United Kingdom News API

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

Get API key for the United Kingdom 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 556042,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7f4a4c6bcbba0ab631b1cad778c42dc1",
            "title": "Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv unleashes hundreds of drones on Russia after Putin rejected Zelenskyy meeting",
            "description": "Ukraine targets St Petersburg in wave of strikes; Keir Starmer to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU leaders for talks. What we know on day 1,565",
            "content": "Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early on Saturday, leaving one person dead and setting an oil depot ablaze on the final day of Russia’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg, officials said. Many of the drones targeted St Petersburg its... [2655 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/ukraine-war-briefing-kyiv-unleashes-hundreds-of-drones-on-russia-after-putin-rejected-zelenskyy-meeting",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28010ee1e6b52ed8d974ea679d434bc11d911029/0_0_2785_2229/master/2785.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=76e496652d6db7181673baaf578045c3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T01:14:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1bdcd15e79ac66e0810895199c15e0aa",
            "title": "'Cuts to fund defence spark chaos' and 'Kate the cream of hearts'",
            "description": "The government's defence spending plans feature on many of Sunday's front pages - along with a royal wedding.",
            "content": "A long-delayed report laying out government defence spending is dominating the front pages of Sunday's papers. The Sunday Times reports Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is in talks over plans to cut government spending to raise £6bn to fund his defenc... [3283 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yzl0271kqo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/099e/live/3558a210-61fc-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T00:12:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "47885d22b341449c11e21a8435bfb79c",
            "title": "I was applying for hundreds of jobs - this tip helped me get one",
            "description": "Four people who weren't hearing back from job applications shared what they did differently to secure their first role.",
            "content": "Trying to find your first job right now can be a struggle.\nThere is a lack of opportunities to gain experience and the huge number of AI applications can mean neither you nor the employer can find what you're looking for.\nYet plenty of people are fin... [3006 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7pqwr5lqxo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/3973/live/aebaa700-600f-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T23:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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