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New South Wales fire crews are preparing for another difficult day as they continue to fight more than 100 blazes across the state. At least one home has been destroyed in a major bushfire near Batemans Bay on the south coast. Emergency warnings for that fire have been downgraded overnight, but some residents remain cut off by the flames. Two other significant blazes are also burning in the Blue Mountains.
Those bushfires are pushing a hazardous haze across parts of New South Wales this morning. Thick, brown smoke is blanketing Sydney, the Central Coast and Newcastle. The weather bureau says the haze is likely to remain until the weekend.
In explosive claims a US woman who says she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew believes the royal has "ridiculous excuses" for his alleged behaviour. Virginia Giuffre is one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's accusers and has told the BBC she was trafficked to London when she was 17, to have sex with the Duke of York. Her interview was recorded before Prince Andrew's interview last month, where he said he did not recall meeting her.
