United Kingdom Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from the United Kingdom with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from the United Kingdom. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=gb&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gb" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "gb", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "gb",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "gb",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=gb&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 565460,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c257f34c83ff320109b173ee63a864db",
            "title": "Celebrity accused of 'inappropriate sexual activities' loses High Court bid to keep name secret",
            "description": "The man cannot yet be named subject to any appeal",
            "content": "A celebrity has lost his bid for a High Court injunction against two media organisations to prevent the publication of allegations against him, a judge has ruled.\nThe man brought legal action against Independent Television News (ITN), which produces ... [1949 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/famous-man-loses-injunction-high-court-b1303418.html",
            "image": "https://static.standard.co.uk/2026/10/17/10/2298570336..?width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:12:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99b3c5a558a3e649a1397aa932026c34",
                "name": "London Evening Standard",
                "url": "https://www.standard.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cd46abc6a9bac767f3e1ae6210c693b9",
            "title": "Afghan migrants raped & assaulted autistic girl, 14, in horror toilet attack on busy commuter train, court hears",
            "description": "TWO Afghan migrants raped and sexually assaulted an autistic 14-year-old girl on a packed train, with one allegedly abusing her in the toilet, a...",
            "content": "TWO Afghan migrants raped and sexually assaulted an autistic 14-year-old girl on a packed train, with one allegedly abusing her in the toilet, a court heard.\nBaryalai Rahimi, 25, and Mirebadurahman Sadat, 29, are said to have targeted the runaway tee... [2832 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/40899758/afghan-migrants-raped-autistic-girl-on-train/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/london-bridge-central-london-railway-1092337847.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d719f43d9e26168791e4bac7932b16fc",
            "title": "Girl, 12, dies after being hit by bus in Kilwinning",
            "description": "Emergency crews were called Lauchlan Way in Kilwinning after the incident, which happened at about 13:10.",
            "content": "A 12-year-old girl has died after being hit by a bus in Ayrshire.\nEmergency crews were called to Lauchlan Way in Kilwinning after the incident, which happened at about 13:10.\nPolice Scotland said the girl, who has not been named, was pronounced dead ... [354 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckvg7l2lx81jo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/8e43/live/ac58ad40-d7d3-11f1-8cb0-d304936875f3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:17:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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