John McAndrew, director of live and daily news at the BBC, said: âFrom breaking news to long-form interviews, audiences will be familiar with Annaâs tremendous range and rich, varied experience covering the biggest stories at home and abroad for the BBC for more than 20 years.
âHer warm, enthusiastic and engaging style is perfect for Today and Iâm delighted that sheâs joining the team.â
Foster, who was nominated for a 2025 network presenter of the year at the Royal Television Society (RTS) awards, was previously based in Beirut, Lebanon, and covered conflicts in the area.
She was one of the first journalists to cover the Turkish earthquakes from the epicentre, and has reported on the Israel-Hamas war, the conflict in Ukraine, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and the famine in South Sudan.
During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan she was embedded four times with British troops, and returned to Iraq and Syria years later to report on the humanitarian crisis sparked by the rise of the so-called Islamic State extremist group.
Foster joined the BBC in April 2002 and went on to present on Radio 5 Live, Radio 1 Newsbeat and the the BBC World Service.
Owenna Griffiths, editor of Today, said: âAnna is an exceptional broadcaster and tenacious journalist.
âSheâs already a really familiar and popular voice for so many listeners from her years presenting on 5 Live and reporting from the Middle East. Iâm thrilled sheâs going to join us at Today.â
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