Morning Mail: Trump to reinstate Iran blockade, Hollywood hails Sam Neill, and sextortion on the rise

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Morning everyone. Donald Trump says he will reinstate the US blockade on Iranian ports amid more exchange of bombing – and has demanded a 20% tariff on all cargoes shipped through the strait of Hormuz. The online scourge of “sextortion”, in which people are blackmailed with the posting of sexual images or videos, is a growing problem in Australia, according to a report by the online safety watchdog, with a patchy response from tech firms. Plus: the film world remembers Sam Neill. Australia ‘One of the greats’ | Some of the biggest names in film have paid tribute to Sam Neill after his sudden death yesterday at the age of…