United Kingdom News API

Get the live top 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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Request and live response

This request returns the current top 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=general&country=gb&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --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": "general", "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: "general",
    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" => "general",
    "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=general&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": 656244,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d7b45c4724770fc8c929fe6ec5fab8ed",
            "title": "Trump whines ‘I wasn’t on the ballot’ as his candidates are crushed in midterms one after another",
            "description": "Trump had repeatedly urged supporters to ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ in the lead-up to Election Day",
            "content": "President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from Republicans’ bruising midterm election losses Tuesday night, claiming his party would have fared better had he been up for reelection.\n“I wasn’t on the ballot, and if I was, we would have won IN ... [2552 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-midterm-republicans-loss-elections-b3078740.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/11/04/3/28/GettyImages-2302631377.jpeg?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T03:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5b2d0c524a65685e6a4e2143da498e94",
            "title": "Darline Graham loss flips South Carolina Senate seat to Democrats for first time in decades",
            "description": "President Trump handpicked Darline Graham to take over the seat held by her brother, influential Senator Lindsey Graham, after his death.",
            "content": "Republican South Carolina Senate candidate Darline Graham is projected to have lost her race, handing Democrats their first victory in the state for 28 years.\nDemocrat Annie Andrews, a former paediatrician, was on course to pull off a stunning upset ... [1234 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjy56z440nl9o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/5e5f/live/0aeeffa0-d804-11f1-85f7-474f0be56cef.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T03:21:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "488bdfda193423426c964c6b717b71d7",
            "title": "Miliband says slavery apology will not bring cost for UK taxpayers",
            "description": "Speaking to BBC's Newscast, the foreign secretary says Britain cannot sweep its past \"under the carpet\".",
            "content": "Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has insisted the government's willingness to consider formally apologising for the UK's role in the transatlantic slave trade will not lead to higher costs for the British taxpayer.\nThe prime minister has said the UK wil... [1620 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm8ezneewr9lo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/775f/live/b94b9cb0-d7ec-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:14:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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United Kingdom News API

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