United Kingdom Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

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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": 426262,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c07cd78505607981a5ab8eef7a9f6c85",
            "title": "Star arrested on suspicion of rape",
            "description": "Hertfordshire Police said the man had been released on bail under investigation.",
            "content": "An unnamed star from Strictly Come Dancing has been arrested on suspicion of rape.\nHertfordshire Police said the man, who was arrested last month, had been released on bail under investigation.\nA BBC spokesperson told BBC News: \"It would not be appro... [1492 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmgyrdlxdo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/af5d/live/d0206dd0-c668-11f0-a892-01d657345866.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T00:44:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b7db8348cee59fb8c1ec98a875fc003b",
            "title": "Strictly Come Dancing: Star arrested on suspicion of rape",
            "description": "Hertfordshire Police said the man had been released on bail under investigation.",
            "content": "An unnamed star from Strictly Come Dancing has been arrested on suspicion of rape.\nHertfordshire Police said the man, who was arrested last month, had been released on bail under investigation.\nA BBC spokesperson told BBC News: \"It would not be appro... [1492 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgmgyrdlxdo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/af5d/live/d0206dd0-c668-11f0-a892-01d657345866.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T00:44:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8fe0f2d473f230c87ce884daca52a587",
            "title": "Friday-night drug deals helping Russian war machine, UK crime agency warns",
            "description": "The National Crime Agency says a \"vast criminal ecosystem\" funds \"really bad things\" around the world.",
            "content": "Buying cocaine on a Friday night in Britain can indirectly help Russian arms factories, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned.\nThe NCA said a man linked to a Russian-led money-laundering network operating in the UK had bought a bank in Kyrgyzsta... [3077 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8030m1g2ygo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4921/live/57c6b8e0-c62b-11f0-8c06-f5d460985095.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T00:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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