# <img src='./res/icon/news.png' card_color='#40DBB0' width='50' height='50' style='vertical-align:bottom'/> News Streams
News Streams catalog
## About
News streams from around the globe
PRs adding new feeds welcome, especially for unsupported languages
Supported stations include:
- [EN-US] AP - Associated Press Hourly Radio News
- [EN-US] Fox News
- [EN-US] NPR News Now
- [EN-US] PBS NewsHour
- [EN-US] GPB - Georgia Public Broadcasting
- [EN-GB] BBC News
- [EN-CA] CBC News
- [ES-ES] RNE Radio Nacional de España
- [PT-PT] TSF Rádio Notícias
- [NL-NL] NOS
- [NL-BE] VRT Nieuws
- [DE] Ö3 Nachrichten
- [DE] DLF
- [DE] WDR
- [FI] YLE
- [SV] Ekot
### Classic Core Installation
If you are using this skill with mycroft classic core, you have to [disable the official skill](https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/skill-development/faq#how-do-i-disable-a-skill) because they are incompatible
To play https streams properly you also need to install vlc
```bash
sudo apt-get install vlc
```
and make it the default it in your .conf
```json
"Audio": {
"backends": {
"local": {
"active": false
},
"vlc": {
"active": true
}
},
"default-backend": "vlc"
},
```
## Examples
* "play the news"
* "play npr news"
* "play euronews"
* "play catalan news"
* "play portuguese news"
* "play news in spanish"
## Credits
- JarbasAl
## Category
**Information**
## Tags
#news
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