with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor of the guardian, and claire cohen, women's editor atfore our chat, quit look at the front pages. let's start with the guardian. it leads with the new coronavirus variant, saying the red list has six countries added following the �*significant threat�* from the new variant. the telegraph tells the story of a husband who fears his wife drowned in the channel tragedy after 27 people died trying to cross to the uk. and it says the �*new super—variant puts african countries on red list�*. the financial times says there�*s a clash between britain and france following the incident in the english channel. the metro leads with the desperation of people arriving to the uk by boat, with a young boy pictured wrapped in a blanket at dover. the independent — a plea for safe routes to britain is �*rejected�* by ministers. the daily mirror describes the channel—crossing dinghies as �*diy death boats�*, as it says �*people will still take risk. the times — more talk of the new covid variant as it halts travel to africa. the daily express highlights the