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

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter 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. ‘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 78. Steven Spielberg, who directed Neill in Jurassic Park, said he was “saddened” by the news, while Nicole Kidman said the Kiwi actor was “one of the greats”. Luke Buckmaster picks Neill’s 20 best roles, while Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw recalls Neill’s gifts as a “unobtrusively good-looking Hollywood romantic lead”. ‘Sextortion’ rise | More than 2,000 cases of “sextortion” were reported to the online safety watchdog in the last s