We start the day's other headlines in northern India.

Authority say at least 30 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede during the world's largest religious gathering.

Tens of millions of Hindus have made the pilgrimage to the city of Praiajraj for the Mahakum Festival.

Hindus believe that a ritual bath at the meeting point of some sacred rivers

can wash away past sins and stop the process of reincarnation.

Authorities say the stampede broke out when people tried to jump a line of barricades.

Responders rushed people to hospitals as others tried to escape the crowd.

Some survivors say their family members are still missing.

We were walking when people started pushing aggressively, which led to everyone falling.

Then people started stepping and walking over us.

Nobody helped us to get up.

My father has gone missing.

Officials say the situation is now under control.

The festival happens every 12 years.

More than 400 million people are expected to attend this year over a period of about six weeks.

The State Department raised its travel advisory for the Democratic Republic of Congo to its highest level today, advising Americans not to travel there.

The warning comes as the M23 Rebel Group is reportedly claiming more towns in the eastern province of South Kivu.

The Rwanda-backed group had already captured Goma this week, saying they had restored peace to the city.

In the meantime, soldiers fighting for Congo, including foreign mercenaries, laid down their

weapons at the border with Rwanda today. Armed groups have long battled for control of

Eastern Congo, which is rich in vital minerals. Back in this country, federal prosecutors are dropping all criminal proceedings

against President Donald Trump's co-defendants in his classified documents case. Walt Nata, Mr.

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