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": 563176,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b55ebeb6ee6b3b699b8fb6fc55ce0bf5",
            "title": "Labour must 'meet the moment' on defence spending, says Jarvis",
            "description": "The new defence secretary tells the Sunday Telegraph he is determined to ensure the military gets \"what they need\".",
            "content": "The new Defence Secretary, Dan Jarvis, has said the government must \"meet the moment\" when it comes to the challenge of increasing defence spending.\nSpeaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Jarvis, who replaced John Healey on Thursday, said he had a respons... [2147 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gyx962pepo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/a0fa/live/f73aab30-6783-11f1-879f-db78628a546c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T00:42:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f2283e0529a43ac5906b4722d75d36fb",
            "title": "Does the UK have a blind spot on UFO sightings?",
            "description": "A campaigner is calling on the government to resume investigations into alleged encounters.",
            "content": "After more than four decades in the cockpit, retired pilot Chris Crowther has seen just about everything the skies can offer.\nOver a 42-year career, he logged an extraordinary 22,000 flying hours on routes around the globe.\nBut one incident has puzzl... [7811 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3929kk7gdjo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/81bf/live/cc19f4f0-65c2-11f1-b1db-af71d47507d6.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T23:36:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e90a5dbad1ad6a0953518a38e862f2bc",
            "title": "'PM overrules Miliband' and 'We was robbed!'",
            "description": "Sunday's papers lead with stories including the prime minister's plans for the electric vehicle mandate.",
            "content": "Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer plans to \"water down\" the UK's electric vehicles sales targets, the Sunday Times reports, describing it as a \"blow\" to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's net-zero agenda. The paper reports that the mandate requiring 80% of... [1592 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lyvq4gqg1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/558e/live/a1512e90-6776-11f1-b1db-af71d47507d6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T22:58:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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