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United Kingdom News API
Get the live top headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.
Get API key for the United Kingdom News APIAPI 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": 553504,
"articles": [
{
"id": "74e3eff1de631f6b840f581664528e11",
"title": "Russian jet causes ‘dangerous’ near miss after flying close to RAF spy plane",
"description": "UK calls incident ‘unacceptable’ after Su-27 jet comes within six metres of unarmed RAF plane over Black Sea",
"content": "A Russian jet flew within six metres of an RAF spy plane flying at 500mph over the Black Sea, one of two mid-air incidents last month described as “dangerous and unacceptable” by the defence secretary, John Healey.\nAn Su-27 jet conducted six passes i... [2153 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/20/russia-jet-near-collision-flying-near-raf-spy-plane",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4f7c1cdcda211272b04ab0e527a5b16630a211a0/287_0_2530_2024/master/2530.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=79de7acea182bc2e773b9bb66fe9b11d",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-20T17:01:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "e09f95bf5ca66974670c5866d0ec95e1",
"title": "Putin enjoys Xi's Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline deal",
"description": "Russia and China showed they were shoulder-to-shoulder on the world stage, but it became clear there are limits, says the BBC's Russia Editor.",
"content": "For a moment you could have mistaken Beijing for Moscow.\nAs Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping walked the red carpet towards the Great Hall of the People, a Chinese military band played the romantic Russian classic Moscow Nights.\n\"If only you knew how the... [3115 chars]",
"url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8me3nlllo",
"image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/f31d/live/403b1fd0-5466-11f1-90bc-1d92dab59cbe.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-20T16:34:40Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
"name": "BBC",
"url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
}
},
{
"id": "7f9036f188ea3be715d44c32394bd44b",
"title": "Michelle Sadio: Two jailed for life for drive",
"description": "Michelle Sadio was caught in the crossfire as shots were fired at mourners outside a wake.",
"content": "Two men have been jailed for life for murdering a woman who was shot in a drive-by attack outside a wake in north-west London.\nMother-of-two Michelle Sadio had been at the River of Life Pentecostal Church in Willesden on 14 December 2024 when a car a... [2935 chars]",
"url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4w9n8k3no",
"image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c2c5/live/4eeb1cd0-5464-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-20T16:04:35Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
"name": "BBC",
"url": "https://www.bbc.com"
}
}
]
}