VOA [Voice of America] Africa : August 22, 2017 07:00PM-08:00PM EDT

Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 Alcoa reporting u.s. 00:00:01 Declares commitment to Afghanistan are following an announcement by President 00:00:05 Donald Trump declaring the u.s. 00:00:07 Commitment to Afghanistan and Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Tuesday he has 00:00:12 not yet made 00:00:12 a decision on how many troops to send to the South Asian country speaking from 00:00:16 Baghdad Matta said he's consulting with Joseph Dunford the chairman of the Joint 00:00:20 Chiefs of Staff and will make the decision based on his plan there is 00:00:23 a number that I'm authorized to go through I have 00:00:26 a look I've directed the chairman to put together now obviously been discussing 00:00:31 this topic for some time when he brings that to me I'll determine how many more we 00:00:35 need to send us your mayor next May not be the number that bandied about the hour 00:00:40 until now I've got to get the plane in from the German and you saw that I directed 00:00:46 you to go to him your right to work in Kandahar City in Afghanistan President 00:00:50 Ashraf Ghani seemed Boid by Trump's announcement as he addressed 00:00:55 a group of elders from the province. Of the but again he said I have 00:00:58 a clear message to all opposition is you are not going to win militarily join peace 00:01:05 and accept my peaceful invitation in the evening address from 00:01:09 a military base outside of Washington on Monday President Trump said he would not 00:01:13 talk about numbers of troops or plans for further military activities unveiling 00:01:17 a condition based approach to defeating terrorism in Afghanistan top u.s. 00:01:22 Defense officials are pushing back against allegations of 00:01:25 a significant spike in the number of civilian casualties in the Syrian city of Raka 00:01:30 the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 100 civilians have been 00:01:33 killed in coalition air strikes over the past 48 hours that number includes at 00:01:38 least 42 people 19 of them children killed Monday when strikes destroyed buildings 00:01:43 on sheltering families for more on the story visit our website at v.o.a. 00:01:47 News dot com This is v.o.a. News u.s. 00:01:52 Defense secretary Jim Madis said on and announce visit to Iraq on Tuesday that 00:01:56 significant progress has been made in ousting Islamic state. From the country 00:02:01 before flying to Baghdad where the secretary of defense discussed security 00:02:05 cooperation with the Iraqi prime minister Hyder Madis predicted days are numbered 00:02:11 in Switzerland spokesperson for the office of the High Commissioner for Human 00:02:15 Rights Liz throssell urged Iraq's government to do more to help thousands of women 00:02:19 and girls caught in the crossfire women and girls under the control of Leisel in 00:02:23 particular when isn't easy and other minority communities have been especially 00:02:28 vulnerable to abuse of human rights violation of international humanitarian law. 00:02:34 And sex assault force displacement abduction defacing of Liberty slavery full 00:02:40 strategist conversion and crew inhumane treatment u.s. 00:02:45 State Department presidential envoy Brett McGurk who accompanied matters to Iraq 00:02:48 reiterated that ISIS has not reclaimed any ground allowing 2000000 Iraqis to return 00:02:53 to their homes in liberated areas president trouble is to get his administration 00:02:57 back on track after a very difficult week with 00:03:00 a campaign style rally of supporters Tuesday in Phoenix Arizona is trying to move 00:03:05 past the controversy from last week when he blamed protesters on both sides for the 00:03:09 violence at 00:03:10 a White Nationalist rally in Charlottesville Virginia the president appeared to 00:03:14 reference the controversy Monday night in 00:03:16 a speech outlining his administration's approach to Afghanistan trying to not 00:03:20 specifically refer to Charlottesville but said we cannot remain 00:03:24 a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other u.s. 00:03:28 Navy Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Scott Swift said Tuesday that Divers have 00:03:32 recovered human remains from the u.s.s. John McCain The 2nd u.s. 00:03:36 Guided missile destroyer to collide with 00:03:38 a commercial vessel in as many months swift also said the u.s. 00:03:42 Navy is trying to identify 00:03:43 a body that was recovered by the Malaysian Navy and determine whether it was one of 00:03:47 the 10 u.s. Sailors who went missing in the collision 00:03:50 a search for other missing sailors continues admin Swift. Today I can tell you 00:03:57 that she has sustained significant damage. The flooding as well 00:04:04 but the extent of the damage is still being a statement from the u.s. 00:04:09 7th Fleet said some sleeping areas and communications rooms flooded as the results 00:04:13 North Korea is warning of ruthless retaliation over joined us South Korean military 00:04:18 drills underway on the Korean peninsula and 00:04:20 a statement Tuesday the North Korean military said it would carry out 00:04:23 a merciless retaliation and unsparing punishment in response to the drills 00:04:28 a 10 day exercise the began Monday on the Korean peninsula North Korea usually uses 00:04:34 provocative rhetoric but seems to have ratcheted up in recent weeks. Reporting from 00:04:40 Washington. Latest world news. 00:05:08 That. 00:06:23 Thank you. Just. 00:06:50 A little. 00:07:53 League. 00:08:28 Well. Near his home town of. About 00:08:34 $660.00. It's not too bad. 00:11:52 I would. Feel like my life. 00:12:02 I'm insecure. 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