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": 520502,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d6f4819868b6d771fc498e577d3b7b71",
            "title": "Starmer’s sister-in-law feared what might have happened in arson attack, court hears",
            "description": "Judith Alexander tells of attack on Kentish Town house owned by the prime minister as three men deny charges",
            "content": "The prime minister’s sister-in-law has said she feared what might have happened had she not woken up after her home was targeted in an arson attack, a court has heard.\nThe incident is one of a series of arson attacks that took place in May last year ... [4416 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/30/starmers-sister-in-law-feared-what-might-have-happened-in-arson-attack-court-hears",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/07e0e07d75b98d607c995437550d4cd3a1e17ac3/0_1_5000_3998/master/5000.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=3ef29bd08876f380502031dd2ee180eb",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T20:56:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "75a803e76ff51604dbb231a976e999f8",
            "title": "M4 traffic RECAP: Closure both ways as emergency services rush to scene",
            "description": "A motorist on the M4 told the Daily Express police cars 'whizzed past' their vehicle.",
            "content": "M4 traffic RECAP: Closure in both directions as emergency services rush to scene\nA motorist on the M4 told the Daily Express police cars \"whizzed past\" their vehicle.\nM4 drivers are facing heavy traffic this evening as emergency services respond to a... [3711 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2200485/m4-traffic-live-closure-delays-bath-chippenham",
            "image": "https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/1200x630/6894838.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T20:22:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5fee56bcfa73257762a23904b3dd8aeb",
                "name": "Daily Express",
                "url": "https://www.express.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b967c5f9477f897a69422327820838b",
            "title": "Trump to lift tariffs on scotch whisky after king’s US visit",
            "description": "President says decision made ‘in honor of the king and queen’ as industry officials call deal ‘significant boost’",
            "content": "In a gesture of diplomatic friendliness after King Charles’s visit to the White House, Donald Trump said the US would be removing all tariffs on whisky imports.\n“In Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, who have just left the White House... [1968 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/trump-tariffs-whisky-imports",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ffaf1a5b2ba09714e4eb554ab0d0b3c7ee27619/692_0_6872_5499/master/6872.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=79069a298bca5fb95b93324bfe97762b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T20:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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