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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": 508060,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "092747405096883b7f31cbc95100f89b",
            "title": "Starmer likens Trump to Putin as he laments soaring energy costs",
            "description": "British PM says bills are going up ‘because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.’",
            "content": "LONDON — A “fed up” Keir Starmer drew parallels between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as he complained about mounting energy costs for Brits as a result of the Iran war.\nIn an interview with ITV News on a trip to the Middle East, the British Prime ... [1933 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/starmer-likens-trump-to-putin-as-he-laments-soaring-energy-costs/",
            "image": "https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=630,fit=crop,quality=80,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/09/GettyImages-2269811826.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T18:48:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3ba3d17ed2b9c7b829a43e4ec3f59eb0",
                "name": "politico.eu",
                "url": "https://www.politico.eu"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3066982bcedcade9b2d43328e4357cd1",
            "title": "Man guilty of 'abhorrent' sexual assault of 13-year-old girl on London train",
            "description": "Abdulmanon Aliev, 50, was convicted of sexual assault and attempted rape on a train from Southend to London last summer",
            "content": "A Tajikistan national has been found guilty after an “abhorrent” sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl on a train.\nAbdulmanon Aliev, who lives in south London, appeared at Inner London Crown Court for a week-long trial, where the jury found him guilty... [1833 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-guilty-sexual-assault-13-year-old-girl-train-b1278176.html",
            "image": "https://static.standard.co.uk/2026/04/09/17/43/Abdulmanon-Aliev.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T17:29:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99b3c5a558a3e649a1397aa932026c34",
                "name": "London Evening Standard",
                "url": "https://www.standard.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f8f4370cae8bfd96bd40b62e3ae7fe9",
            "title": "Student facing charges over tea towel ‘joke’ about pro-Palestine activist",
            "description": "Brodie Mitchell could be charged with hate crime over incident at Royal Holloway, University of London, which has sparked a free speech row",
            "content": "A student is facing possible hate crime charges after making a joke comparing a pro-Palestine activist’s headscarf to a tea towel.\nBrodie Mitchell, a 20-year-old student at Royal Holloway, University of London, has been told that police have submitte... [3731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/09/student-facing-charges-tea-towel-joke-palestine-activist/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2026/04/09/TELEMMGLPICT000473929572_17757517468632_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqrrCsYENhL6MrqDP1zKsaGrP7VEGvGQNrUj_i51ayp8I.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T17:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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