it is classic herge. the clean lines, the vivid colours. tintin and snowy coming face to face with danger. 0riginally intended for the front cover of his adventure the blue lotus, it was deemed too expensive to reproduce. so instead, herge gave it as a gift to the seven—year—old son of his publisher. translation: it has always| remained in the same hands. he folded it and stored it in a drawer to protect it. i asked him whether he wanted to sell it. he said "no, i care about it very much! it is a gift from herge!" and in the end, he kept it until his death. you could still see the creases as it went up for auction in paris. speaks french. add on commission and the anonymous buyer forked out the best of $4 million — a new record for comic book art. not bad for a plucky boy reporter and his best friend. tim allman, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. the rain and snow that fell across many parts of the uk during thursday has been petering out. temperatures have been dropping away. surfaces are really wet out th

it is classic herge. the clean lines, the vivid colours. tintin and snowy coming face to face with danger. 0riginally intended for the front cover of his adventure the blue lotus, it was deemed too expensive to reproduce. so instead, herge gave it as a gift to the seven—year—old son of his publisher. translation: it has always| remained in the same hands. he folded it and stored it in a drawer to protect it. i asked him whether he wanted to sell it. he said, "no, i care about it very much! it is a gift from herge!" and in the end, he kept it until his death. you could still see the creases as it went up for auction in paris. speaks french add on commission and the anonymous buyer forked out the best part of $4 million — a new record for comic book art. not bad for a plucky boy reporter and his best friend. tim allman, bbc news. laughter plenty more on the website. lots to talk about, our top story us us president—electjoe biden has announced a $1.9 trillion stimulus package to revive the us economy. you can reach me on twitter — i

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stay with us on bbc news, still to come: an original painting of tintin — by his belgian creator herge — sells for a record amount at an online auction in paris. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and it's one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge part of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman says she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black. children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country'sl new multiracial government. and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have

an original painting of tintin by his belgian creator, herge, has been sold online by a paris auction house for 3.2 million euros. it shows tintin and his dog snowy hiding from a red dragon in a large porcelainjar. the sale breaks the record for comic book art. cricket — and any fears that england's form may be suffering after five months away from first class action have been wiped away. the team have made a flying start in the first test against sri lanka, in the southern city of galle. joe wilson's been watching. escape for a moment into a different world called cricket. england's players say they try to retain a social distance when they celebrate. well, celebrate was really all they did. for kusal mendis batting's miserable. got him. that's the fourth in a row. more success for stuart broad in his headband era. parreira improvised...badly. first success for spin bowler dom bess. galle�*s cricket ground famously nestles between sea and fort. spectators aren't allowed near this game. well... rob lewis arrived in sri lanka last march for england's suspended tour. he stayed, wait

an original painting of tintin by his belgian creator, herge, has been sold online by a paris auction house for 3.2 million euros. it shows tintin and his dog snowy hiding from a red dragon in a large porcelainjar. the sale breaks the record for comic book art.

belgian artist herge created that drawing. >>> we're hearing from a marvelous young woman. she's a huge hit on tiktok after creating a full functioning ironman suit. "good morning america" is talking to emily the engineer about this creation. she said she decided to share the video on tiktok before graduating from clemson university. >> that was wild. i spent about three days making this tiktok video about behind the scenes of me making this suit and i posted it about two hours before i went to my graduation ceremony. and it had absolutely started to blow up. honestly forgot about the fact that i graduated to be completely honest. first of all, i got some back flaps that open up. every time i press a button in and en i got a laser, in my arm, every time i pull my wrist down. >> wow. emily says she built her first ironman suit when she was 14. she'll explain why she did it coming up on "gma" at 7:00. t to mention her background. wa >> i want to be her friend. that was cool. >> she's on the leading edge of technology there, now, she didn't mention how many job offers she's go

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