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": 545692,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8d9248919c228e728508fec853360899",
            "title": "Jarvis meets Nato allies without military investment plan in place",
            "description": "Nato members have been urged to present \"clear, concrete and credible plans\" for raising defence spending.",
            "content": "Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis said he is meeting his Nato counterparts at a \"moment of challenge\", as he arrived in Brussels without the UK's long-term military spending plan.\nNato General Secretary Mark Rutte has urged the alliance's members to prese... [3495 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0vge2kj9zo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/6d62/live/fb847d70-6af2-11f1-b1db-af71d47507d6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T09:35:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "37671d0340fe7a0da3843664c3ea15f4",
            "title": "Polls open in historic byelection in Makerfield that could determine Keir Starmer’s future - UK politics live",
            "description": "Andy Burnham hopes a successful byelection will mean he can encourage Keir Starmer to step aside as prime minister",
            "content": "From 48m ago\nPolls open in Makerfield for historic byelection that could determine Keir Starmer's future\nHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.\nThe people of Makerfield, a constituency sitting just outside of Wigan, have at last begun voting... [8829 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/18/makerfield-byelection-polls-open-labour-leadership-andy-burnham-keir-starmer-latest-news-updates",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/44cbd4b521df71d0596f265798a47e7d8eebd0ba/233_0_2326_1861/master/2326.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f0e703675ee6f832c7c4cd659a1296bd",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T09:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "27c68c124b831d3c19fbb5e0dc6a7117",
            "title": "Teacher who murdered adopted son Preston Davey to be sentenced alongside partner",
            "description": "Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley to be sentenced at Preston Crown Court over the 13-month-old's death.",
            "content": "'You deserved to be with the people who loved you'\nYunus Mulla\nBBC North West Tonight\nThe statement from Sarah Davey continues:\n\"Preston should be here today. He would be four years old. He should be getting ready to start school, learning, laughing,... [6164 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gyrewq8xkt",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/dc27/live/dbba2510-6af4-11f1-8e1d-bbbb1017d210.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T09:20:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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