He is the first US secretary of state to visit the country for a quarter of a century.
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Tatyana Melnichuk
BBC News, Minsk
Tigers recovering from a nightmare journey could have ended up as Asian ‘medicine’
Read moreTatsiana Yanutsevich
BBC News, Belarus
Works by Malevich fetch millions - but Belarus still has to prove that this is one of them.
Read moreA purported work by avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich divides opinion in Belarus.
A truck carrying ten tigers has been stranded at the Belarus border since 26 October.
Read moreRachel Bell
BBC Scotland reporter
More respite homes are needed to help youngsters recover from the lingering effects if the 1986 disaster.
Read moreMichelle Roberts
Health editor, BBC News online
The biggest global study into attitudes on immunisation reveals confidence is low in some regions.
Read moreA gay couple from Belarus speak out in a country rated as one of the most homophobic in Europe by a leading LGBT organisation.
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The TV host's homophobic remarks during the semi-final sparked indignation on social media.
Read moreRecorded deaths, excluding China, drop to 690 in 2018, the lowest in more than a decade, Amnesty says.
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