diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index aad0663..6afd550 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from database import async_session, init_extensions
 from models import (
     alerts, documents, entities, entity_events, events, feed_sources, fires,
-    articles, article_summaries,
+    articles, article_summaries, news_items,
 )
 from schemas import (
     AlertCreate, AlertOut, AlertSeverity, AlertType, AlertUpdate,
     DashboardSummary, EntityCreate, EntityKind, EntityOut,
-    EventCreate, EventOut, FireOut, NewsArticleOut, NewsSummaryOut,
+    EventCreate, EventOut, FireOut, NewsArticleOut, NewsMapItemOut,
+    NewsSummaryOut, NewsTickerItemOut,
     FeedSourceCreate, FeedSourceOut,
     KeyOut, KeyValueIn,
     SearchResult, SentimentSummary, SourceType,
@@ -1128,7 +1129,102 @@ async def list_news_summaries(
     return [
         NewsSummaryOut(
             id=r["id"], summary_text=r["summary_text"],
-            batch_timestamp=r["batch_timestamp"],
+            batch_timestamp=r["batch_timestamp"], model=r["model"],
+        )
+        for r in rows
+    ]
+
+
+_FLAGGED = ("critical", "high")
+
+
+@app.get("/api/news/ticker", response_model=list[NewsTickerItemOut])
+async def list_news_ticker(
+    since: datetime | None = Query(
+        None,
+        description="Only ticker items created at/after this UTC instant.",
+    ),
+    limit: int = Query(20, ge=1, le=50),
+):
+    """Flagged ticker rows (critical/high), newest first. No LLM required."""
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        stmt = (
+            select(news_items)
+            .where(
+                news_items.c.kind == "ticker",
+                news_items.c.importance.in_(_FLAGGED),
+            )
+            .order_by(news_items.c.created_at.desc())
+        )
+        if since:
+            stmt = stmt.where(news_items.c.created_at >= since)
+        stmt = stmt.limit(limit)
+        rows = (await session.execute(stmt)).mappings().all()
+    return [
+        NewsTickerItemOut(
+            id=r["id"], headline=r["headline"], importance=r["importance"],
+            location_name=r["location_name"], url=r["url"],
+            created_at=r["created_at"],
+        )
+        for r in rows
+    ]
+
+
+@app.get("/api/news/map", response_model=list[NewsMapItemOut])
+async def list_news_map(
+    bbox: str | None = Query(
+        None,
+        description="Comma-separated 'minlon,minlat,maxlon,maxlat' to bound the "
+                    "result set by item coordinates. Omit for all flagged pins.",
+    ),
+    since: datetime | None = Query(
+        None,
+        description="Only map items created at/after this UTC instant. "
+                    "Defaults to the last 24 hours.",
+    ),
+    limit: int = Query(200, ge=1, le=500),
+):
+    """Flagged map pins (critical/high with coords). No zoom skip — world view."""
+    if since is None:
+        since = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(hours=24)
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        stmt = (
+            select(news_items)
+            .where(
+                news_items.c.kind == "map",
+                news_items.c.lat.isnot(None),
+                news_items.c.lon.isnot(None),
+                news_items.c.importance.in_(_FLAGGED),
+                news_items.c.created_at >= since,
+            )
+            .order_by(news_items.c.created_at.desc())
+        )
+        if bbox:
+            parts = [p.strip() for p in bbox.split(",")]
+            if len(parts) != 4:
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    422, "bbox must be 'minlon,minlat,maxlon,maxlat' (4 comma-separated values)"
+                )
+            try:
+                minlon, minlat, maxlon, maxlat = (float(p) for p in parts)
+            except ValueError:
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    422, "bbox values must be floats: 'minlon,minlat,maxlon,maxlat'"
+                )
+            stmt = stmt.where(
+                and_(
+                    news_items.c.lon >= minlon, news_items.c.lon <= maxlon,
+                    news_items.c.lat >= minlat, news_items.c.lat <= maxlat,
+                )
+            )
+        stmt = stmt.limit(limit)
+        rows = (await session.execute(stmt)).mappings().all()
+    return [
+        NewsMapItemOut(
+            id=r["id"], headline=r["headline"], importance=r["importance"],
+            location_name=r["location_name"], lat=r["lat"], lon=r["lon"],
+            location_confidence=r["location_confidence"], category=r["category"],
+            url=r["url"], created_at=r["created_at"],
         )
         for r in rows
     ]
diff --git a/app/schemas.py b/app/schemas.py
index e27b002..35bda45 100644
--- a/app/schemas.py
+++ b/app/schemas.py
@@ -273,6 +273,33 @@ class NewsSummaryOut(BaseModel):
     id: int
     summary_text: str
     batch_timestamp: datetime
+    model: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class NewsTickerItemOut(BaseModel):
+    """One flagged ticker row as exposed by GET /api/news/ticker."""
+
+    id: int
+    headline: str
+    importance: str
+    location_name: Optional[str] = None
+    url: Optional[str] = None
+    created_at: datetime
+
+
+class NewsMapItemOut(BaseModel):
+    """One flagged map pin as exposed by GET /api/news/map."""
+
+    id: int
+    headline: str
+    importance: str
+    location_name: Optional[str] = None
+    lat: float
+    lon: float
+    location_confidence: Optional[str] = None
+    category: Optional[str] = None
+    url: Optional[str] = None
+    created_at: datetime
 
 
 # ─── Aggregations ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/tests/test_api_news.py b/tests/test_api_news.py
index 786d64e..340cbd0 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_news.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_news.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-"""Integration tests for the news pipeline API (GET /api/news + summaries).
+"""Integration tests for the news pipeline API (GET /api/news + summaries + intel).
 
