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Five Britons are reported to have been kidnapped from the Iraqi finance ministry in Baghdad.

They included four bodyguards and a finance expert. Earlier reports said the expert was German.

Witnesses and sources told the BBC that the kidnappers wore police uniforms and arrived in up to 40 police vehicles.

"We are aware of reports that a group of Westerners have been kidnapped. We are urgently looking into them," the UK foreign office said.

The foreign office is set to hold an emergency meeting on the situation and is assembling a crisis team.