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United Kingdom Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United Kingdom Nation News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from United Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 463622,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c230f74aa5b16e0bf1b2d6b06f7b4a84",
            "title": "Why a Chinese ‘mega embassy’ is not such a worry for British spies",
            "description": "Politicians are raising the alarm, while MI5 quietly welcomes the prospect of Beijing’s new London facility",
            "content": "While there has been no shortage of politicians eager to raise concerns about China’s proposed “mega embassy” near the Tower of London, the espionage community quietly takes a different view, arguing that concerns about the development are exaggerate... [5706 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/18/chinese-mega-embassy-london-british-spies-mi5-analysis",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9976c23eec5bdd0054cf4072ac02442686550a81/165_0_1126_901/master/1126.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=4a83bbd8dbece991f413b0cd6722dbd7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T09:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b1f2cb80ea50a2b07a84bc85c82b6c3",
            "title": "Prince Harry v the Daily Mail: high-stakes trial could have profound effects on UK media",
            "description": "Royal will join a group of notable figures in his action against the tabloid and its stablemate, the Mail on Sunday, in a trial expected to last nine weeks",
            "content": "On Monday morning, Prince Harry’s legal war with the Daily Mail, one of the British media’s most formidable forces, will finally come to trial in court 76 of the high court in London.\nThe prince is joined in his action by some of the most recognisabl... [9435 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/18/prince-harry-v-daily-mail-high-stakes-trial-profound-effects-uk-media",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3941e7c5cc40cfcc9276ca33b6309bb59e90e23a/165_0_1603_1282/master/1603.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=e5ee796e81a359990708c0d336183cd5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T09:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "86c6a10255ef809b7fddaa52979a6340",
            "title": "Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’",
            "description": "Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’",
            "content": "Robert Jenrick’s media plan for his defection to Reform reportedly refers to him as “the new sheriff in town” and “the biggest defection story” Nigel Farage’s party has ever had.\nThe leaked plan references the defection of the former Tory chancellor ... [3118 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/18/leaked-jenrick-defection-plan-calls-him-the-new-sheriff-in-town",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d9ca60bc248b337b6b9b54de62aa47d511ed21a4/1742_559_6086_4868/master/6086.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=e3d35100c1fa79999b1bbf42b1b7ed0b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T08:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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