27/11/2015 Newsround

This is Newsround.

Ricky here live on CBBC with your Friday headlines.

On the way:

Find out how Great Britain are getting on in the Davis Cup final.

And why this cat might be the purrfect pet.

It's the start of a massive 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.

Here's everything you need to know.

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

between the USA and Great Britain.

Now it's the world's largest international

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

Each player represents the 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 semifinals 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 Coach 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.

The final against Belgium is made up of five different games

spread over the weekend.

Today there are two singles matches, it's doubles tomorrow and then the

final singles showdown on Sunday.

Great Britain are already 1-0 down, as Kyle Edmunds lost his match

against David Coffin this lunchtime.

Kyle who made his debut in the competition today lost

by three sets to two.

Andy Murray is in action right now against Ruben Bemelmans -

he's winning at the moment.

To France, and there's been a special memorial service held

in Paris to remember the 130 people who were killed in attacks.

President Francoise Hollande had urged everyone to put up french

flags where they live and work as a mark of respect.

At the service he said that France was a force for good in the world.

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

on the Newsround web site.

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.

Over in Mexico, a big cat has spent a month on the lose

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 relocate him into a safe area.

Next to Brazil, where volunteers are working hard to

rescue the animals left behind after a huge dam holding toxic mud

collapsed earlier this month.

Thick sludge covered towns, forests and some coastline

along the Atlantic Ocean.

A nearby village was completely destroyed and

around 600 people had to leave their homes and animals.

But more than 150 dogs, cats, chickens

and horses have now been rescued.

They're being cared for in an animal shelter until

their owners can identify them.

TRANSLATION: My brother called me saying that

Agatha was here and I ran to see if it was her.

When I arrived here, as soon as she saw me,

she showed me that it was her.

It was an enormous happiness, I was without any hope.

An American space rocket which crashed after take off last June has

been founded in an unlikely place.

The wreckage, which is about 30 feet long, was spotted

floating in the sea near the island of Bryher, off the coast of

Cornwall.

It's getting closer to Christmas so at Newsround we want to know some

of your family traditions for our advent calendar.

Do you get to open any presents on Christmas Eve?

If you don't celebrate Christmas then tell us what you do over

the festive season.

Get in touch on the Newsround web site.

We just had to show you guys this cat.

It might look a bit odd that's because it's actually a robot.

They've been designed to be friends for older people.

They have fur and purr just like a real cat.

But they don't need feeding or letting out!

That's all from me for today, Newsround's back right here tomorrow

morning at 8.55am with Leah.

Bye-bye.