Of sulawesi has killed dozens and left thousands homeless. The uk economy shrank by 2. 6 in november as the second lockdown hit economic output after many businesses were forced to close. And celebrities, including the footballer Marcus Rashford, join campaigners demanding the government review its policy on Free School Meals. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Researchers say the latest variant to emerge, the one in brazil, could be contributing to soaring covid infections there. Its thought the new variant is more infectious that the original one that started the pandemic. Brazil has struggled to contain the virus, and has the second highest number of deaths after the United States. In a grim reminder ofjust how deadly this virus is the global deaths recorded has almost reached 2 million. In response to the new variant a travel ban on arrivals from south america into the uk has come into force this morning because of concerns about the covid variant di