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": 524600,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "42a9b685ed6c1919b3009bccfac756f8",
            "title": "Kensington Gardens reopens after police deem suspicious items non-hazardous",
            "description": "Officers responded after group claimed to have targeted nearby Israeli embassy with ‘dangerous substances’",
            "content": "Kensington Gardens in London has reopened after the discovery of several suspicious items including two jars containing a powdered substance that was deemed to be non-hazardous, police said.\nOfficers in protective clothing responded to an incident ne... [1693 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/18/kensington-gardens-reopen-after-police-deem-suspicious-items-non-hazardous",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/928ebc2d7a9742294f289ffab9e4adc5a6be631b/845_0_5002_4000/master/5002.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=280a6ca16eac6b32cc605908df324788",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T20:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b6ab1e2704a723752fe5c561690d03f6",
            "title": "More than half of UK voters support rejoining the EU, study finds",
            "description": "Majority of voters back the government’s current push to ‘reset’ relations with the EU, experts find",
            "content": "More than half of Britons support rejoining the EU, new research has found, as enthusiasm for full membership proves more popular among voters than only joining the single market.\nA new study from Best for Britain has found that little appetite exist... [3261 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-rejoin-eu-britain-starmer-b2960281.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/04/18/10/25/PA-73843598.jpeg?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T20:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2fb7d29c0e0ab5e55b2b8d8e44f6f9be",
            "title": "Starmer considers aligning Britain with EU’s Single Market",
            "description": "‘Return to May’s backstop’ would burden business with hundreds of Brussels-imposed rules, say critics",
            "content": "Sir Keir Starmer is exploring a Brexit deal that would align Britain with the EU’s Single Market for goods.\nAny agreement would force British manufacturers to follow hundreds of rules set in Brussels without a say on how they are shaped.\nSources priv... [5942 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/04/18/starmer-considers-aligning-britain-eu-single-market/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2026/04/18/TELEMMGLPICT000474139690_17765352199170_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwSX5rhseiWKOo9p9OQ-ymek.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T20:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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