United Kingdom World News API

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

Get API key for the United Kingdom World 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 313970,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a5b7a5f59dde2874ad9cff212b970bce",
            "title": "Rosenberg: This year's Victory Day parade in Moscow felt very different",
            "description": "The BBC's Russia editor reports from a Red Square with none of the military hardware which the Kremlin normally showcases to project power internationally.",
            "content": "I've attended many Victory Day parades on Red Square.\nThis year's version felt very different.\nIn previous years I've had to sprint from the media bus that normally parks up by St Basils' Cathedral, in order to nab a decent spot in the press area at ... [927 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9pem481rwo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/2aa6/live/d1834720-4bc8-11f1-8bbe-110a0d5a715a.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T17:25:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8d88fec7af100cc17fef1bf669fcdce7",
            "title": "EU hails ‘new chapter’ as Magyar sworn in as Hungary’s prime minister",
            "description": "“We are ready to work with the new Hungarian government,” said European Council President António Costa, as Viktor Orbán left office.",
            "content": "Hungary’s new Prime Minister Péter Magyar was sworn in on Saturday, ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year hold on power and raising hopes for a rapprochement with the EU.\nMagyar, whose Tisza party won last month’s parliamentary elections in a landslide, was ... [1989 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-hails-new-chapter-as-magyar-sworn-in-as-hungarys-prime-minister/",
            "image": "https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=630,fit=crop,quality=80,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/09/Magyar-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T14:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3ba3d17ed2b9c7b829a43e4ec3f59eb0",
                "name": "politico.eu",
                "url": "https://www.politico.eu"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7385af40ac6178da8807515a2d0c81ca",
            "title": "HMS Dragon heads to Middle East for potential Strait of Hormuz mission",
            "description": "The Ministry of Defence says the ship will prepare to join an international mission to safeguard shipping, but only when fighting in the region ends.",
            "content": "The Royal Navy is sending a warship to the Middle East where it could join an international mission to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.\nHMS Dragon, a type 45 destroyer, will \"pre-position\" in the region ahead of its \"potential role\" in wha... [2324 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g42j15p7qo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/e3b5/live/f0d37a60-4bae-11f1-a339-0992e1239801.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T14:02:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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