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": 495706,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d59709b0a7778efacbfe656073d09e24",
            "title": "US soldier charged after winning $400,000 betting on removal of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro",
            "description": "Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made trades on Polymarket on the basis of classified information, the justice department says.",
            "content": "A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro has been arrested after he allegedly bet on the removal of Venezuela's former leader before the information was publicly available.\nThe US Department of Justi... [3591 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20832yg5p2o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/7911/live/bdf0c0a0-3f63-11f1-9a6a-6f029c393108.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T23:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "802d0d69269bd915653845f7198f8e80",
            "title": "Ukraine war briefing: Trump bristles at Prince Harry’s passionate plea for Ukraine",
            "description": "Duke of Sussex says US must ‘honour obligations’ as it persuaded Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons; US president retorts that Harry doesn’t speak for Britain. What we know on day 1,521",
            "content": "Donald Trump has said the Duke of Sussex “is not speaking for the UK” after Prince Harry told the US to honour its obligations in the Ukrainian conflict. “I think I am speaking for the UK more than Prince Harry … But I appreciate his advice very much... [3266 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/24/ukraine-war-briefing-trump-bristles-at-prince-harrys-passionate-plea-for-ukraine",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4ae7a08e93744e9ab32efcb837845361cae50fb3/9_0_1106_885/master/1106.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=7ed4ad11cb4dd05cf18437d617224ab9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T23:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8fb19467840fae49f02f5adbfd5803a5",
            "title": "Global stock markets are too high and set to fall, says Bank of England deputy",
            "description": "It is unusual for a senior figure at the Bank to be so forthright on market movements.",
            "content": "The Bank of England expects stock markets around the world to fall as share prices do not reflect the many risks facing the global economy, its deputy governor has told the BBC.\nSarah Breeden said: \"There's a lot of risk out there and yet asset price... [1995 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75kp1y43lgo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/ec20/live/a11b3480-3f34-11f1-b23e-977dc8cd7ec8.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T23:15:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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