i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. the suffering endures ten days after devastating earthquakes hit near the turkish-syrian border. more than 42,000 have been confirmed dead. many survivors are struggling to access aid and figure out where they go from here. but, first, a remarkable moment of hope. rescuers pulled a 13-year-old from the rubble of a destroyed building on wednesday. this happened more than 228 hours after one of the tremors. elsewhere in southern turkey, people lined up for wood and coal. they need supplies to stay warm in their temporary shelters. mohamed is one of the refugees who escaped the fighting in syria's ongoing civil war. 11 years after arriving in turkey, he has to live in a tent again, this time due to the earthquakes. he says he hopes the united nations will help syrian refugees move to other countries as soon as possible. >> translator: what should i do for the future? i want to go to a country where we can settle down. my children are mentally unstable here. >> a freelance journalist in s

i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. powerful rocket has failed to launch from a site in southwestern japan. the h3 is the country's new flagship rocket. it was set to launch from the space center friday morning. the heavily anticipated launch from kagoshima prefecture had been set for 10:37 a.m. a video feed showed the main engine igniting, but the solid boosters did not and the rocket stayed put. japan's aerospace exploration agency a trying to figure out why. >> translator: we haven't been able to analyze the cause yet so we can't provide any details. of course, we will do our best to successfully launch the rocket by the end of this fiscal year. >> it was called an aborted launch, not a failure. the heavy lift rocket was loaded with an earth observation satellite, which will be used to improve disaster damamanagement. it can carry 30% more than its predecessor, and it is cheaper to launch. japan hopes the h3 will overtake foreign rivals in the competitive rocket busine, including spacex. it'll also play a role in the

i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. a balloon spotted drifting over the u.s. could put more strain on tense relations between washington and beijing. american officials say it appears to be a spy balloon launched by china. the pentagon says it detected a surveillce balloon traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic. it entered air space over the continental u.s. several days ago. it was spotted above the western state of montana on wednesday. footage published by abc news shows what appears to be darker colored equipment attacked to the white balloon. the media network quoted a senior u.s. official, saying it appears to be carrying what they called a technology bay. he also said the balloon appears to be about the size of three buses. a senior defense department official says the balloon has been flying over sensitive locations to collect information, but they say it would have limited intelligence value. president joe biden decided not to shoot it down because it could harm people on the ground with fal

i'm yoshi ogasawara. we begin in the philippines.he united states will have a bigger mill faitary profile the after using more bases. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin had separate talks in manila thursday with ferdinand marcus jr. as well as the defense secretary. >> the future of the philippines and for that matter in the asia-pacific, will always have to involve the united states simply because those partners partnerships are so strong. >> our alliance makes both of our democracies more secure and helps uphold the free and open indo-pacific. >> the deal will bring the number of bases the u.s. can use in the philippines to nine. the additional locations have not been announced. china reacted sharply. the foreign ministry spokesperson said a u.s. military buildup in the region is heightening tension and harming peace and stability. >>> meanwhile, washington is using a diplomatic route to counter beijing's influence in the pacific. the u.s. has opened an embassy in the solomon islands three decades after it pulled out. >> our em