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": 550266,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e094eed5bc1e55c51289e931e8aa11f0",
            "title": "Keir Starmer aides ‘war-gaming’ leadership contest with Andy Burnham",
            "description": "Prime minister is ‘hellbent’ on fighting any contest, even if his future may be out of his hands, sources say",
            "content": "Keir Starmer’s closest aides are “war-gaming” how to win a leadership contest ahead of Andy Burnham’s much-anticipated return to Westminster if he wins the Makerfield byelection, the Guardian understands.\nDowning Street sources said the prime ministe... [5987 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/10/keir-starmer-aides-war-gaming-over-leadership-contest-with-andy-burnham",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1e31d6f065ae99490891aab92321b70dc126d803/1374_0_6882_5504/master/6882.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=6bdfa922bcc22ef5e345526dc3359e52",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T20:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "509a9f16fafdbc8bad03ad8b2b9e8b57",
            "title": "UK minister defends changes to student loans as criticism mounts",
            "description": "Lucy Rigby tells MPs heavily subsidised system gives the government the right to alter terms of existing agreements",
            "content": "Ministers have rejected accusations that recent changes to student loans are unfair, arguing that they are so heavily subsidised that the government has the right to alter their terms.\nPressure has been intensifying on the UK government to reform the... [3185 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jun/10/uk-minister-defends-changes-to-student-loans-as-pressure-grows-for-reforms",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7c70b55d2fca8f9c700093c8ba1bb7a1fb86a1ef/364_22_2148_1719/master/2148.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=7ba263d7d25ec3b32b1b78fa29366daa",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T18:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a72e4ab55298549920e636847cc36882",
            "title": "Changing visa rules for care workers is wrong, says Rayner",
            "description": "The former deputy prime minister says changing visa rules for migrants already living in the UK would be \"un-British\".",
            "content": "Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said changing visa rules for migrants already living in the UK would be \"the wrong thing to do\", repeating her criticism of some of the Labour government's immigration policies.\nRayner told the BBC it wo... [3057 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddl0nz4v5vo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/efb7/live/5a183d70-64f1-11f1-a1ac-711fb29896f6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T17:44:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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