Now to a boxer who defied the odds in Ghana where the sport is widely seen as being for men only.
Despite her family urging her to quit - Abigail Quartey has punched her way into the history books.

Al Jazeera’s David Stokes reports.

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Police in the UK will be given new powers to search homes without a warrant for stolen mobile phones under major legislation which targets theft, street crime and anti-social behaviour.

The Crime and Policing Bill is at the heart of what the government has called its "Safer Streets mission" and ministers want it to become law by the end of the year.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the BBC the bill would address an "epidemic of street theft", including a rise in phone and bag snatching and shoplifting, and introduce new "Respect Orders" with restrictions similar to Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (Asbos).

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There have been huge leaps in Artificial Intelligence, and AI is also entering the world of robotics.

Al Jazeera’s Colin Baker found out more at the second annual Web Summit in Doha, Qatar.

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Diplomacy has reached a fever pitch between NATO allies and President Vladimir Putin, with the White House offering the Russian leader two choices: an invasion of Ukraine, with devastating consequences; or a negotiated peace, with what Putin sees as humiliating concessions. Anita Powell reports.

The White House insists there is only one way out of the mounting crisis as Russia continues to amass troops and hold drills along the Ukrainian border — diplomacy.

But after a frenzied weekend of high-level talks between President Joe Biden and the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, an unsettling fact remains: no one knows what President Vladimir Putin’s next move will be.

Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Deputy Press Secretary:

"As we have said before, we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time. We will not comment on any details of our intelligence information, except to say that it could begin this week. The U.S. is ready for any situation."

Ukraine’s leader on Monday said all signs point to an invasion.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian President:

"We are told that February 16 will be the day of the invasion. We'll make it a day of national unity. The relevant decree has been signed. We will put out national flags, put on yellow-bllue ribbons, and we’ll show our unity to the entire world."

Washington has sent hundreds of millions in military aid to Ukraine, and on Monday ordered the temporary relocation of the U.S. embassy in Kyiv.

Will Pomeranz, acting director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute, told VOA that Putin is unlikely to back down.

Putin has demanded that Ukraine be barred from its goal of joining the NATO alliance; the U.S. has dismissed that demand, citing NATO’s open-door policy.

Will Pomeranz, Wilson Center:

"I don't see Putin really having an option to retreat. Because he has put so much at stake during this crisis. And to retreat and kind of say, ‘never mind,’ that's not Vladimir Putin's strategies."

On Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Kyiv, ahead of a Tuesday trip to Moscow, and demanded "clear steps to de-escalate the current tensions."

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor:

"We are prepared to have a serious dialogue with Russia about questions of European security. NATO and the U.S.A. made proposals to Russia that we support. We now expect a reaction and answer from Russia."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Putin that Russia should stay in the talks.

Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:

"The readiness for listening to counter-arguments – our possibilities aren't exhausted. Of course, they (security talks) shouldn't continue endlessly, but at this stage, I would propose to continue and increase them (referring to contacts with U.S. and NATO)."

Biden says NATO allies are in lockstep and that Russia will face harsh sanctions if it invades.

It is clear there is no love lost between the formerly united Soviet states. Russia annexed part of Ukraine in 2014 and controls it still.

But in the testy, frigid Ukrainian capital, residents this Valentine’s Day are trying to banish fear with the one force stronger than war: love.

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The once-friendly relationship between the US and Ukraine is looking increasingly fraught.
The Presidents of both countries have been hurling insults and accusations at each other as they try to end the three-year war.
Last week, Washington held peace talks with Moscow to which Kyiv wasn't even invited.

Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane has more from Washington.

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Twenty-two months of fighting in Sudan has led to widespread destruction and misery among civilians.
And despite regional mediation efforts, there’s still no clear path to peace.

Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports from the city of Sennar, in southeastern Sudan.

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Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara highlights the irony in Israeli outrage over the weight loss of three captives, calling it more than just absurd or cynical—it is, as Israelis themselves might say, the ultimate 'chutzpah'. He emphasizes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who now expresses concern over the captives' health, is being pursued by the International Criminal Court for using hunger as a weapon of war in Gaza, where countless Palestinians, including children, have died from starvation and malnutrition. Bishara also suggests that the testimonies of Palestinians released from Israeli prisons—many describing them as torture chambers—are unlikely to gain attention in the Western world.

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Tamer Qarmout, an associate professor in public policy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, has told Al Jazeera that US President Trump’s plan to “own” Gaza is not likely to come to fruition.
“We have been seeing American politicians, statesmen, retreating back from what Trump proposed two days ago,” he said.
“Now they’re talking about offering their technical expertise in a very humane way,” he added. Qarmout, who hails from Gaza, added that Palestinians would be in favour of this as long as it comes in the context of Palestinian dignity, where they have control over the rebuilding of their own homes.
“If the Trump admin is eyeing lucrative contracts or deals that come out of reconstruction … we’re talking about a huge bill for Gaza … if that’s what he’s eyeing, then that’s fine, we welcome American expertise whatever it is. But [it needs to be] in the context of a Palestinian state, in the context of preserving Palestinian dignity,” he added.
He said the world should “wait and see” as diplomacy between the US and its regional partners takes shape.

