group of students visiting pyongyang without the university's consent the general secretary of the elysees students' union alex peters day told me earlier why this situation has caused so much anger. the group was just told that their one journalist would be a print journalist only it wasn't until they actually arrived in north korea did they find out that they'll be a document to which they're be appearing on it wasn't until they arrived in beijing to fly over to north korea that they were joined by the journalist and when we're talking about a trip like this where the risks are involved i think it's so important shouldn't we have been briefed all stages and would be made aware and they just went in this case the b.b.c. deliberately mis held information from them i mean they could have been detained a couple of years ago and to an american journalist were found to have been doing undercover journalism in north korea they're both sentenced to nine years of hard labor obviously right now as we just head the climate north korea is even more heightened than it was back then but students shoul

other ways of going in normally journalists going on and acting as tourists the difficulty of the elysee in this in particular is not just the risk to these students which was real but also to the risk to the elysee reputation. so good to have you with us here on our t.v. and still ahead for you in the program israel commemorates its fallen soldiers and celebrates its hard for independence six decades ago but the shadow of the ever present palestinian conflict looms. large as it ever has more on that and other stories after a quick break. its technology innovation. developments around russia. the future. international and world in the very heart of moscow. just quarter past the hour here in moscow this is r t israel is marking memorial day for its fallen soldiers which will be followed by celebrations for the forming of the state of a sixteen years ago a ceremony will be held at a time when peace with the neighboring palestinian territories seems as far away as ever let's not talk to larry derfner a blogger for the independent plus nine seven two magazine website that has a both israeli

particular is not just the risk to these students which was real but also to the risk to the real elysees reputation. this is all a t. still ahead for you in the program israel commemorates its fallen soldiers and celebrates its hard for independence from six decades ago the shadow of the ever present palestinian conflict looms large as it ever has more on that story after a very short break. from the international world in the very heart of moscow. thank you for joining us here on r t today just a moment on the world update israel's marking memorial day for its fallen soldiers which will be followed by celebrations for the forming of the state over sixty years ago. ceremonies will be held at a time when peace with the neighboring palestinian territories seems as far away as ever blog from the independent plus nine seven two magazine he thinks that ignoring problems has become a whole mock of israel's policy people are not celebrating you know the absence of peace talks of the presence of or absence of hope they're there celebrating everything but that basically they're forgetting about y

there are other ways going in normally discovery and on and acting as tourists the difficulty of the elysee in this in particular is not just the risk to these students which was real but also to the risk to the elysees reputation but not just out of his reputation but also the future though because there are fears that this president could endanger future visits by students or academics the you know to to politically sensitive issues that's what i mean by the reputational risk it's seats mind if the north koreans don't like us but we do object and so does the university because this isn't just a threat to oversee academics this could be a problem for any academic who says yeah you can trust me i'm just here to do research because you know especially a slightly dodgy regimes like north korea it will actually rock you will say well how can we trust you how do we know that you're not working with the b.b.c. most certainly mr becker they're good they're going to be some reverberations from this certainly down the road but if i can i'm very running very low on time here the university has calle

government and now we're in a situation where not only is the wealth of our students at risk but also elysees work i couldn't work in researching places like north korea and other political sense of areas which is so important and that's been jeopardized because alice is now associated with undercover illegal activities with students' lives and i think that's not ok and for the b.b.c. to go out publicly and say deceit is ok and that and the length they will get their thirty minute documentary i think i send such a negative message especially at this time when the b.b.c.'s reputation isn't perfect and i think they should make sure they have enough trust in their viewers. later the poor are wrong we're live a broadcasting in britain so that's has caused a raise in the u.k. to let the public go cost as dangerously impartiality close and present their coverage in a way that reflects company's dues and opinions the details are coming up. after paying tribute to its fallen on memorial day on monday and celebrations voices sixty fifth anniversary the stitches come as until iran rhetoric reaches feve

government and now we're in a situation where not only is the welfare of our students at risk also elysees were academic work in researching places like north korea and other politically sensitive areas which is so important and that's been jeopardized because alice is now associated and he has also jeopardize other universities work on the student visits not just north korea but other countries as well what's the greater impact do you believe this is having. yeah this is the problem so i mean undercover journalism investigative journalism. has a huge part to play in our world and i'm really excited that we can have these opportunities but i don't think at any stage it's justified using students and also jeopardizing potentially all academic work i know university u.k. which represent over one hundred universities in britain have come out and condemn the b.b.c. for doing that because it places that jeopardy huge amounts of different academic research and and the problem as i see academics and i'm not a rocket demick steelworker regimes like north korea which is really really insightful whe

government and now we're in a situation where not only is the welfare of our students at risk but also elysees work academic work in researching places like north korea and other political sense of areas which is so important and that's been jeopardized because alice is now a source heated with undercover illegal activities the b.b.c. gambled with students' lives and i think that's not ok and for the b.b.c. to go out publicly and say deceit is ok and that any length they will get their thirty minute documentary i think that sends such a negative message especially at this time when the b.b.c.'s reputation isn't perfect and i think they should make sure they have enough trust in their viewers. with more news for you shortly after the break stay with us or to live in moscow. it's technology innovations all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. the international airport in the very heart of moscow. news continues here in l a t cyprus is holding out an olive branch to foreign investors who lost at least three million euros each thanks to a not deal by offering them citizensh