News Headlines - 23 December 2017

▽10,000 killed in China's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown: British archive - France 24

At least 10,000 people were killed in the Chinese army's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, according to a newly released British secret diplomatic cable that gives gruesome details of the bloodshed in Beijing.

▽YouTuber who insulted Mexican drug lord found dead with 15 gunshot wounds | Metro News

A YouTuber who insulted a notorious Mexican drug lord was found dead with 15 gunshot wounds. Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales shared a video mocking Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, a cartel boss with links to drugs baron Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman.

▽Woman pleads guilty in fatal shooting of boyfriend in failed YouTube stunt - NBC News

A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her boyfriend in a videotaped stunt they planned to post on YouTube.
The Star Tribune reports that 20-year-old Monalisa Perez pleaded guilty last week to second-degree manslaughter in the June death of 22-year-old Pedro Ruiz III.

▽TASS: World - Russian experts resume search for missing Argentine submarine

The Islas Malvinas vessel of the Argentine Navy, carrying Russian experts and a remote-controlled submersible, has returned to the area where search for Argentina’s missing San Juan submarine continues, the Argentine Navy’s press service said on Tuesday.

▽Argentina submarine: Police raid navy and German company offices | DW

Argentine police searched through navy headquarters and state-run shipyard offices on Wednesday in a bid to investigate the disappearance of a submarine last month.
A judge ordered the searches to help probe alleged irregularities with repairs on the German-built submarine.