In brief: Rebecca Hall joins ‘The Secret of Secrets’ and more

August 3, 2026 | 8:30 AM

Another one of Lynn Painter’s books is getting the big screen adaptation. Deadline reports Beatrice Kitsos and David Iacono will star in the film adaptation of Painter’s bestselling book Better Than the Movies …

Rebecca Hall has joined the cast of The Secret of Secrets for Netflix. She will play the role of Katherine Solomon in the upcoming series adaptation of the mystery thriller novel from author Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon book series. As previously reported, Morgan Spector will also star as Robert Langdon in the show …

It seems Samara Weaving is set to join the X-Men. Deadline reports the actress is Marvel’s top choice to play Emma Frost in an upcoming X-Men film. The character was most recently portrayed by January Jones in the film X-Men: First Class …

Morocco blames Ceuta border surge on misleading info spread online

August 3, 2026 | 9:56 AM

▶ Watch Video: Death toll mounts after migrants rush into Spain from Morocco, find little help Morocco is blaming last week's massive surge of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on various factors, including "malicious exploitation of digital platforms" and the spread of misleading information. Most of the migrants were sent back home by Spanish officials after the sudden — and deadly — border rush.A Moroccan official said late Sunday that the surge of thousands of migrants last week into Ceuta, a small Spanish city on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, was "not the result of circumstantial or spontaneous factors.""They were the outcome of the interaction of several overlapping factors, foremost among them the malicious exploitation of digital platforms, the dissemination of misleading information, the role of human trafficking networks, and the misinterpretation of legal and administrative information aimed at creating the false impression that entry into the European area could be achieved easily and without legal consequences," said Ministry of Interior spokesman Rachid El Khalfi.Some Moroccan migrants told CBS News they saw social media posts stating, "Spain is an open door," along with videos of people swimming from Morocco to Ceuta. It was unclear who was behind the social media claims.Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez last week blamed the sharp increase in crossings on "human trafficking mafias" trying to exploit a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling that makes it harder to turn away migrants arriving from Morocco by sea. One young man said he saw posts referencing the court ruling. The people who spoke to CBS News said they did not have premeditated plans to come to Spain, but made the spontaneous decision to swim when they saw others doing it. Migrants wait on the beach next to an immigrant center known as CETI (Centros de Estancia Temporal de Inmigrantes) on Aug. 2, 2026, in Ceuta. Adri Salido/Getty Images

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