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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20210819 12:41:00

Has been with them. they have served in the british army for more than 200 years, fighting side by side with soldiers born here in the uk. it is equal work with equal danger, but, for years, many gurkhas say they have had to struggle for equal treatment. it took a high profile campaign, headed by the actressjoanna lumley, for most gurkhas to be allowed to settle in the uk. they won that fight in 2009. today a great injustice has been righted. we will not be looking behind us. we are paying tribute to the future and, for the people of great britain, what could be greater then to be able to open our arms and say the gurkhas are coming! now, another for equal pensions. these three hunger strikers say they are willing to starve themselves to death in order to achieve it. ....

British , Danger , Work , Soldiers , Side-by , Gurkhas , British-army , 200 , Fraction , Campaign , Fight , Treatment

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20210819 16:28:00

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News , Soldiers , Breakthrough , Two , Government , Mitt-minister , Level , Nepal , Official , Doors , Ambassador , Great-britain

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at One 20210811 12:19:00

Battling to split the terrorist into isolated bands and then wipe them out one by one. isolated bands and then wipe them out one by one- out one by one. they are a force that has served out one by one. they are a force that has served the out one by one. they are a force that has served the crown - out one by one. they are a force that has served the crown for. out one by one. they are a force i that has served the crown for more than 200 years, fighting all over the world. but these gurkha veterans do not receive a full uk armed forces pension. they are now on hunger strike and say they are willing to die to write what they see as an historic wrong. gurkhas who retired before 1997, were part of the gurkha pension scheme. they receive less than those in the armed forces pension scheme because it was thought they would retire in nepal. the gurkhas are coming! but thought they would retire in nepal. the gurkhas are coming! thought they would retire in nepal. the gurkhas are coming! ....

One , Force , Crown , Bands , Veterans , Terrorist , All-over-the-world , Uk-armed-forces-pension , Out-one-by , One-by , 200 , Part

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20210811 16:47:00

They receive less than those in the armed forces pension scheme because it was thought they would retire in nepal. the gurkhas are coming! cheering. but in 2009, after a high profile campaign backed by the actress joanna lumley, most gurkhas were allowed to settle in the uk. many now say they re struggling to survive on pensions that don t meet the cost of living here. my counterpart gets - nowadays over {1200 1300 i m getting somewhere £350. gyan raj rai joined the gurkha forces at the age of 17 and served for 20 years. we want to be treated equal to the british i in every aspect, according to the tripartite agreement s spirit. so, that is what british i government does not want. these veterans say they ve been failed by successive governments, both labour and conservative. ....

Gurkhas , Joanna-lumley , Pension-scheme , Campaign , Armed-forces , Nepal , Cheering , 2009 , British , We-don-t , Pensions , Counterpart

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at One 20210811 12:20:00

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