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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 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": 474926,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "26ca8142ed1b647c5251a06e5c4b4300",
            "title": "Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief Mark Rutte describes meeting as 'very frank'",
            "description": "The US president says Nato \"wasn't there when we needed them\" during the Iran war.",
            "content": "Donald Trump has again attacked Nato for not supporting the US in the Iran war, following a private meeting with its Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.\nIn a post shared to Truth Social after the meeting, the US President said: \"NATO WAS... [2925 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05d8j9r5ejo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/5fbe/live/73b7fdc0-33ae-11f1-b174-9b4b999c11fc.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T01:40:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c42528956dc97086eb85c91c1231e9a4",
            "title": "Iran war: Oil prices rise as traders eye fragile ceasefire deal",
            "description": "The cost of crude plunged on Wednesday after a deal was announced that includes the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.",
            "content": "Global oil prices rose in Asian morning trade on Thursday as investors watch developments in the fragile US-Iran ceasefire.\nThe conditional two-week ceasefire has been tested after Israel launched a wave of deadly strikes on Lebanon, prompting Tehran... [1810 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6j0rnvlzeo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4eda/live/3f7c2530-33af-11f1-b0b7-25417aecb33b.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T01:31:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aefd9119c65e27bfec10c91bc7d34ab5",
            "title": "22,000 students told to pay back 'mis-sold' maintenance loans",
            "description": "Those affected have been told their courses were never eligible for maintenance or childcare loans",
            "content": "More than 20,000 students have been told they were given maintenance loans and grants in error and now face demands to immediately pay the money back.\nThe students, who are all studying weekend courses, received letters from the Student Loans Company... [5923 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq593g970z7o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/8d4b/live/8c4eeee0-2e84-11f1-98e7-6b639170d418.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T00:01:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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