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": 537002,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "71f0554ca22992ba924418740126d457",
            "title": "Author of Home Office report on China reveals attempts to compromise him",
            "description": "Exclusive: Dr David Wilson says former British police officer approached him as part of efforts to influence his work",
            "content": "The author of a Home Office-sponsored report on the Chinese state and organised crime in the UK was the target of failed honey traps and a suspected attempt to compromise him by a former British police officer, it is claimed.\nDr David Wilson, whose g... [5199 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/07/home-office-china-report-honey-traps-compromise-attempts",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6f7eb45af4ffeb95befe681a115162c276df163d/746_695_5564_4453/master/5564.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=ac6cb174b6a24c007c3f36d4657212c4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T01:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "80050519ac55a1f488b0e987d3d5b74c",
            "title": "What the Dutch can teach the UK about tackling youth unemployment",
            "description": "The Netherlands has one of the world's lowest rates of 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training.",
            "content": "A landmark report last month found Britain is grappling with a youth engagement crisis - with nearly one in eight 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training (Neet).\nAlan Milburn, the former health secretary who authored the report, w... [5621 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvpn253re4o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0fd0/live/251e9ba0-60eb-11f1-92fe-5faf9b4f0321.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T23:03:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2b27eaf619d005aa69e28a225dc0b8ab",
            "title": "Trump reportedly considers buying Chagos Islands from Mauritius",
            "description": "Potential proposal would secure control of Diego Garcia base amid stalled UK plans to cede sovereignty of territory",
            "content": "Donald Trump is reportedly weighing a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius amid stalled plans from the UK to cede sovereignty of the territory, the Telegraph first reported.\nThe White House did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comme... [3271 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/07/trump-deal-chagos-islands-mauritius-uk",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/25da67ef346aade32610145326aa94c0163499aa/40_0_3290_2632/master/3290.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=6f77405bd2b859af3a9c56af85fad466",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T22:57:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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