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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": 256186,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b91a5062460c708ee01b6861b3d0dc83",
            "title": "French president condemns US for ‘turning away from allies’",
            "description": "Emmanuel Macron’s comments come as Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warns against turning world into ‘robber’s den’",
            "content": "The presidents of France and Germany have sharply condemned US foreign policy under Donald Trump, saying respectively that Washington was “breaking free from international rules” and the world risked turning into a “robber’s den”.\nIn unusually strong... [2616 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/french-german-presidents-macron-steinmeier-condemn-us-foreign-policy-trump",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/44eb2e493bde03e4395a914a4d3b13f3264b2606/474_0_6880_5504/master/6880.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=3313c7c803accba1ab7647b36784d17c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T16:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2713c2377f31f1fa4641b8d4c07ef705",
            "title": "Dublin: Child and man found dead in Clondalkin and Ballyfermot",
            "description": "Bodies of a boy and a man in his 40s are found at separate addresses in Clondalkin and Ballyfermot.",
            "content": "The bodies of a man and child have been found at separate properties in west Dublin, Gardaí (Irish police) have said.\nGardaí and emergency services were called to a home in Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, at around 08:30 local time on Thurs... [992 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20g11yr3exo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/62ee/live/f1883250-eca1-11f0-be98-fd0ce9c3379d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T14:42:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5c479ad035591f3c7bdb175b4d175363",
            "title": "Swinney backs action against Russia after Scots airports used during tanker operation",
            "description": "The first minister says he was not briefed on a US-led operation a few hundred miles off Scotland's coast.",
            "content": "First Minister John Swinney has backed action to enforce sanctions against Russia following the US seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic.\nThe Marinera, a ship accused of being part of Vladimir Putin's \"shadow fleet\", was intercept... [4465 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98j1l01p96o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/ff69/live/cf5323e0-ec95-11f0-b5f7-49f0357294ff.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T13:46:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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