 DB-backed: marked `requires_db` and auto-skip when the test database is
 unreachable (see tests/conftest.py). Seeding writes directly to the shared
-`articles` / `article_summaries` tables, exactly as the scraper + summarizer
-services would.
+`articles` / `article_summaries` / `news_items` tables, exactly as the scraper
++ summarizer services would.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ def _truncate() -> None:
     async def run():
         conn = await asyncpg.connect(**_conn_kwargs())
         try:
-            await conn.execute("TRUNCATE articles, article_summaries")
+            await conn.execute(
+                "TRUNCATE articles, article_summaries, news_items CASCADE"
+            )
         finally:
             await conn.close()
 
@@ -66,14 +68,45 @@ def _seed_article(title: str, url: str, domain: str, ts: str, content: str = "bo
     asyncio.run(run())
 
 
-def _seed_summary(text: str, ts: str) -> None:
+def _seed_summary(text: str, ts: str, model: str | None = None) -> int:
+    async def run() -> int:
+        conn = await asyncpg.connect(**_conn_kwargs())
+        try:
+            row = await conn.fetchrow(
+                "INSERT INTO article_summaries (summary_text, batch_timestamp, model) "
+                "VALUES ($1, $2, $3) RETURNING id",
+                text, datetime.fromisoformat(ts), model,
+            )
+            return int(row["id"])
+        finally:
+            await conn.close()
+
+    return asyncio.run(run())
+
+
+def _seed_news_item(
+    summary_id: int,
+    kind: str,
+    headline: str,
+    importance: str,
+    *,
+    location_name: str | None = None,
+    lat: float | None = None,
+    lon: float | None = None,
+    location_confidence: str | None = None,
+    category: str | None = None,
+    url: str | None = None,
+) -> None:
     async def run():
         conn = await asyncpg.connect(**_conn_kwargs())
         try:
             await conn.execute(
-                "INSERT INTO article_summaries (summary_text, batch_timestamp) "
-                "VALUES ($1, $2)",
-                text, datetime.fromisoformat(ts),
+                "INSERT INTO news_items "
+                "(summary_id, kind, headline, importance, location_name, "
+                " lat, lon, location_confidence, category, url) "
+                "VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10)",
+                summary_id, kind, headline, importance, location_name,
+                lat, lon, location_confidence, category, url,
             )
         finally:
             await conn.close()
@@ -131,7 +164,7 @@ def test_api_news_summaries_contract(clean_news):
     assert isinstance(body, list)
     assert len(body) == 1
     s = body[0]
-    assert set(s.keys()) == {"id", "summary_text", "batch_timestamp"}
+    assert set(s.keys()) == {"id", "summary_text", "batch_timestamp", "model"}
     assert s["summary_text"] == "master summary markdown…"
     assert s["batch_timestamp"].startswith("2026-08-24T18:05")
 
@@ -140,3 +173,65 @@ def test_api_news_summaries_contract(clean_news):
 def test_api_news_empty(clean_news):
     assert _get("/api/news").json() == []
     assert _get("/api/news/summaries").json() == []
+    assert _get("/api/news/ticker").json() == []
+    assert _get("/api/news/map").json() == []
+
+
+TICKER_KEYS = {"id", "headline", "importance", "location_name", "url", "created_at"}
+MAP_KEYS = {
+    "id", "headline", "importance", "location_name", "lat", "lon",
+    "location_confidence", "category", "url", "created_at",
+}
+
+
+def _seed_flagged_items() -> None:
+    sid = _seed_summary("batch brief", "2026-08-27T18:05:00+00:00", "Hermes-4.3-36B")
+    _seed_news_item(
+        sid, "ticker", "Critical ticker", "critical",
+        location_name="Kyiv", url="https://example.com/ticker",
+    )
+    _seed_news_item(
+        sid, "ticker", "Low ticker", "low",
+        location_name="Somewhere", url="https://example.com/low",
+    )
+    _seed_news_item(
+        sid, "map", "Critical map", "critical",
+        location_name="Taipei", lat=25.03, lon=121.56,
+        location_confidence="high", category="conflict",
+        url="https://example.com/map",
+    )
+
+
+@requires_db
+def test_api_news_ticker_returns_only_flagged(clean_news):
+    _seed_flagged_items()
+    resp = _get("/api/news/ticker")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    body = resp.json()
+    assert isinstance(body, list)
+    assert len(body) == 1
+    item = body[0]
+    assert set(item.keys()) == TICKER_KEYS
+    assert item["headline"] == "Critical ticker"
+    assert item["importance"] == "critical"
+    assert item["location_name"] == "Kyiv"
+    assert item["url"] == "https://example.com/ticker"
+
+
+@requires_db
+def test_api_news_map_returns_only_flagged_with_coords(clean_news):
+    _seed_flagged_items()
+    resp = _get("/api/news/map")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    body = resp.json()
+    assert isinstance(body, list)
+    assert len(body) == 1
+    item = body[0]
+    assert set(item.keys()) == MAP_KEYS
+    assert item["headline"] == "Critical map"
+    assert item["importance"] == "critical"
+    assert item["lat"] == 25.03
+    assert item["lon"] == 121.56
+    assert item["location_confidence"] == "high"
+    assert item["category"] == "conflict"
+    assert _get("/api/news/map?bbox=1,2,3").status_code == 422