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Democrats gathered outside the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday after Elon Musk announced earlier in the day that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed the agency should be shut down.

For more than six decades, the agency oversaw humanitarian aid, development and security programs in some 120 countries around the world.

Staffers have been told to stay out of the Washington headquarters and many have reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems.

“This is how dictators are made,” said Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of the decision to shutter the agency and layoff employees, adding that the executive branch doesn't have the power to close the agency.

“This is a killer in terms of their cutoff of the HIV and AIDS preemption. It’s a killer in terms of anti-malarial education. It’s a killer in terms of all of the efforts to shutdown global viruses,” added Rep. Jamie Raskin.

Musk, Trump and multiple Republican lawmakers have accused USAID of promoting liberal causes.

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USAID, America’s lead aid agency, could also be nearing its end, after US President Donald Trump ordered a halt to foreign aid. Trump said the agency was run by "lunatics", while billionaire Elon Musk called it "criminal".The US provides $72bn to 180 countries – but that aid has come under criticism in the past. So, what would it mean to pull the plug on USAID?

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The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has said the US and Mexico have agreed to “pause” tariffs threatened by Donald Trump for one month after the two leaders held “a good conversation”. The US president upended US-Mexico ties over the weekend when he announced the 25% levies and accused Sheinbaum’s administration of engaging in an “intolerable alliance” with Mexican crime groups. Sheinbaum rejected that “slanderous” accusation, but on Monday morning struck a softer note as she announced “a series of agreements” with Trump. Mexico had agreed to send 10,000 members of its national guard “to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl”. In return, the US had agreed to work to prevent high-powered weapons crossing the border into Mexico. The tariffs would be paused for one month as a result, Sheinbaum added.

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A small medical transport plane crashed into several buildings in north-east Philadelphia on Friday evening, killing all six people on board and injuring people on the ground.

The plane had been on a medical transport mission, carrying a child patient and her mother, and four crew members.

Flight logs show the plane was in the air "for only a minute" before it crashed, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said in a statement.

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Modern logistics! It would be hard to imagine our daily digital lives without them. As consumers, we can shop online every day and any hour of the day. We expect everything to arrive on time – whether clothing, printer spare parts or a set of screws. Online shopping is booming: in 2018, courier, express and parcel services, the so-called CEP sector, delivered around 3.5 billion shipments in Germany alone. And this is an upward trend. But how does all this work so smoothly, safely and on time?

After all, we live in turbulent times: digitalization, climate crisis, growing world population and political and economic instability. How does the logistics industry rise to such challenges? For answers to these questions we need to dive deep into the world of modern logistics. Our film takes us into huge, fully connected warehouses, watching as fleets of cargo planes are prepared for take-off at night and accompanying couriers on delivery bikes on "the last mile" to the customer. We look at one of the world's largest logistics providers at work: Deutsche Post DHL Group. We are more looking into solutions of robotization, working together with human workers within the warehouse on one hand. But also artificial intelligence and big data crunching is getting more and more important.
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Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined.

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0:00 Where’s my stuff? How record demand broke supply chains
3:10 Ocean shipping—the journey from Asia
8:01 Inside America’s most backlogged port
13:50 Why there aren’t enough truck drivers
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38:11 The last mile—how products get to your doorstep
50:06 How can we fix supply chains?

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President-elect Donald Trump promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China starting on the first day of his administration. The move will be in retaliation for illegal immigration and “crime and drugs” coming across the border, he said. Mexico’s president responded, saying that “neither threats nor tariffs” will solve immigration or drug issues in the US. Catch up on CNN’s coverage:

0:00 CNN’s Erica Hill reports on the fallout after President-elect Donald Trump promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China. CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich looks at how these tariffs could impact your bottom line.

4:01 Mexican Ambassador to the US Esteban Moctezuma Barragán joins CNN’s Erica Hill and shares his reaction.

9:19 A panel of economics and political commentators join CNN’s Erica Hill to discuss.

14:25 CNN’s Paula Newton and Anna Stewart break down the reactions from Canadian, Mexican and Chinese leaders to the tariff threats.

20:46 CNN’s Tom Foreman looks closely at what product prices could increase because of Trump’s tariffs.

23:46 CNN’s Harry Enten breaks down data showing how Americans view tariffs, with some approving even if prices will go up.

26:10 Portugal’s Central Bank governor Mário Centeno told CNN’s Richard Quest that the US will suffer first if it imposes tariffs on Europe. Quest spoke with Centeno at the CNN Portugal International Summit on Monday before Trump’s announcements.

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Hamas militants handed over four captive female Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday after parading them in front of a crowd. Israel followed with the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees as part of the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Details by Palestinian journalist in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, Shrouq Aila.
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