chris morris, bbc news, kabul. >> a suicide bomber has destroyed a pakistani checkpoint on the border with afghanistan. at least 22 people died. police say the bomber approached on foot at sunset. he approached as the guards were celebrating the end of the ramadan fast. there has been of a train accident in northwest turkey killing passengers and injuring others. it derailed in istanbul. russia has charged eight men with kidnapping. this is over the apparent hijacking of the cargo ship last month. the arctic sea disappeared, only to reappear on the west african coast three weeks later. there is suspicion it was carrying an illicit cargo. german's chancellor is calling for a freeze on israel's the building of settlements. angela merkel was speaking to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. they also discussed iraq. netanyahu called for sanctions. we have this report from berlin. >> netanyahu came to berlin with a clear message for angela merkel. he said that it was time to get tougher with iran about its nuclear ambitions. >> there is not much time. i think the most important

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. >> that was it chris morris there in kabul. the crucial the controversial issue of jewish settlements in the west bank. netanyahu has been having meetings in london. israel seems ready to limit construction. but the comprehensive freeze the americans and palestinians what seems unlikely. netanyahu what no restrictions on what they do in jerusalem. iran like supreme leader says he is not certain that the post- election on rest was not knowingly part of a campaign against them in the west. officials in south korea have begun talks with their counterparts in the north, raising hopes that families divided by the border may be allowed to meet for the first time in two years. relations between the two countries have stalled in recent weeks. one of nigeria's top banking executives has turned herself in. cecilia ibru was investigated for missing billions which brought the banking system to the verge of collapse. one of two french intelligence agents held in somalia has told the bbc how he escaped from his guards while they slept. at ma

joining me from kabul is chris morris. how important do you think these results are going to be in helping to move people on to some kind of conclusion, or will it just make matters worse? >> it is a first step because it is a relatively small number of the vote being cast, 20% at most. so it will give an indication of how things are going but would not give " to the rumor going around kabul and the spin and about how their candidates are doing terribly well. everyone i think involved as a partial picture but only the commission itself has the full picture. there have been some indications from sources close to president karzai that the president is going to be doing extremely well. but until we're official results of those numbers simply cannot be verified. it is in that vacuum of information that a lot of the rumors have been emerging. >> in that sense, these preliminary results, it can simply exacerbate the situation. a new round of arguments. >> it could. certainly did -- certainly. if the preliminary results show a ve