0:00:03 > 0:00:05This is Newsround.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Ricky here live on CBBC with your Friday headlines.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10On the way:
0:00:10 > 0:00:15Find out how Great Britain are getting on in the Davis Cup final.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20And why this cat might be the purrfect pet.
0:00:28 > 0:00:28It's the start of a massive weekend for Andy Murray
0:00:31 > 0:00:33and the rest of Great Britain's tennis team, who are competing
0:00:33 > 0:00:36in the finals of the Davis Cup.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39The competition is a bit like the World Cup tournament where
0:00:39 > 0:00:42players represent their country to see who's the best in the world.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Here's everything you need to know.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50The Davis Cup began more than 100 years ago as a competition
0:00:50 > 0:00:53between the USA and Great Britain.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Now it's the world's largest international
0:00:55 > 0:01:02team competition, with more than 120 countries taking part this year.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Each player represents the country as part of a team who
0:01:05 > 0:01:08play singles and doubles matches.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11In the early years, Britain dominated
0:01:11 > 0:01:16the competition, but now they haven't won the title since 1936.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19That could be about to change.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21GB are in the Davis Cup final!
0:01:21 > 0:01:28A monumental effort!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Britain won a semifinals against Australia
0:01:31 > 0:01:35and are now ready to play Belgium in a three-day final showdown.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38The last time Team GB got this close to winning was
0:01:38 > 0:01:41more than 35 years ago.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43The team's success has all been put down to the hard work
0:01:43 > 0:01:45of Coach Leon Smith.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48He took over the captaincy in 2010 and even coached Britain's
0:01:48 > 0:01:53top player, Andy Murray, when he was just 11 years old.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Now, with the help of the Murray brothers,
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Team GB might just go all the way.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03The final against Belgium is made up of five different games
0:02:03 > 0:02:04spread over the weekend.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Today there are two singles matches, it's doubles tomorrow and then the
0:02:07 > 0:02:11final singles showdown on Sunday.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Great Britain are already 1-0 down, as Kyle Edmunds lost his match
0:02:14 > 0:02:18against David Coffin this lunchtime.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Kyle who made his debut in the competition today lost
0:02:20 > 0:02:24by three sets to two.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Andy Murray is in action right now against Ruben Bemelmans -
0:02:28 > 0:02:33he's winning at the moment.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35To France, and there's been a special memorial service held
0:02:35 > 0:02:41in Paris to remember the 130 people who were killed in attacks.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44President Francoise Hollande had urged everyone to put up french
0:02:44 > 0:02:48flags where they live and work as a mark of respect.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52At the service he said that France was a force for good in the world.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56If you want to know more about what happened in Paris there's lots more
0:02:56 > 0:02:58on the Newsround web site.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01The Pope has continued his tour of Africa with a visit to
0:03:01 > 0:03:04a poor part of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Pope Francis said that everyone has a right to clean drinking water
0:03:07 > 0:03:11and a toilet.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Over in Mexico, a big cat has spent a month on the lose
0:03:14 > 0:03:17after he escaped from a zoo and disappeared into the wild.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Police officers, soldiers and cat experts have been
0:03:19 > 0:03:21searching for the tiger.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25CCTV captured the movements of the animals and they expect to find
0:03:25 > 0:03:29and relocate him into a safe area.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Next to Brazil, where volunteers are working hard to
0:03:31 > 0:03:34rescue the animals left behind after a huge dam holding toxic mud
0:03:34 > 0:03:37collapsed earlier this month.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Thick sludge covered towns, forests and some coastline
0:03:40 > 0:03:42along the Atlantic Ocean.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44A nearby village was completely destroyed and
0:03:44 > 0:03:48around 600 people had to leave their homes and animals.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50But more than 150 dogs, cats, chickens
0:03:50 > 0:03:53and horses have now been rescued.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55They're being cared for in an animal shelter until
0:03:55 > 0:03:57their owners can identify them.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59TRANSLATION: My brother called me saying that
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Agatha was here and I ran to see if it was her.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04When I arrived here, as soon as she saw me,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06she showed me that it was her.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10It was an enormous happiness, I was without any hope.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13An American space rocket which crashed after take off last June has
0:04:13 > 0:04:15been founded in an unlikely place.
0:04:15 > 0:04:27The wreckage, which is about 30 feet long, was spotted
0:04:27 > 0:04:30floating in the sea near the island of Bryher, off the coast of
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Cornwall.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34It's getting closer to Christmas so at Newsround we want to know some
0:04:34 > 0:04:36of your family traditions for our advent calendar.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Do you get to open any presents on Christmas Eve?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41If you don't celebrate Christmas then tell us what you do over
0:04:41 > 0:04:42the festive season.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Get in touch on the Newsround web site.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46We just had to show you guys this cat.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49It might look a bit odd that's because it's actually a robot.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51They've been designed to be friends for older people.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54They have fur and purr just like a real cat.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57But they don't need feeding or letting out!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00That's all from me for today, Newsround's back right here tomorrow
0:05:00 > 0:05:01morning at 8.55am with Leah.
0:05:01 > 0:05:01Bye-bye.