All news on the topic: Morocco

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Doctor drives 1,800 miles from UK to help earthquake rescue operation in Morocco
Just hours after the strong and rare earthquake struck on Friday night, the unidentified London-based doctor drove 1,800 miles to the epicentre near the Moroccan capital of Marrakech
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Girl, 10, pulled alive from rubble after earthquake but brother did not survive
Scenes of devastation were clear to see in Moroccan village where one in 10 people died in Friday's earthquake, as one heartbroken mum crouched at a crater where her son’s body was found
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EasyJet, Ryanair, TUI and BAs issue updates for Brits with Morocco trips booked
EasyJet, Ryanair, TUI and British Airways have given advice to customers due to head out to Morocco over the coming days, after the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office updated its travel advice
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Morocco earthquake: British tourists reported missing found after on streets
Rebecca Calvert, 63, and friend Hilary Mckegney, 64, had just arrived in the remote village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains to go hiking when the catastrophic 7.2 earthquake struck
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Brit tourists reported missing had to sleep on streets after Morocco earthquake
There were major fears for Rebecca Calvert and Hilary Mckegney after they were caught up in the devastating 6.8 magnitude tremor, but the women have now made contact with their families
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What we know so far on Morocco earthquake as 2,000 dead
The quake was the strongest to hit the nation’s centre in more than a century and many people are feared to still be trapped under the rubble deep in the Atlas Mountains, including holidaymakers that are still missing
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Over 2,000 killed in Morocco after 7.2 magnitude earthquake
A powerful earthquake centred in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains has killed more than 2,000 people as buildings collapsed and people have fled with more shocks expected to hit
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Morocco's grief etched on faces of earthquake survivors who've lost everything
Villages have been flattened, streets have become rivers of rubble and relatives desperately search for lost loved ones after Morocco's most powerful earthquake in 120 years
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Fears grow for missing Brits caught up in devastating earthquake in Morocco
Rebecca Calvert and friend Hilary Mckegney, who were on holiday in Marrakech, have not been in touch with loved ones since Morocco's most powerful quake in 120 years hit
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'One minute we were having drinks with friends - then the earthquake hit'
More than 1,000 people have died in Morocco after a powerful and rare earthquake, sparking a desperate rescue mission amid horrific scenes in and around the High Atlas mountains
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Brits describe 'warzone' sound of Morocco earthquake and 'eerie' aftermath
Many people across Morocco were just settling into sleep when the tremors began around 11pm, eventually killing over 800 people
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Tourists on jet skis shot dead by coastguard after straying into foreign waters
The shooting sparked anger in Morocco after a fisherman posted disturbing footage of a lifeless body floating in the sea and one surviving brother recounted the ordeal
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Ryanair passenger 'stranded at empty Moroccan airport in 40C heat and no water'
The customer has blasted Ryanair after as many as 200 people were reportedly left stranded in 40C heat with 'no water' when their flight was diverted 150 miles away from its destination
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Ex-hotel worker in bid to prove she is royal princess entitled to £4bn fortune
Jane Benzaquen, 70, says her mother had an affair with King Hassan II of Morocco in the 1950s, resulting in her birth but she was taken to Belgium and raised in a foster family
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Man 'tries to snatch toddler' on Europe beach as mum screams
A man has been arrested after an attempted kidnap of a two-year-old girl on an unnamed beach in Ibiza, with an off-duty police officer said to have stepped in on hearing the child's mum screaming
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BBC apologise for "inappropriate" question to footballer at Women's World Cup
The BBC have issued an apology after a reporter caused a ruckus at Morocco's pre-Germany press conference at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand
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Family split up after being told hotel became 'adult-only' hours before arrival
The Vaghela family from Leicester splashed out more than £8,000 for a break to the White Beach Resort Taghazout in eastern Morocco through Love Holidays, only to be told they weren't all allowed to stay
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Family's TUI holiday from hell terror as intruder tries to break into hotel room
A family, who were looking forward to their first trip abroad to Marrakech, Morocco, with their four children were left 'terrified' after spotting 'a black shape' inside their hotel room just days into their holiday
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Brit bought a drink in Moroccan club on holiday and now he's stuck in jail
Oliver Andrew, 29, was facing further charges related to creating an organised crime group and making counterfeit money, but these were later dropped
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Inside the lavish mega hotel with paintball, trampolines, a gym and quad bikes
The Mazagan hotel in north Morocco is set on 250 acres of coastland and is centred around an 18-hole golf course, a stretch of fine sanded beach and an enormous swimming pool
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British man buys a drink in Moroccan bar - now he's been jailed for 10 years
Oliver Andrew's solicitor, in Morocco, said he had been charged in Marrakech with possessing and distributing counterfeit money within the country, and one count of creating an organised criminal group
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Brit tourist dies after getting 'trapped in spa' as fire erupts at 5-star hotel
A dad-of-two in his forties is thought to have died after getting trapped in the spa of the five-star Jaal Riad Resort in Marrakech, Morocco at around 4 Wednesday, according to local emergency responders
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ISIS brute who beheaded two female Western tourists found dead in his cell
Morocco’s prison service said on Tuesday that Abderrahim Khayali, 36, who was sentenced to death over the 2018 beheadings of two western women, had killed himself
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