27/11/2015 Newsround

Morning, everyone. Leah here, this Friday,

with today's big stories, including:

Great Britain get ready for the Davis Cup Final -

can Andy Murray do it?

And the search to find an old dog a new home.

This is Newsround.

France will hold a special memorial service to

remember the 130 people who died in the attacks in Paris two weeks ago.

A minute's silence will be held.

President Francoise Hollande wants everyone to hang

a French flag outside their homes and offices as a mark of respect.

If you want to know more about what happened in Paris there's lots

more on the Newsround web site.

Swimmers have been told to stay away from a beach in Australia after

a massive sinkhole opened up.

It's taken a massive chunk out of the coast line.

Measuring about 100 metres across, it's about the size

of a football pitch.

The Pope has continued his tour of Africa with a visit to a poor part

of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

Pope Francis said that everyone has a right to

clean drinking water and a toilet.

The next stop on his travels is Uganda.

It's the start of a big weekend for Andy Murray,

Well, Andy and Jamie will be pairing up together in the doubles

in the Davis Cup on Saturday.

But what is it like being part of one

of tennis's most famous families?

We sent some of your questions to Jamie and Andy to answer.

The first few questions are from Fox Primary School.

This is from Leonardo.

My favourite part is getting to play high-level sports

and travel the world,

playing against the best players in the world and some

of the biggest stadiums.

For me that is what is exciting and what gets me out of bed

in the morning.

This is from Scarlet.

We don't really compete against each other because I am playing singles

and when I do play doubles, hopefully I am always on the same

side of the net as Jamie.

We don't really compete with each other any more.

This is from Jack and Leah.

About 800 professional matches in my career and in singles I have

one about 550 of them so far.

This is from Aaron.

It is really weird.

I would not recommend it.

It was the first time we had to do it at professional level

and I tried to focus on the ball and not look at who was down

the other end of the court because it was a bit intimidating,

perhaps, awkward more likely.

It's the start of a big weekend for Andy Murray,

and the rest of Great Britain's tennis team, who are competing

in the finals of the Davis Cup.

The competition is a bit like the World Cup tournament, where

players represent their country to see who's the best in the world.

Let's find out a bit more about this historic cup.

The Davis Cup began more than 100 years ago as a competition

between the USA and Great Britain.

Now it is the world's largest international

team competition with more than 120 countries taking part this year.

Each player represents their country as part of a team who

play singles and doubles matches.

In the early years, Britain dominated

the competition but now they haven't won the title since 1936.

That could be about to change.

GB are in the Davis Cup final.

A monumental effort.

Britain won a semifinal against Australia

and are now ready to play Belgium in a three-day final showdown.

The last time Team GB got this close to winning was

more than 35 years ago.

The team's success has all been put down to the hard work

of captain Leon Smith.

He took over the captaincy in 2010 and even coached Britain's

top player Andy Murray when he was just 11 years old.

Now, with the help of the Murray brothers,

Team GB might just go all the way.

Kyle Edmund will be making his debut in the Davis Cup today

when he kicks off the attack for Team GB, playing against

Belgian David Goffin at lunchtime.

We'll keep you updated on how they get on this afternoon

on Newsround at 4.20pm.

Now to footy, and it was a good night for English clubs

in the Europa League last night.

Tottenham beat Qarabag 1-0 in Azerbijan,

thanks to a goal from Harry Kane.

Liverpool won 2-1 against French side Bordeaux.

Scottish club Celtic are out, after losing to Ajax.

Over in Mexico, this big cat has spent a month on

the loose after he escaped from a zoo and disappeared into the wild.

Police officers, soldiers and cat experts have been

searching for the tiger.

CCTV captured the movements of the animals and they expect to find

and relocated him into a safe area.

Next, millions of people have enjoyed

New York's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Giant balloons, including Snoopy and Paddington,

joined dancers and floating elves in the street show spectacular!

The parade takes place every year and helps marks the start

of the Christmas season in America.

Meet Bud here.

He's seven years old and he's currently living at

the Battersea dogs' home in London.

He's been there for more than 650 days, longer than any other dog, and

staff are hoping they can get him a new home in time for Christmas.

They say Bud is a loveable dog and he enjoys chasing

after tennis balls.

That's all from me.

Newsround's back with Ricky at 4.20pm.