EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that "nobody" purposefully attacked a girls' school in Iran in February, citing an investigation into the incident.

Reuters first reported that an initial internal U.S. military investigation showed U.S. forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike in Minab in southern Iran. The Pentagon has since elevated the ​probe but it has not acknowledged any preliminary findings.

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Three-quarters of cyberattacks targeting Britain's critical infrastructure can be linked to hostile state actors, the head of the National Cyber Security Centre, Richard Horne, said in a speech on Wednesday.

• Horne said that in the year to May 2026 the NCSC had dealt with 200 incidents involving critical infrastructure and supporting systems.

• He warned that hostile states, such as Russia, China and Iran, were increasingly targeting the systems that underpin essential services.

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Both Iran and the U.S. can walk away from the memorandum of understanding they are set to sign on Friday, and upcoming talks are likely to focus on the precise sequencing of the steps previewed in the preliminary accord, a senior U.S. official told reporters on Wednesday.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official read out the 14-point memorandum that is due to be formally signed in Switzerland. They said the upcoming meeting there will be "critical" for ensuring that the memorandum of understanding can evolve into a comprehensive agreement.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in Lebanon in comments made at the close of a G7 summit in France.

Netanyahu and Trump have repeatedly clashed over Israel's refusal to constrain its pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, where a cessation of hostilities is a key Iranian demand.

"Netanyahu happens to be a good man, gets a little excited sometimes," Trump told reporters on Wednesday.

Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains at levels before the Iran-US agreement, says the Kpler maritime tracking platform, but there are signs of recovery ahead of Friday's official reopening.

Eight ships carrying raw materials transited the strait on Monday, and six on Tuesday, according to Kpler data updated Wednesday. The agreement was reached overnight Sunday.

This rate is comparable to the previous week, which saw an average of eight transits per day.

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The United States has so far not released the full text of the interim U.S.-Iran agreement to halt the war in Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz.

But a draft copy reviewed by Reuters lays out in 14 points a high-level understanding that defers until a final agreement is signed many of the most difficult issues, such as how to wind down Iran's nuclear program. It paves the way for a broader 60-day negotiation period due to begin in Switzerland on Friday.

The full draft document is published here verbatim:

EVIAN, FRANCE, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters at the G7 meeting in France that the United States, in a parallel effort to the U.S.-Iran deal, will discuss Iran's ballistic missiles and terrorist proxies with Gulf nations.

At a press conference, Trump said that Syria's leader would like to target Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy group, with "precision" inside Lebanon.

The president also said that Lebanon's leader is expected to visit Washington in the coming weeks.

By Steve Holland

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended the U.S. deal with Iran in his remarks at the close of a G7 summit in France, saying he did not want to see an economic catastrophe that could have been triggered by a continued war in the Middle East.

"So the one thing I didn't want to see is, I didn't want to see economic catastrophe. If you kept this going, that could have happened," Trump told reporters in the lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains.

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he expected the accord with Iran ending the Middle East war to be signed "shortly" but cast uncertainty over the exact date.

"The deal we reached with Iran on Sunday will be signed shortly, tomorrow (Thursday), maybe the next day (Friday)," Trump said at the G7 summit, after previous announcements that it would be signed on Friday in Switzerland with Vice President JD Vance representing the United States.

"We are going to most likely sign a deal," he added.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday urged Israel to be a "positive player" for peace in the Middle East following a deal between Iran and the US.

"Our goal must be to promote lasting, structural solutions that go beyond the logic of short-term truces," Meloni said as the G7 summit in France came to a close.

"We expect Israel to now act as a positive player in the peace process, and that the inevitable internal debate, also driven by the election campaign, will not jeopardise the difficult path that the US has begun," she said.