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United Kingdom News API

Get the live top 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 521064,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8e88639cd5a966be8260b2c7e9e949f3",
            "title": "Explosion at Amsterdam Jewish school 'a deliberate attack' says mayor",
            "description": "Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema condemned a \"cowardly act of aggression\" towards the Jewish community.",
            "content": "An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in the Dutch capital Amsterdam, in what the city mayor condemned as a \"deliberate attack against the Jewish community\".\nMayor Femke Halsema said the overnight blast caused limited damage to the outer wall of t... [379 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyg4j58gdyo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/1c8d/live/c299f6d0-1f79-11f1-801d-ed3cff6bf876.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T08:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "564fbf1542ce55074f7f611d9afa9353",
            "title": "Missile strikes inside US embassy compound in Baghdad as Trump's Iran war spirals: Live Updates",
            "description": "LIVE: Follow the latest developments on the US-Israel war with Iran as Iranian drone strike causes buildings to shake in the city's financial centre.",
            "content": "A missile has struck a helipad inside the US Embassy in Baghdad as Donald Trump's war on Iran heads into third week.\nPlumes of smoke were seen above the US embassy in the Iraqi capital earlier amid reports a projectile had struck the government build... [9093 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15642169/Explosions-rock-Dubai-Iranian-drone-strikes-causes-buildings-shake-citys-financial-centre-Live-update.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/03/14/05/107128181-0-image-a-44_1773467308622.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T06:41:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6aa614cb8461d7c0da4e07c3dee44d88",
            "title": "Explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam, no injuries",
            "description": "The bombing is the second attack against a Jewish target in the Netherlands this week, after an explosive device detonated at a synagogue in the center of Rotterdam on Thursday.",
            "content": "An explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, causing no injuries, in what the city's mayor described as a deliberate attack against the Jewish community, Dutch news agency ANP reported.\nThe explosion at the school in an upscal... [1085 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-889891",
            "image": "https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/711302",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T06:32:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78834c45a26f98bca295cc641123cf7f",
                "name": "The Jerusalem Post",
                "url": "https://www.jpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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